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Armenia handed down its first computer crime sentence on Tuesday with punishment of the mastermind behind the Bredolab botnet. A district court sentenced 27-year-old Georgy Avanesov, a Russian citizen of Armenian descent, to four years in prison on charges of

Mention eDiscovery (or electronic discovery) in the litigation marketplace and you will hear a lot of oaning and groaning from judges and attorneys alike; the process has, without doubt, significantly added to the cost of litigation, as well as being

Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing is to be responsible for the Scottish Government’s new plan to improve cyber security. The announcement came at the eCrime Scotland summit in Edinburgh. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill told delegates it was vital to tackle the

Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) from JADsoftware now supports the recovery of evidence from Cloud services. IEF v5.5 supports the recovery of cloud-based evidence from computer hard drives and live memory. Initial support includes popular cloud storage services Dropbox, Google Docs,

Updates to MFT Stampede and MFT Hex Chomper to include more available time and date types, and a re-write of MFT Salt in Python. MFT Stampede is a time stamp conversion tool, which will try and convert the entered value

The Metropolitan Police has implemented a system to extract mobile phone data from suspects held in custody. The data includes call history, texts and contacts, and the BBC has learned that it will be retained regardless of whether any charges

IntaForensics are attending CEIC 2012 Nevada, showcasing the newest release of the most advanced and configurable Digital Forensic management solution, Lima Forensic Case Management v1.3.9. The new version due for release July 2012 has many new exciting features, such as

John, the last time you were interviewed at Forensic Focus you were the Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer at Guidance Software. Now you’re the founder and CEO of X1 Discovery – tell us about that move. I am proud

The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. In meetings with industry representatives, the White House, and U.S. senators,

What are the short and long term effects of working with the kind of disturbing material which digital forensics examiners often encounter in their work? I think that it is relatively easy to see that some people will never be

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Group-IB, a leading Russian cybercrime investigation and computer forensics company and LETA Group subsidiary, has announced a 28-page report on the Russian cybercrime market in 2011. Analysts from Group-IB’s computer forensics lab and its CERT-GIB unit prepared the report. The

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AccessData during summer 2012 will continue expanding its e-discovery product lineup with bundled applications, cloud options, and data visualization software, officials revealed at the company’s user conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The company earlier this year bundled AccessData Early

Accessing and viewing child pornography over the internet is not necessarily a crime under New York law, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The unanimous court said that child porn stored in a computer’s browser cache is not enough evidence

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