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Authors Larry and Lars Daniel have assembled a nearly perfect book: “Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals: Understanding Digital Evidence From the Warrant to the Courtroom” is a reference manual, instruction guide, and a best practices and lessons-learned archive that’s essential

The trial of a Dublin man accused of membership of the IRA has heard evidence from a garda mobile phone expert. Sean Farrell (aged 27), of Kilfenora Road, Crumlin, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation within

The digital forensics program at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center has become the first graduate or undergraduate program in the United States to receive accreditation from the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission. The accreditation will help the center

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 4.7 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in everyday tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the development

The International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) announces the receipt of accreditation by The Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board of the IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) program. This is believed to be the first such accreditation in the specific

When Mark Spencer agreed to get involved in a new case earlier this year which involved a criminal trial in Turkey, he didn’t know what he was getting into. He was given just three CDs and later a computer hard

Dozens of websites offering credit card details and other private information for sale have been taken down in a global police operation. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), in Britain, says raids in Australia, Europe, the UK and US are

Vicon Business Media, Inc., publisher of Forensic Magazine® and DFI News Digital Forensic Investigator®, announce today the launch of a new conference focused on evidence collection, handling, analysis, and chain of custody. The Evidence Conference will be a comprehensive 2-day

There is little argument that cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms have created a paradigm shift in enterprise technology and IT as a whole. Companies of all sizes – both public and private – seeking to reduce storage costs, improve

Sri Lanka is prone to cyber crime as laws which can deal with such activities have not been implemented, officials said. Colombo Law Society IT Committee Chairman Sunil. D.B Abeyratne said that four Information Technology related Acts have not been

Central and Eastern Europe’s largest and most wide-reaching annual legal event held in Prague, covering eDiscovery, computer forensics, digital investigations, and governance has opened registration and announces its advisory board for 2012. LawTech Europe Congress has opened registration for their

Can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? I spent 22 years in the Royal Air Force Police specialising as a Counter Intelligence and Information Technology Security investigator; supporting criminal and security

The first digital and computer forensics conference in West Africa is to hold from April 18 – 20, 2012 in Abuja, says the Computer Forensics Institute Nigeria (CFIN). President of the council, Dr. Peter Olu Olayiwola, who announced this in

Hoping to blast away a lawsuit with digital science, Facebook asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss a long-running case brought by New York resident Paul Ceglia who claims he owns half of the social networking site. Ever since Ceglia

Spending by organizations on electronic discovery-related services grew in 2011 and should continue to increase through 2013, new research from Robert Half Legal eDiscovery Services indicates. Nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of lawyers interviewed said their law firms and corporate legal

Businesses generate and consume massive amounts of email and instant messaging communications. For many businesses, all of that data has to be preserved, and produced on demand in the event of litigation. Google has introduced Google Apps Vault–a new service