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In the forensic lab where I work, we frequently investigate malware-infected workstations. As our user population started shifting from Internet Explorer to Firefox, we observed that one of our favorite forensic tools, Kristinn Gudjonsson’s log2timeline, wasn’t able to provide as

Glasgow Caledonian University Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies Research Group are looking for PhD students. Projects are eligible for funded Glasgow Caledonian University PhD Scholarships. The scholarship covers Home/EU tuition fees and a stipend of £14,600 per annum for three years.

Jad, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? It all started when I was a teenager and first got exposed to computers and software. I immediately was drawn to understanding how

Organisations and individuals currently have little idea how to collect and preserve evidence from computers and the Internet. As a result criminal prosecutions become difficult, businesses fail to get redress in the civil courts or are unable to make proper

Effective immediately, Belkasoft will be issuing free licenses to its flagship forensic product, Belkasoft Evidence Center 2012. Eligible government and law enforcement agencies worldwide will qualify for a one time free six-month license of its Evidence Center Pro edition. In

Italian police have broken up a pedophile network spanning at least 28 countries that used social media websites to swap pornographic images and videos of child abuse. Ten people have been arrested in Italy, the United States, France and Portugal,

"As one of several in my office we've tried to give Encase 7 a fair shout. But after 6 months or more we have lost all faith in it as a usable product – reduced functionality from V6, ludicrous processing

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB) has announced that its next application deadline for its Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner (DFCP) designation is March 9, 2012. The DFCB currently accepts applications four times a year. To obtain detailed certification information and

Information for anyone that might be interested in the full-time version of the MSc in Forensic Computing at Cranfield University – you can now register for an Open Day on the 27th March 2012 to find out more about the

A new version of SC Suite is available. What’s new: File Fragmenter v1.0, this research tool creates sample sets of data from known good data for research and/or validation purposes. Allows you to create test data to see how a

The YAFFS2 file system is widely used in Android devices, but to date has not been supported by the leading open source forensic toolkit, The Sleuth Kit, commonly known as TSK. viaForensics has undertaken development to integrate YAFFS2 file system

Barely three weeks after I penned Another Judge Rules Encryption Passphrase not Testimonial Under Fifth Amendment Analysis, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a defendant’s “decryption and production of the hard drives’ contents would trigger Fifth Amendment protection because it

McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics firm has released a white paper titled The Unchecked Power of the Senior Most IT Professional. This paper explores the complex issue of terminating the most senior IT professional, such as a

Paralan (http://www.paralan.com) is now the official USA and off-shore distributor for Voom’s computer forensics solutions that are used by law enforcement to collect, analyze and present digital data. Paralan handles the sales, marketing and shipping responsibilities while Voom handles technical

I-Analysis, an Asian company that specializes in digital forensics, discovery services (http://www.i-analysis.com.sg) and information management today announces the opening of its Taiwan office. Headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia, I-Analysis expands to Taiwan to meet client needs in

Euroforensics 2012 is an exclusive forensic sciences event dedicated specifically to the needs of government bodies, law enforcement agencies, anti-fraud professionals, cyber crime investigators, risk & compliance officers, crime scene investigators and medical forensic experts. Event Date & Location: 29-31