Marshall professor writes digital forensics book

Marshall University Professor John Sammons is an author for the first time. The professor of computer and information technology has written a book – “The Basics of Digital Forensics: The Primer for Getting Started in Digital Forensics” – to be

New website: F-Interviews.com

Yuri Gubanov, an independent forensic expert and the founder of Belkasoft, interviews renowned forensic experts and launches a new forensic portal. The new portal, F-Interviews.com, is dedicated to providing breaking news, up to date information, persona and technology background in

HTCIA Joins Consortium of Digital Forensics Specialists

The International High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), a professional group of law enforcement, private investigators and corporate security professionals, has joined the Consortium of Digital Forensics Specialists (CDFS) as an Organizational Member. The membership means that HTCIA members, through

DMU Forensic Computing For Practitioners MSc Courses

The Service Police Cyber Crime Centre based at Southwick Park near Portsmouth are in the process of organising with De Montfort University, Professor Brian Jenkinson and Professor Tony Sammes to host the courses detailed below: Foundations of Forensic Computing –

Paraben Releases P2 Commander v2.0

Paraben is pleased to announce the release of P2 Commander v2.0. This new version is a major update offering many new features: What’s New: * Data triage (a snapshot of important sources of evidence such as e-mail databases, chat databases,

Malaysian Forensics Expert recovers data from waterlogged Blackberry

A mobile phone, believed to have been owned by one of four murder victims, including cosmetics millionairess Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya, had received a call from one ‘Datuk Pathma 2’, several hours before they were allegedly killed, the High Court here

EnCase® Certified Examiner program turns 10 this month

Guidance Software, Inc. is celebrating a decade of industry-leading computer forensic industry education and certification, as its EnCase® Certified Examiner (EnCE®) program turns 10 this month. More than 3,300 forensic examiners have earned the EnCE designation worldwide in those 10

Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks ― Not on a Budget

by Sean L. Harrington "A couple of weeks ago, Brian Glass posted a very helpful comment, Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks — on a Budget. His comment focused on how to “get close to SSD performance on the cheap”

iPhone Tracking – from a forensic point of view

Posted by 4rensiker "iPhoneTracking is sexy! Every mobile forensic suite, at least the ones dealing with iPhones, are providing it proudly. iPhoneTracking also has been a hot topic in the media all around the globe. People stated that there is

Android Forensics Study of Password and Pattern Lock Protection

Posted by Oxygen Software "Let’s see what Pattern Lock is, how to access, determine or even get rid of it? We’ll also speak about Password Lock Protection and find out what it has in common with Pattern Lock. And finally

Skype in eDiscovery

by Stuart Clarke, 7Safe "The EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model) is a widely accepted workflow, which guides those involved in eDiscovery. Typically, the identification and collection phases see email and common office documents harvested, but as technology moves forward is

Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks – On a budget

Posted by Brian K. Glass "While researching FTK 3X and Oracle, you just recently discovered that the best configuration of your Oracle database would be on a solid state drive (SSD). Solid state drives give the maximum level of performance

Anonymous, what does it mean?

Posted by forens245 "Anonymous, a word which Merriam-Webster describes as: of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, or lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability. There are some in this world that wish to remain anonymous, not named or identified.

CCL-Forensics offers “dunk!” for cookie files

CCL-Forensics has developed “dunk!”, a software utility which parses cookie files, and presents the investigator with the data they contain. A free trial version of dunk! is available at www.ccl-forensics.com/dunk which gives complete functionality for a limited time. Thereafter licences

GCHQ to offer British firms expertise in cybercrime

Some of the secret technologies created at the government’s giant eavesdropping centre GCHQ are to be offered to private industry as part of new cyber security strategy being unveiled by ministers on Friday. The idea is likely to be one