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It’s common for companies to learn that breaches are more serious than first thought. That’s what happens as security experts are brought in and the forensic investigation progresses. Sony just had the misfortune of having its investigation scrutinized, said Rob

by Chris Hargreaves "One of the earliest lectures in the MIT Openware programme in Physics begins with the lecture “Units and Dimensional Analysis”. The notion of units of measurement in science is extremely important and it therefore seems sensible to

by Simon Biles"One of my first tasks in the office this morning, after a cup of coffee of course, was to review my server logs. As of yet I’ve not got enough staff to have a minion to do this

Researchers at CCL-Forensics have taken a significant step forward in their analysis of SQLite databases, which are extensively used by many computers, web browsers, mobile phones and SatNavs. The latest development within epilog allows investigators to reinstate these databases to

HBGary, Inc., has introduced Responder™ Community Edition, a new, free version of its flagship Responder™ product for physical memory analysis. Limited copies of this new free tool are available on CD at HBGary booth #201 at the Computer and Enterprise

MFT Runtime – Following recent requests for CPS, this software quickly totals up the runtime of either individual video clips or a collection of video clips held in recursive folders. Exports to a detailed report. MFT PictureBox – Will recursively

The BackTrack Dev team has worked in the past months on BackTrack 5, code name “revolution”. It was released to the public on May 10th. This new revision has been built from scratch, and boasts several major improvements over all

Britain’s largest police force is using software that can map nearly every move suspects and their associates make in the digital world, prompting an outcry from civil liberties groups. The Metropolitan police has bought Geotime, a security programme used by

Belkasoft has recently released a free Encase integration script which allows users to import Instant Messenger chats, extracted by Belkasoft Forensic IM Analyzer, directly to an Encase case. For further information see here.

The nominees for the Forensic 4cast Awards are now online at http://www.forensic4cast.com/2011/05/forensic-4cast-awards-meet-the-nominees/ Please take some time to review the nominees and place your votes. The awards ceremony will be taking place during the SANS Forensic Summit in Austin, Texas on

The Home Office’s chief scientific adviser was not consulted over the closure of the UK Forensic Science Service (FSS), it has emerged. Bernard Silverman said he was informed in advance but not consulted “as such”. Dr Silverman was speaking at

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 4.2 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

Increasingly, chains of evidence include software steps. It’s not just the RIAA suing people – and getting it wrong – based on automatic systems to detect and identify file sharers. It’s forensic programs used to collect and analyze data from

Over the past few years, prosecutors have tried to stretch the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in troubling ways through cases like United States v. Drew. This week, a federal appeals court rebuffed another attempt to expand the CFAA,

WetStone announces the release of T.A.P.S.™ (Trait Analytical Profiling Search). This technology was developed under an NIJ funded grant to support state and local law enforcement. WetStone and NIJ have been working on this research for over 2 years. The

New computer software set to be used by Notts police will boost efforts to catch internet paedophiles. The Triage Investigator will allow specialist officers to get hold of logs from online chat rooms quicker – and get e-mail contact details