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"I am really pleased to say that I completed the Mizuno Amsterdam Half Marathon on Sunday 17th October 2010 in aid of the Cystinosis Foundation UK. Please may I thank everyone on Forensic Focus that sponsored and supported me. My

A veteran Scottish virus writer faces a likely spell behind bars after pleading guilty to computer crime offences. Matthew Anderson aka Warpigs, 33, a franchise manager from Drummuir, Aberdeenshire, admitted his key role in a malware for profit scam at

Dutch police took unprecedented action in taking down a botnet on Monday: They uploaded their own program to infected computers around the world, a move that likely violated computer crime laws. The program causes a computer’s Web browser to redirect

The FBI has been quietly building up its network of computer forensics laboratories to aid law-enforcement agencies across the country, and Friday revealed some of the progress made in the 10 years since they were opened…. More (InformationWeek)

by Chris Hargreaves "This month's article is based very loosely around a recent 5-minute talk from Gary Wolf which explores the concept of ‘self-tracking’ (the trend for people to record aspects of their life) and how this can now be

The head of the [UK] national police unit set up to tackle internet crime told lies under oath about her involvement in a plot to damage the career of a junior detective, a judge has said. Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie,

by Sam Raincock "In digital forensics we are often asked to determine the presence of evidence. However, what happens when we do not find anything? How do we prove something wasn’t there? Proving something is present is generally a trivial

Attacks on computer networks are among the biggest threats to the UK, Theresa May has said ahead of the publication of a new National Security Strategy. Cyber terrorism was a “new and growing” danger, the home secretary said… More (BBC)

by David Sullivan "We all over-complicate things and this is certainly true when seeking a new job. Essentially, to be successful at a Computer Forensics interview you just need to demonstrate two things: 1. You have the technical skills needed

Voom’s portable HardCopy 3P has two destinations ports, allowing the forensic investigator to create two duplicates simultaneously, one to be analyzed and one back-up, in a forensically-sound fashion and automatically handles hidden areas of the drive (HPA’s and DCO’s). MD5

by Simon Biles "We are operating in a field that has only been around for, by all counts ( ok, let’s leave Babbage out of it ) not even a century, yet we seem to have run out of innovation.

Radio Tactics Ltd, a specialist innovator of high-tech digital intelligence and evidence gathering solutions has today launched Aceso Field, a portable solution for extracting evidentially sound data from mobile digital devices, SIM and media cards. Aceso Field is a truly

Clearwell Systems, Inc. has announced the release of its Identification and Collection Module. Available with version 6.0 of the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform, the new module enables IT teams to easily identify and collect electronically stored information (ESI) while maintaining data

Nineteen people suspected of stealing millions from online bank accounts have been arrested by police. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit raided a string of addresses across London on Monday. The suspects are alleged to be part of

Experts in Colombia are trying to crack the codes to 15 computers and almost 100 memory sticks belonging to Colombia’s largest rebel group. They were seized on Thursday after a massive raid on a Farc jungle camp… More (BBC)

by Chris Hargreaves This month I wanted to discuss programming, specifically whether learning a programming language is useful for a digital forensic practitioner. I have been unable to find any surveys or polls capturing the proportion of practitioners who can