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Researchers at UK computer forensics firm Disklabs have helped develop technology that will drastically speed up the forensic analysis of ‘Volume Shadow Copies’ (VSC) of suspect Windows computers. The introduction of VSC technology in Windows 2003 created a huge headache

This month sees the launch of the Forensic Focus Preferred Training program which aims to highlight the very best digital forensics training available. The first course offered is "Mobile Forensics: Investigating Connection Records" delivered in the UK by Sam Raincock

by Joachim Metz "While some may curse Windows Vista for all its changes, for us forensic investigators it also introduced new interesting 'features'. One is the integration of Windows (Desktop) Search into the operating system. Most corporations have been reluctant

by Sam Raincock "When a crime happens, the time of the events may be critical to the legal case. However, how are these times established? Is it the time alleged by the witness? When the CCTV system captured the image?

Computer forensics software vendor Belkasoft announced today that it has recovered the new QQ messenger history format. Tencent QQ is the most popular Instant Messenger globally with user base about 1 billion of people and is very widely used in

Radio Tactics Ltd, a provider of mobile phone forensics equipment, has announced the official opening of its Australian Office, complementing its existing presence in the UK and USA. The opening of the new office constitutes the next step in an

The Metropolitan Police has arrested two London youths for their alleged roles in an international cyber crime forum. The teenagers were picked up yesterday on suspicion of encouraging or assisting crime, unauthorised access under the Computer Misuse Act and conspiracy

Backbone Security has announced availability of 32-bit and 64-bit versions of their popular digital steganography detection tools for use on forensic workstations running 64-bit operating systems. The new versions of the tools can run under Windows XP Pro x64, Windows

Stroz Friedberg has announced the promotions of Seth P. Berman and Erin Nealy Cox to the position of Executive Managing Director and their appointment to the firm’s Executive Management Group, which sets strategy and policy for the firm…”Our Executive Management

The Forensic Focus 2010 survey is now online at http://feedbackfarm.com/surveyengine/s.php?i=477 The survey should take no more than 2 or 3 minutes to complete and does not require any personal or contact information. This year the survey has been expanded to

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. has updated Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker, a GPU-accelerated password recovery tool to unlock encrypted iPhone and iPod Touch backups, with iOS 4 Software support. The support of the latest iOS enables ElcomSoft’s forensic customers to access information

Digital Assembly, a leading photo forensics software company with roots at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), will collaborate with the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) to improve DC3’s internally developed forensics carving tools. Digital Assembly

MSAB Inc. has announced the addition of Jansen Cohoon, an educator and digital forensic practitioner, to its training division. Cohoon will design and teach curriculum that advances both MSAB’s XRY Complete product line, and mobile device forensics overall. As Technical

Federal prosecutors have accused a man of hacking into scores of computers and using the personal information he found to extort sexually explicit videos from female victims, many of whom were juveniles. Luis Mijangos, 31, of Santa Ana, California, was

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2010 has been updated to version 2.7 build 456. This update includes support for iPad, iTunes 9.2 and fixes several issues for Blackberry, Motorola and Sony Ericsson devices….The complete list of changes since v2.7 release: – Added

OK, so you’ve heard about the term ediscovery, and possibly know of Australia’s federal court ruling last year that meant all matters above a certain size must be dealt with 100% digitally. It’s all very well to dip into the