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An interview with Sam Raincock of SRC is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/sam-raincock-interview-300510. Many thanks to Sam for her time and her thoughtful responses, the interview is sure to be of interest to both those currently working in the field and

Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for corporations and law enforcement organizations, has announced Passware Kit 10, the first commercially available software to accelerate distributed password recovery using both graphics processing units (GPUs)

Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation has announced the release of CodeSuite 4.0. Several improvements have been made to the existing suite of tools including CodeCLOC for measuring how software evolves across versions of code. The CodeCLOC algorithms were developed

The Apple Examiner has posted an article written to show the power of Brian Carrier’s Sleuth Kit in creating timelines with HFS+ file systems. The Sleuth Kit includes several command line utilities that can give in-depth looks into many different

The second annual Forensic 4cast Awards will be held as part of the SANS Forensic Summit in Washington DC on Thursday July 8 2010 at 7:30pm. This event will be held in front of a live audience full of digital

I’m delighted to announce that computer forensics recruitment specialist David Sullivan has agreed to become a regular columnist here at Forensic Focus. David has asked for any questions related to his first piece, “Avoiding common job application errors”, to be

The Apple Examiner has posted an article written by Brian Salmon showing the new features of Access Data’s latest release of FTK and how it applies to analyzing Macintosh data. The entire article can be read at http://www.AppleExaminer.com

Radio Tactics Ltd – www.radio-tactics.com – a provider of mobile phone forensics equipment today announces the launch of Aceso v5. The Aceso v5 is an upgrade to the existing Radio Tactics Aceso device, which enables users from government and law

By Lee Hui Jing, EnCe "A couple of months ago, one of my clients, an Investigating Officer from a Law Enforcement Agency, had requested me to extract some of the files from an image copy of a hard disk. The

The 1st, 4th, and 7th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal have applied the plain view doctrine to computer searches. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the doctrine in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing. This article looks at

by Chris Hargreaves "Browsing through the forums on Forensic Focus, on numerous occasions I have come across requests for MSc project ideas. An MSc project is a research project, and that requires the identification of an area of research in

As people bustle about in the busy area known as the West End in Downtown Dallas, they may not realize that nearby highly-trained crime fighters are working to catch crooks, murderers and terrorists. Very few people get to peak inside

"In this paper we would like to address a few problems that we encounter in the digital forensic field, in general, which probably will get worse if our methods do not get smarter soon. A few problems that the digital

Tim LeeHealey is CEO of pioneering US forensic firm AccessData, which creates solutions that address criminal and internal investigations, ediscovery and information assurance. On a visit to Sydney to attend a seminar for forensic investigators, LeeHealy took some time out

Organizations will increase their use of electronic discovery, according to new research from IT trade association CompTIA, which will open up opportunities for IT solution providers with the right skills and expertise. E-discovery conventionally refers to the discovery process in

by Sean McLinden "In my last column, I discussed the concept of prior probability, that is to say, the likelihood that that conclusion A can be derived from fact B with no additional data. In medical diagnosis, prior probability is