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A new digital forensics degree will teach students how to find complex evidence that is hidden in mobile phones, computers and databases. The four-year Digital Forensics BSc (Hons) course, announced on Thursday, will be available at University of Abertay, in

There are around 450 criminal gangs around the world making money from images of child sex abuse, the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation has said. The watchdog’s annual report says that the 10 most prolific of these account for more than

Verizon’s invaluable Data Breach Investigations Report will now include data from hundreds of computer crime cases investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, the company announced this week. The report, which is among the best at tracking data loss incidents, is

A national public competition has begun to find people with a talent for keeping computers and networks secure. The competition aims to find those with relevant analytical, forensic and programming skills using web-based games and challenges. Without more computer security

The Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team operated out of publicity’s glare until last month, when armed with a search warrant, its investigators broke into the Fremont home of a blogger-editor for the website Gizmodo. The Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team,

A Pennsylvania school district under legal fire for using school laptops that captured images of students in their homes without disclosing the activity has issued a lengthy report that summarizes the findings of an investigation into the matter. The independent

Guidance Software, Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Tableau, LLC, a privately-held developer and manufacturer of computer forensic hardware. This acquisition extends Guidance Software’s existing leadership in computer forensics

Digital Forensics Magazine is a collection of features, news, reviews and articles concerning all matters dealing with the rapidly growing market of digital forensics and cyber security. Recent reports estimate this market to be worth £4-5bn each year at present.

Researchers say they’ve devised a way to bypass protections built in to dozens of the most popular desktop anti-virus products, including those offered by McAfee, Trend Micro, AVG, and BitDefender… More (The Register)

by Dominik Weber "When the large forensic company I am currently working for decided to create an Enterprise-Level product, I worked on cryptographic protocol, the Authentication and Encryption Algorithms, their FIPS 140-2 validation and implementation. This took a long time,

In this video, State Bar Practice Management Advisor Nerino Petro discusses way to effectively present electronic and computer forensics evidence with Bruce Olson, president of ONLAW Trial Technologies LLC. Olson outlines how to keep the jury engaged. Watch the video

by Dr Chris Hargreaves "Traditional academic publications are peer reviewed, e.g. journal papers and conference proceedings, and there are now many examples of these that specifically cover digital forensics (e.g. Digital Investigation, Journal of Digital Forensic Practice). However, a considerable

Companies or educational bodies can now take a group subscription to Digital Forensics Magazine and gain access for 6 or more people for 15% discount. If more than 20 logins are required for the magazine, customers are requested to email

Mac OS X Forensics (MacOSXForensics.com) has updated its name and URL to now become The Apple Examiner (AppleExaminer.com). The Apple Examiner now offers categories for Macs, the operating system, iPhones, iPods, iPads, other technologies, forums, resources and reviews.

Backbone Security is pleased to announce the release of V3.2 of their popular StegAlyzerAS and StegAlyzerSS digital forensics tools. Developed in Backbone’s Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), the tools are widely used by US and international law enforcement agencies;

reviewed by Jonathan Krause:Here’s two things you can be sure of; hard drives will constantly increase in capacity and the requirement to finish the job as soon as possible at minimum cost will be an ever present. So any device