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viaForensics, a computer and mobile forensic and e-discovery firm, is offering a one-day training course on Android forensics. Two sessions of the course are being offered on May 4 and May 5 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Chicago

The super-sleuth detectives in TV show CSI have some very nifty tools to help solve crimes. But the need to keep things interesting and wrap the show up in an hour means the technology used in each episode bears little

TAG Examiner is a new application that enables an examiner to quickly process large numbers of image files to identify any that contain GPS Coordinates (Geo-Tags). Once processed, the examiner can quickly identify images that are relevant to their investigation.

Mobile device forensic investigators who are attending this year’s Techno Security & Digital Investigations Conference can look forward to a new training course from Teel Technologies. The three-day training, held concurrently with the conference between June 9-11, 2010 in Myrtle

Investigators of high-tech crimes in both law enforcement and corporate environments are invited to register for the International High Tech Crimes Investigation Association (HTCIA)’s annual conference, this year being held in Atlanta (GA) from September 20-22, 2010…Both members and non-members

by Craig Ball "I recently posted an open letter to judges on a blog that caters to an e-discovery audience. I asked judges to stop ordering parties to turn over their systems to the opposing side's computer forensic examiners and

Katana Forensics has annouced that Latern can support all generations of iPhones and the new iPad, to include iPhone OS 3.2. Lantern will also release a new version that will contain improved acquisitions, additional exporting features and hashing of all

Motivated by a lack of forensic tools to acquire evidence from network devices in the field, ATC released the Router Marshal forensic tool on March 4, 2010. Router Marshal automatically acquires digital forensic evidence from network devices such as routers

A free tool is changing the way digital forensic professionals perform detailed examinations. The SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) Workstation 2.0, created by Rob Lee, is the first of its kind – an online virtualized workstation environment to show that

TAG View is a free application that allows the Forensic Examiner to view EXIF Data and Geo-Tags embedded within digital images. TAG View uses Google Maps to display maps of coordinates that are embedded within images and allows the examiner

Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has announced that the latest version of its flagship product, Passware Kit Forensic, has become the first commercially available software to break TrueCrypt hard drive

April 1st sees the announcement of two new organisations for digital forensics professionals. The International Federation of Forensic Examiners in Europe (IFFEE) and the Department of Justice Expert Examiners (DoJEE) group in the US both aim to provide practitioners with

Searching a computer can detect noncompliance, including new law violations, that occurred days or even years before the search. The most basic search or preview takes a quick look at the computer on site to determine if there are any

by Dan Gaskell "The Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) was amended by Statutory Instrument on 31 October 2003 through the introduction of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003. The driving force behind this was an EC Directive

Although there is plenty of ­guidance in case law and in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure regarding court-supervised electronic discovery, companies responding to government requests find themselves on a journey without a road map. In the absence of court

Logicube® Inc. has announced a new addition to its line of forensic data capture solutions. The MPFS™ (Massive Portable Forensic Storage) solution is the first storage device designed specifically for the digital forensic market. The MPFS provides up to 8TB