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Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, has called for the establishment of computer forensic laboratories across the country either on zonal or state basis. The AGF said that the yet to be established laboratories would be federally

An editorial panel is currently reviewing the ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence and is seeking the views of interested parties from both the law enforcement and private community of users and service providers, the IT sector, and

Trial lawyers should broaden their expertise in electronic data collection if they hope to present best evidence, an expert in electronic discovery said on April 9 at Fordham. Edward Stroz, CBA ’79, founder and co-president of the global consulting firm

WetStone is offering a new class at Techno Security 2010: Mining for P2P Evidence Criminals utilize Peer to Peer technologies to communicate, share information and contraband. In addition, malicious software such as Botnets, Zombies and Trojans utilize these protocols for

MacForensicsLab Inc. announces the immediate availability of the latest version of their computer forensic suite, MacForensicsLab 3.0. The latest version of MacForensicsLab features redesigned core functions making it faster to zero in on suspect evidence with an easier and more

Logicube® Inc. has announced a new addition to its line of forensic data capture solutions. The NETConnect™ networking module provides immediate network access to forensic data. The NETConnect provides multiple investigators access to a single set of case files. Suspect

Two-day training on Oxygen Forensic Suite 2010 will be held at pre-conference days in Chicago Police Academy on May 4-5. During the conference itself Oleg Fedorov will give a talk about iPhone forensically important files and databases…We have prepared several

WetStone is offering new Insider Exploits training at Techno Security 2010. This is a two-day training that allows each student to experience a unique virtualized cyber-safe environment where investigators and information technology professionals can experiment with the most advanced exploits

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