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Viewers of TV dramas don’t focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) do. NIST researchers have

Paraben has announced the release of Chat Examiner v2.0. If your subscription is current, you can download the new version from your registration site account at http://register.paraben-forensics.com. If your subscription is not current, you can update it from your registration

viaForensics has announced their Android Forensics training course which will prepare examiners with the tools, techniques and analysis methods to investigate an Android device. This training course is for law enforcement or government employees only and coincides with the DoD

“Identity Theft Online,” the fourth webinar in Vere Software’s free series, will be presented on Thursday, December 17 at 11 a.m. Pacific Time. During the 60-minute course, Detective Kipp Loving of the Tracy (California) Police Department and the Sacramento Valley

An interview with Russell May of 4N6 Investigation is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/russell-may-interview-101209. Russell is a well known figure in the computer forensics world with a reputation for providing some of the best training courses available. Enjoy the interview!

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.9 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

HBGary, Inc. today announced the spin-off of its U.S. government cybersecurity services group. The new company, known as HBGary Federal, will focus on delivering HBGary’s malware analysis and incident response products and expert classified services to the Department of Defense,

There is a PhD position available at the Centre for Forensic Computing, Cranfield University, UK. The broad area for the research is the investigation of the digital evidence left on hard disks by users who have communicated via the Internet.

Alabama Attorney General Troy King wants to expand the crimefighting work being done at the Troy University Computer Forensics Lab to include more training for local law enforcement regarding electronic evidence… More (Dothan Eagle)

Government security contractor Northrop Grumman has joined with three leading cybersecurity research universities to launch a research consortium focused on fixing the most vexing problems in information security…The consortium will work on a number of projects, including dependable software analysis,

A new generation of forensic computer specialists is being trained at a Scots university…The MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics will teach recruits how to track down hi-tech criminals… More (Scotsman)

“Digital forensics is much harder than crime forensics…When there’s a murder, there’s a body. There’s evidence everywhere. In digital forensics, there’s no body. You might not even know there has been a murder until months after it happened”… More (Dark

Trying to conceal wrongdoing, criminals often do whatever possible to get rid of digital evidence, sometimes acting in a moment of panic. That can include anything from deleting e-mails to shooting computers with a shotgun or even burning the house

A threat in an online game chat room didn’t faze Alexis Rivera…had the cyber boys known whom they were targeting, they might have changed their minds. Rivera intends to pursue a digital forensics career with the FBI. She is one

Passware Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. The new version of its flagship product – Passware Kit Forensic

Computer forensics don’t have to solely focus on recovering and searching for evidence on storage devices. Although programs like Encase and FTK 3.0 are excellent tools to help find documents, photographs and other files for your investigation, they cut short