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A federal appeals court this week ruled that government investigators cannot retain incriminating information found in electronic searches unless it is within the scope of a search warrant… More (Computerworld)

iPhone Forensics Demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op-HyBVN2Ek iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxSF9EOjxw

While the proliferation of technology has paved the way for criminals to use digital media as a clandestine means to execute their crimes, law enforcement is keeping pace by using the services of forensic computer crime units. Both the Oakland

The New Zealand Police force has launched a new virtual evidence tool as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their e-Crime Lab. The Environment for Virtualised Evidence (EVE) application was launched at an event in Wellington today.EVE, created by the

Harlan Carvey, CISSP, is a computer security engineer and book author. He has conducted penetration tests and vulnerability assessments in support of corporate and federal government clients. He has also performed a wide range of incident response activities, and conducts

Intelligent Computer Solutions (ICS) announces today the release of the Image MASSter™ Solo-4 hand-held Forensic Duplicator. This unit features support for SAS, SATA, IDE, RAID, USB and e-SATA drives as well as a variety of Micro Media cards. All “Evidence”

“During the 2009 Legislative session, an important step was taken to better protect children with the passage of Assembly Bill 88, a bill that makes two significant changes to Nevada law to combat the problem of CP…The bill updates Nevada’s

With the heightened focus on cybersecurity – and increased incidents of insider crimes – the digital forensics practice has also gained a higher profile in both the private and public sectors. Keith Barger, a forensics veteran, currently serves as a

Litigants harbor immense reservoirs of electronically stored information. Servers, like lakes and rivers, are evident and expansive. Databases and archives are vast subterranean aquifers. Information puddles in desktops, portable devices and online storage. It’s costly to preserve, tap and process,

More than two dozen wounded soldiers and sailors sat inside a classroom at the Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., and listened to a Mississippi State University computer science instructor tell them about a second career option. They all shared an

AccessData has announced the preview of Forensic Toolkit® 3.0 (FTK®) which will be demonstrated at HTCIA International on August 24th in Lake Tahoe, California. Below are just a few highlights of the FTK 3.0 release…Reengineered for Improved Performance: * UI

After Hurricane Katrina devastated much of Louisiana, the state was granted $9 billion for recovery and disbursement to individual homeowners. Keith Barger, a director in KPMG’s Forensic practice in Houston, was put in charge of a forensics and fraud team

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.5 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

As Apple’s computers and mobile devices become increasingly popular, they sometimes get used by criminals. But with their current hardware and new software tools from Blackbag Technology and SubRosaSoft, Macs are also becoming the tools of choice for forensics examiners…

Vere Software has released the WebCase Internet Investigator’s Toolkit, a utility that combines several of the most important features for online investigations. Free to law enforcement investigators and $29 to private or corporate investigators, the Internet Investigator’s Toolkit provides one-click

Paraben has announced the release of Network E-Mail Examiner v3.0. This version completes the integration of NEMX into the P2 Commander interface giving it full forensic analysis features such as multi-threading, a back-end database, indexing and searching of attachments, and