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There has been a rise in the number of mobile phone accounts being cloned or taken over by criminals, figures show. According to the UK fraud prevention service Cifas, the practice is one of the growth areas of identity theft…

Troy University (Alabama) is getting $350,000 in federal funding to fight cybercrime. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa worked to get the federal appropriation for Troy’s Computer Forensics Institute and Lab. Shelby said Tuesday the university will use the funding

‘Life as a real life CSI isn’t as glamorous as it looks on TV!’ says Dundalk woman Vivienne Mee who is a leading expert in computer forensics in Ireland. Dr Mee, from Mountain View, Point Road, just recently graduated from

Better statistics and centralised recording of computer crime are the two main aims of Britain’s e-crime strategy unveiled last week by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo)… More (ComputerWeekly.com)

An interview with mobile telephone expert witness Greg Smith of Trew & Co. is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/greg-smith-interview-290809 Greg is also the moderator of the Mobile Phone Forensics forum and posts under the username “trewmte”.

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