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Our resident mobile forensics expert, Greg Smith, has posted a SIM PIN Challenge in the new Mobile Forensics forum. Full details can be found here. Good luck, everyone!

Rick Ayers doesn’t look much like the geek he says he has always been. A former golfer and rock guitarist, six feet tall, with a weight lifter’s build, long hair and a soul patch, Mr. Ayers, 37, stands out in

A gangster senses that the police are behind him and he could be caught any time. To save his established network of goons and even high-profile people, he extracts the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) of his mobile phone and chews

“My friend, Xenon, recently pointed me to an article on digitial forensics. According to the report, the conviction of the accused was dependent on the recorded testimony of one of the victims. Unfortunately, the recording was saved on a DVD,

True story: The Orlando (Fla.) Police Department is taking a homicide suspect to trial. The bad guy’s cell phone is being held as evidence. Apply sophisticated software to reconstruct deleted files and — what have we here? We see the

Voom Technologies (www.voomtech.com) has released HardCopy 3 (HC3), a faster, upgraded and enriched version of their renowned HardCopy 2 computer forensics hard-drive duplicator. HC3 offers data transfer speeds of up to 7.5 GB/min., eclipsing Voom’s own HardCopy 2. The HC3

2008 has been a year of growth in malware, infections, botnets and criminal profits. Recently, some security experts called for the punishment of these criminal activities. Criminal activity for financial gain remains the driver for the massive increase in Internet

Recently, research and news has created a great deal of discussion about hash algorithms and their validity for forensic uses. Over the past several years, the primary hash algorithm used in forensic applications, MD5, has been compromised for use in

A spike in UK-based cyber crime has prompted the British Computer Society (BCS) to form a new specialist group in the fight against online fraud. The BCS Cybercrime Forensics Specialist Group will gather and interpret digital evidence for investigations, as

UK police are hoping to one day develop a breathalyser-style tool for computers that could instantly flag up illegal activity on any PC it’s attached to. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, architect of the UK’s Police Central E-crime Unit (PCeU), said

Cybercriminals operating worldwide are benefitting from ineffective law enforcement and a growing economic recession that could make jittery people more susceptible to cybercrime scams. So concludes security firm McAfee in its new report, “Virtual Criminology Report—Cybercrime vs. Cyberlaw.” published Tuesday.

Paraben has released the Device Seizure Field Kit. Rugged, portable, and expandable, this comprehensive handheld forensic field kit allows you to take your lab out into the field to perform complete forensic exams of cell phones, PDAs, GPS devices, and

Firms should put in place forensics plans for incidents that may require computer evidence to be handed over, according to an influential security body. The Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC) published a report on Tuesday that aims to provide organisations

PmExplorer is a forensic software tool for the review and examination of PM files for Nokia mobile telephones. PM files can be obtained with third party hardware and software utilities such as sarasoft and the SHU box. PmExplorer differs from

Paraben has announced the release of Device Seizure v2.2 which is now available in a portable, expandable field kit. This new version adds two new iPhone plug-ins… What’s New: iPhone Advanced Logical Plug-inThis plug-in allows you to make a backup

WetStone has announced new training courses for 2009. Courses are offered in various locations and cybersecurity conferences and include… Hacking Bootcamp: Exploits and Live Incident InvestigationZombies and Botnets: Setup-Investigate-ShutdownIntroduction to Steganography: Steganography and Data ExfiltrationAdvanced Steganography: Demystifying Steganography Investigation More