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Victims of computer crime now have a powerful ally in the State of New Jersey. The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that a Computer Crime Task Force had been formed by merging the nationally known state police cyber-crimes unit with

Though there can be many factors which affect the rise of cybercrime, some major environmental characteristics of Internet in France which affect the most are firstly, the number of Internet users is increasing rapidly… More (Computer Crime Research Center)

Like so many other aspects of our lives, major fraud has gone high tech. In fact, fuelled by excited media comment, computer crime and fraud are regarded as synonymous by many. But it’s important to remember that it’s not the

Mention the word criminal forensics and immediately most people think about Marg Helgenberger or David Caruso from CBS television’s popular series “CSI” and “CSI: Miami.” You know — glitz, glamour, special Hummers, and unraveling the clues to crack the case

Everything about the new FBI regional computer forensics laboratory in Hamilton Township screams the word “geek.” The carpeting is emblazoned with maroon 0’s and 1’s – the binary digits to which all computer codes can be reduced. A bookshelf in

…Out of curiosity, Jones began looking into various scams that arrived in his inbox. Being fairly adept at using Unix commands, he started to apply these to find out where certain web sites were located and was surprised at how

Business continuity has largely been the domain of big companies, but data-protection vendor Unitrends this week unveiled system-recovery technology at a price point that should help small and mid-size companies recover operational data as quickly as their larger counterparts should

A new paper entitled "Analyzing Exchange and mbox e-mail files using Free and Open Source Software" by Mike Harrington, CFCE EnCE and Mark Lachniet, CISA CISSP is now online. A full list of articles and papers held at Forensic Focus

Barbara Wadriski’s workplace at the FBI’s Mobile headquarters looks more like the back shop of a computer store than a crime lab. Surrounded by work stations, a long table holds the guts of various computers. Equipment in various stages of

We know that technology can be used to track people’s location via a cellphone, but how difficult is it for law enforcement to get a court order and do this legally? More (Security Focus)

The proceeds of cybercrime now exceed that of the illegal drugs industry, a US Treasury advisor has claimed. According to Valerie McNiven, former World Bank security expert, the turnover of electronically-related crime exceeded $105 billion in 2004, for the first

The Rocky Mountain Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory, the tenth such regional laboratory in the country established and operated with the help of the FBI, is due to officially open January 18. Officials say the lab will greatly improve investigators’ capacity

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As we approach a pervasive computing society, are you prepared for the challenge of using digital forensics to reconstruct a compromise? More (EIT)

Guidance Software had to do a forensic investigation on its own systems after a hacker broke in and accessed records, including credit card data, of thousands of customers. The attack occurred in November, but wasn’t discovered until Dec. 7, John

Jety asks: “I do general-purpose tech support for a variety of individuals and small businesses. Today, one of my clients presented me with an interesting situation, which made me recommend that he get his own attorneys and computer forensics experts