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The UK Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has called for new powers to allow police to tackle rogue websites, and make withholding encryption keys a criminal offence. The new proposals are buried inside a long and sometimes controversial list

This week, the editors of “Law Office Computing” announced the winners of the 11th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards. This year’s survey results recognized Kroll Ontrack as one of the most used service providers in the electronic discovery category. Electronic discovery

Some forensic experts look at fingerprints, blood or other evidence to solve a crime. Rudy Jones searches computer hard drives. “Computers are used in every aspect of today’s society,” said Jones, a 53-year-old York County resident. “People use the computer

Turiss LLC, a digital investigations and information protection firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, today announced the opening of a new office in Washington state to provide for the computer and cyber security needs of clients on the West Coast and

CyberSecurity Institute announced yesterday that testing for the CyberSecurity Forensics Analyst (CSFA) certification will begin in November of this year, with overview sessions for the process kicking off this September. The new certification process stresses the skills needed for real

Extracting, preserving and presenting electronic data for legal use requires a particular expertise. Law enforcement units around the country are racing to train and equip investigators with the specialized knowledge they need to handle the ever-growing volume of computer evidence

When John Estep, a postal worker from Ashland, was arrested by federal agents and charged with multiple counts of manufacturing CP, the case seemed to have stalled, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Wohlander. The case was lacking the kind

Guidance Software, Inc. has announced the appointment of two key executives. Victor Limongelli was promoted to President from his current role as Vice President of Professional Services and General Counsel. Frank Sansone was promoted to CFO from his current position

The Neenah Police Department in the US will convert one of its patrol officers to a forensic computer investigator to combat the proliferation of cybercrime. Capt. Tom Long said computer-related crimes have increased significantly in recent years. “It’s growing every

The new Logicube Forensic MD5 is engineered to the world’s top law enforcement agencies’ exacting standards. Junaid Sharaf, Managing Director and Strategic Advisor, AnyTech General Trading LLC, Dubai said, “This new generation of forensic hard-drive acquisition systems is specifically designed

A downward turn in overall cyber crime has hit its fourth year, said the 10th-annual survey on computer crime released this week, and average financial losses have tumbled by more than half. The yearly survey, which is conducted by the

A Labour MP is attempting to raise the maximum sentences that can be handed down on UK citizens who are convicted of hacking and DoS attacks. Tom Harris, MP for Glasgow South, introduced a bill on Tuesday to update the

Early registration for the 5th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop ends this Friday, July 15, 2005. This year the workshop is in New Orleans, August 17-19. The workshop is designed to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners with interests

This article introduces computer risk and more specifically computer incident response and forensics to an audience who is traditionally accustomed to implementing physical controls such as camera surveillance, physical access, and alarm systems throughout their facility. We’ll look at the

Bug Fixes– fls could crash if FAT short name did not exist– Linux header file problem with some distros.– Missing UFS / Ext2/3 file names (if deleted file claimed it used that data).– Missing FAT directory entries with ils (if

A computer forensics firm from Sawbridgeworth has played a key role in a criminal investigation. Crucial evidence from company DataSec led to the convictions of Terry Butler and David Weightman, whose computer equipment contained tens of thousands of CP images.