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Met Police to extract suspects' mobile phone data
Sat, 05/19/2012 - 02:23The Metropolitan Police has implemented a system to extract mobile phone data from suspects held in custody. The data includes call history, texts and contacts, and the BBC has learned that it will be retained regardless of whether any charges are brought. The technology is being used in 16 London boroughs, and could potentially be used by police across the UK. Campaign group Privacy International described the move as a "possible breach of human rights law"...
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Lima Forensic Case Management new release - CEIC 2012
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 02:19IntaForensics are attending CEIC 2012 Nevada, showcasing the newest release of the most advanced and configurable Digital Forensic management solution, Lima Forensic Case Management v1.3.9. The new version due for release July 2012 has many new exciting features, such as the ability for users to order, hide and sort table views, and view exhibits in detailed, tile or icon view. Please stop by booth 416 for a demonstration or visit our website at www.intaforensics.com for further information.
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Interview with John Patzakis, Founder and CEO of X1 Discovery
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:01John, the last time you were interviewed at Forensic Focus you were the Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer at Guidance Software. Now you're the founder and CEO of X1 Discovery - tell us about that move.
I am proud to have been a co-founder and part of the senior team at Guidance Software for ten years. The early days at Guidance were exciting as we sowed new fields, just as we are doing now at X1 Discovery. At Guidance, we first pioneered Windows-based forensics, which was the new paradigm and represented an order of magnitude improvement over Dos-based forensics. Then circa 2004, we introduced and championed the concept of enterprise in-house eDiscovery, a strategy that ended up being Guidance’s main force of growth leading to our IPO in 2006. So after leaving in 2009 and engaging in consulting projects through 2010 I began discussions with X1, an Idealab Company that I always thought had excellent search technology for both the desktop and the enterprise...
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Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012 v.4.3 released
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 19:09Oxygen Software has updated Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012, the company’s flagship mobile forensic tool, offering investigators a greatly improved experience with more information accessible in easier ways. The newly added Spyware section allows analyzing logs and activities performed by common spyware applications and allows access to chunks of data that would be otherwise inaccessible to an investigator. Improved Apple iOS analysis can now retrieve user passwords stored in keychain backups created with iOS 4.x and 5.x. Parsing and analyzing keychain allows investigators access to most passwords stored in Apple iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad.
Adding more than 1000 new devices Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012 now supports 5200+ devices. All registered customers may download the new version immediately from their personal customer area.
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FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites - now
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 21:12The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. In meetings with industry representatives, the White House, and U.S. senators, senior FBI officials argue the dramatic shift in communication from the telephone system to the Internet has made it far more difficult for agents to wiretap Americans suspected of illegal activities, CNET has learned...
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Interview with Noreen Tehrani, Applied Trauma Psychologist, NTA
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 21:45What are the short and long term effects of working with the kind of disturbing material which digital forensics examiners often encounter in their work?
I think that it is relatively easy to see that some people will never be able to deal with the distressing images, sounds and dialogue that are part of the examiners world. Some people fail within the first few days of being exposed to the material. However, perhaps more difficult is the slow grinding down of the digital examiner's resilience which can happen over months or years. People who have handled this kind of work may suddenly find that they are unable to deal with it any more. I think that most people have a “shelf-life” for dealing with the most distressing material and need to take a break. The initial reaction to distressing material is the shock and disgust it causes, the fact that people will do things that most of us could never imagine. This is particularly distressing when the victim is a child...
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Job Vacancy: Assistant Manager - Computer Forensic, London - Up to £48K
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 23:27Client is seeking an assistant manager to join their Forensic Technology team, specialising in the capture and analysis of forensic data.
Role Responsibilities:-
Assist the Forensic team in imaging and search of imaged data
Assist with production of data
Undertake research and assist with maintenance of databases
Forensic examination of mobile devices
Read more here or contact Dave on 0207 297 9692 or email dt@warnerscott.com
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Group-IB Releases 2011 Report on Russian Cybercrime
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 23:14Group-IB, a leading Russian cybercrime investigation and computer forensics company and LETA Group subsidiary, has announced a 28-page report on the Russian cybercrime market in 2011. Analysts from Group-IB's computer forensics lab and its CERT-GIB unit prepared the report. The report outlines the main risks associated with various types of hacker activities, analyzes the main trends in the development of the Russian cybercrime market, estimates the shares and the financial performance of the Russian segment of the global cybercrime market, and forecasts market trends for this year. A summary infographic is available here and the report itself is available here (pdf).
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Job Vacancy: eDiscovery Forensic Consultant - London £30-£65k
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 19:46E-Discovery Consultant is required for a leading management, IT and technology consulting firm with experience in Nuix, Relativity, EnCase and Forensic. The E-Discovery Consultant will be primary responsible for supporting electronic discovery projects. This is an excellent opening for an experienced E-Discovery Consultant who has experience of forensically collecting data and conducting basic forensic tasks.
CV's to phil@propriusrecruitment.com or call 020 7618 0965 for a confidential chat.
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AccessData Planning E-Discovery Apps Integration
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 18:31AccessData during summer 2012 will continue expanding its e-discovery product lineup with bundled applications, cloud options, and data visualization software, officials revealed at the company's user conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The company earlier this year bundled AccessData Early Case Assessment with the Summation document review tool, as well as the AccessData eDiscovery product. Next, in July, all three products will be offered as one. The planned all-in-one edition has an integrated database, a single browser-based user interface, and separate licenses for each component...
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New York High Court Rules On CP In Browser Cache
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 03:07Accessing and viewing child pornography over the internet is not necessarily a crime under New York law, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The unanimous court said that child porn stored in a computer’s browser cache is not enough evidence to convict someone for child-porn possession under state law. The New York Court of Appeals ruled that the authorities, under New York’s child-porn statutes, must prove that an internet surfer knew that his computer automatically stored cached images, or printed or downloaded the images...
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Job Vacancy: E-Discovery Senior Consultant, London, OTE £112K
Thu, 05/10/2012 - 23:40Senior Consultant (E-Discovery), London – full time
Salary: £80k base (OTE - £112k)
All Senior Consultants at all levels have excellent technical, analytical, data management, project management, writing, presentation, negotiation and communication skills. Applicants should have a strong technical skill set and be qualified and interested to deliver in service area below. Ability and willingness to undertake travel domestically and internationally. When required the ability to work long hours during the week and on weekends if client demands dictate...
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New from JADsoftware - Recover Evidence from Social Media Apps with IEF v5.4
Thu, 05/10/2012 - 18:51Internet Evidence Finder (IEF), the market leading computer forensics product for recovery of Internet communications from hard drives and live RAM, is trusted by over 1500 organizations in 92 countries including law enforcement, government, and corporations. IEF v5.4 brings new carving and parsing support for Linkedin email, Trillian chat and improved support for Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter. See the full list of enhancements below or try IEF for free at www.jadsoftware.com
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Digital Forensics and eDiscovery Employment – The State of the Market 2012
Wed, 05/09/2012 - 22:37Forensic Focus recently asked a number of digital forensics and eDiscovery recruitment specialists to comment on the current state of the employment market.
Read their thoughts here.
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There's no 911 for cybercrime. If there were, would you call?
Tue, 05/08/2012 - 19:36If you work for a large corporation, you hear lots of talk about corporate responsibility, and that's great. But I can't help but point out that, whether it is intentional, there is a massive and growing hypocrisy in the corporate world when it comes to prosecuting crime...it's anecdotally clear that most companies simply don't call the authorities when they experience criminal losses through online attacks. We in the industry know this, but I wonder if the assumptions we make as to why this is so are correct. It's especially important to consider this now, as we're in the middle of what can only be called a "conversion convergence" which continues to see increases in use of the Internet to monetize stolen information and to launder ill-gotten gains...
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Daegis Offers Cost-Predictability with eDiscovery Calculators
Mon, 05/07/2012 - 19:48Daegis has announced its new Cross-Matter Management Savings and Document Review calculators. Designed by Daegis expert eDiscovery consultants, these free online tools help legal counsel better predict costs and timelines associated with eDiscovery, allowing for more targeted budgeting and greater cost predictability. According to a recent ALM eDiscovery Market Study, survey respondents overwhelmingly identified review, processing and analysis as the top three most expensive segments of the EDRM. Seventy-five percent identified "review" as among the three highest areas of spend, followed by "processing" (50 percent) and "analysis" (43 percent). A 2011 report by Gartner corroborates these findings.
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SNVC's Andrew Scholnick to Present at 2012 ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics
Mon, 05/07/2012 - 19:43SNVC announces that Andrew Scholnick, Network/Mobility/Security Subject Matter Expert, will present a white paper at the 2012 ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. "Facilitating Forensics in the Mobile Millennium through Proactive Enterprise Security" addresses how enterprise security protocols are undermined by mobile device security. The conference will be held May 30-31 in Richmond, VA. The paper will also be published in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, which features original research and commentary about digital forensics and its relationship to security and law.
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Review: 'Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals'
Fri, 05/04/2012 - 18:37Authors Larry and Lars Daniel have assembled a nearly perfect book: "Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals: Understanding Digital Evidence From the Warrant to the Courtroom" is a reference manual, instruction guide, and a best practices and lessons-learned archive that's essential reading for legal professionals working with digital evidence. The topics covered in the book are designed efficiently and easily absorbed, with technical and legal concepts articulated by real-world examples. Technical concepts, such as HASH values, metadata, file carving, and thumbnail caches are simplified. Laws and acts, including civil and criminal proceedings, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, rules of discovery, and orders are explained clearly enough for non-lawyers to understand...
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Updated Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012 v. 4.2 Features
Fri, 05/04/2012 - 18:34Oxygen Software updates Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012, the company’s flagship mobile forensic tool, offering a number of productivity, compatibility and performance improvements. A new aggregated view offers at-a-glance access to information stored in common mobile productivity applications such as Dropbox, Evernote and Remember The Milk. Two new Android OS messengers are supported, Textie and HeyTell. In addition, four more Web browsers for the Android platform are also supported, including Atomic, Ninesky, UC Browser and UC Browser Lite. Minor improvements to Communication Statistics and brand-new exporting engine are added.
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IRA membership trial hears mobile phone evidence
Thu, 05/03/2012 - 23:45The trial of a Dublin man accused of membership of the IRA has heard evidence from a garda mobile phone expert. Sean Farrell (aged 27), of Kilfenora Road, Crumlin, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation within the State namely Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army, otherwise the IRA on July 7, 2011. Giving evidence this afternoon before the non-jury court, Detective Garda Fiona Summers told Mr Michael Bowman BL, for the State, that she works with Europol as an analyst and is attached to the Special Detective Unit. She agreed that she conducted a review of an XRY analysis of mobile phones taken from Mr Farrell and another man also arrested during the investigation, and extracted all communications between the two handsets such as text messages and phone calls...
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