Wounded Soldiers to Train in Digital Forensics

The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington is planning to train wounded soldiers in the science of digital forensics so they can become cybersecurity investigators. Classes will be offered at no cost to Defense Department and Veterans Administration participants in the training.

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Industry Click Fraud Rate Higher Than Ever

The click fraud traffic from botnets broke a new barrier growing to 31.4%. Click Forensics, Inc. released industry pay-per-click fraud figures for the fourth quarter 2008 from the search advertising industry’s leading independent click fraud reporting service – the Click Fraud Index®.

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Cloud Computing Gives E-Discovery a Lift

With the amount of infrastructure required to support e-discovery capabilities, firms are looking to cloud computing’s utility model as a way to rein in storage and retrieval costs while improving their regulatory response.

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Preventing e-Discovery Headaches

Mandatory meet-and-confer sessions set the tone — and the boundaries — of e-discovery contests.

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Prepare for E-Discovery Before a Lawsuit Is Filed

A well-organized records management program is the foundation for an effective electronic discovery program.

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Small Firms to Get Specific e-Crime Advice

The guide, E-crime: What Your Business Needs to Know, features case studies and tips on topics such as email security and spam, data security, phishing, bots and zombies, wireless network security and hacking.

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Administration to Establish Major Office for Cyber Matters

President Barack Obama plans to name a a high official for cyber matters who would report directly to the president, greatly increase funding for interoperable first responder communications and spend $5 billion in global counterterrorism cooperation, as part of his homeland security agenda.

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Leading Retailer Chooses Guidance Software's EnCase(R) eDiscovery

Guidance Software's EnCase platform provides the foundation to conduct thorough, network-enabled, and court-validated digital investigations.

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Free PDA Forensics Utility Download

PDA surveillance utility extracts all pocket PC information like OS registry records, database records, model number, call history, memory usage, saved SMS, contact numbers, mobile manufacturer name and IMEI number of windows mobile phone.

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Scott Emery Joins Portland, OR-based Encurve

Mr. Emery will head up Encurve’s Incident Response, Digital Forensic and Investigations practice.

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Forensic Innovations' File Identification Technology Exceeds 3,000 File Types

Forensic Innovations' File Identification Technology identifies 3,171 file types, with a 66% gain in speed, while maintaining high accuracy.

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Call for Papers for the IEEE International Workshop

The IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS) is intended to become an annual event that will create a venue for knowledge exchange that encompasses a broad range of disciplines and facilitates the exchange of ideas between various disparate communities that constitute information security.

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Detecting Timestamp Changing Utilities

I ran into an attacker who changed some timestamps on some executables to try and hide their presence. The attacker placed the executables in a system folder and named them very similar to legitimate executables (mistake #1).

By Lance Mueller

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Reducing e-Discovery Costs vs. Law Firm Profits

I have spent the better part of the last two (2) weeks talking with top litigators from AM 100 Law Firms, eDiscovery service providers, eDiscovery consultants and the General Counsel from corporations that are either currently involved in cases with major eDiscovery costs or have recently complete a case with major eDiscovery costs.

By Charles Skamser

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