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Your weekly news source for professionals working in digital forensics. |
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March 20, 2009 |
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Product Focus
The Future of Digital Forensic Technology is Here!The Forensic Dossier™ from Logicube® is the fastest data capture solution on the market today; capture and authenticate at speeds approaching 6GB/min. The Dossier captures data from one or two suspect drives to one or two evidence drives and provides built-in support for SATA/IDE hard drives, flash media devices and a RAID pair. Designed to meet the complex challenges of digital forensic investigations, the Dossier uses the highest levels of authentication computing MD5 and SHA-256 hash concurrently. Industry Calendar To submit an event, please email editors@DFInews.com. April 13-15, 2009 Cell Phone Forensics I Washington, DC April 15-16, 2009 8th Annual Security Conference Las Vegas, NV April 27-29, 2009 The Computer Forensics Show Washington, DC April 27-29, 2009 eDiscovery San Francisco, CA May 5–7, 2009 Cell Phone Forensics Pittsburgh, PA May 12–14, 2009 Cell Phone Forensics (Law Enforcement Only) Allentown, PA May 17-20, 2009 CEIC 2009 Orlando, FL May 17-21, 2009 CSI SX 2009 Las Vegas, NV May 20-22, 2009 ADFSL Conference Burlington, VT digitalforensics-conference.org May 22, 2009 SADFE Oakland, CA May 26-30, 2009 Mobile Forensics World Chicago, IL May 31-June 3, 2009 Techno Security Conference Myrtle Beach, SC July 7-9, 2009 Cell Phone Forensics II Washington, DC June 28-July 3, 2009 FIRST Kyoto Japan July 25-28, 2009 USA 2009 Black Hat Las Vegas, NV August 3-5, 2009 Computer Forensics Show San Jose , CA August 13-14, 2009 Third International Workshop on Computational Forensics The Hague, The Netherlands August 17-19, 2009 Digital Forensic Research Workshop Montreal, Canada August 23-26, 2009 2009 HTCIA International Training Conference Lake Tahoe, CA October 23-24, 2009 A National Symposium on the Collection, Analysis and Legal Applications of Digital Evidence - The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law Pittsburgh, PA October 26-28, 2009 2009 Techno Forensic Conference Gaithersburg, MD November 8-11, 2009 PFIC 2009 Park City, UT |
Inside an FBI ProbeFBI agents used all their traditional resources in their race against time to find the answers. But they also used a new tool, a forensic lab of sorts, but for computers. It’s the latest entry in a rapidly developing and ever-changing field of police work called digital forensics. Private Messages Presented in Murder TrialThe prosecution called several experts to the stand, including a handwriting analyst, a forensic accountant, a computer forensics investigator and a trace evidence examiner. Is it Pauline? Computer Says NoWhile Pauline Hanson says she'll slug it out in court with newspaper publishers over the authenticity of a set of nude photographs to surface at the weekend, science has spoken. And the computer says no. NSA Chief Continues Bid to Take Over CybersecurityIn the wake of the resignation on Friday of National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) Director Rod Beckstrom over concerns that the National Security Agency plans to take over government cybersecurity efforts, comes an announcement that NSA Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander will be giving the keynote address at this year's RSA security conference. NitroSecurity Completes Asset Purchase of Chronicle Solutions for Layer 7 Application MonitoringNitroSecurity, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Chronicle Solutions. NitroSecurity will integrate Chronicle’s application protocol monitoring (APM) technology with its award-winning security information & event management (SIEM) and database activity monitoring (DAM) solution, NitroView ESM. Japanese Cybercrime Stats are a Red Flag for WestJapan's cybercrime cases jumped by 15.5% to a record 6,321 in 2008, the country's National Police Agency (NPA) said yesterday. This was treble the number of cybercrimes of 2004, and included internet-related cases of threat, libel, illegal access and fraud, an NPA survey found. Where will Cybercrime take us in 2009?Looking back, we can see that cybercrime has evolved into a booming global business. Viruses, malware and online crime have turned into a major shadow economy that successfully mimics the real business world. In 2008, money remained the driving force behind the growth of targeted attacks. On the Trail of the Analyzer: How one of the world's most notorious hackers ended up in a Canadian jail cellA decade ago he became a cult hero for hacking into the U.S. Pentagon's computer systems. Today, Ehud Tenenbaum is languishing behind bars in a Calgary jail cell, where he has been held for six months. Tenenbaum is facing charges accusing him of masterminding a global operation that hacked into financial institutions across North America. Phone Security Not Only a Presidential Issue"There's software out there that will let people image what's on a phone, or download that information in a matter of minutes, put it back on a desk and nobody will know their information is lost," said Michael Kessler, president of Kessler International. The computer and cell phone forensics company works with government agencies, as well as corporate clients and law firms. I-T dept Sets Up Cyber Lab to Detect Tax EvasionDirectorate of Income-Tax Investigation (DITI), Mumbai has set up a 'Cyber Forensic Lab' with the help of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). NetWitness CEO Testifies Before the House Homeland Security CommitteeNetWitness Corporation announced that its Chairman and CEO, Amit Yoran, testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on the issue of the Nation’s cybersecurity program and initiatives. Imperva Adds Analytics To SecureSphere Database Monitoring SolutionImperva® announced a new version of its SecureSphere database activity monitoring (DAM) solution that adds analytics intelligence to automate forensic and audit investigations. DC Live Forensics Audio Laboratory 7.5 PortableDC Live/Forensics is a real-time, effective and easy-to-use software program designed for analyzing degraded audio recordings and includes an extensive suite of filtering modules for enhancing speech intelligibility and for reducing distracting and fatiguing to listen to background noise and interfering sounds found on most forensic tape recordings. HBGary Prices Responder Field Edition Less Than $1KResponder performs all physical to virtual address mappings, re-creates the object manager, exposes all objects, and enables investigators to perform a complete and comprehensive computer investigation. Guidance Software’s Real eDiscovery Publication Highlights Cost SavingsReal eDiscovery details how companies are reaping the benefits of in-house eDiscovery technology without having to make an upfront investment. American Bar Association Publishes Next Generation Book on Electronic DiscoveryThe American Bar Association has published and released Introduction to E-Discovery: New Cases, Ideas, and Techniques, authored by Akerman attorney Ralph Losey. This marks the second book on e-discovery to be authored by Mr. Losey in the past 13 months. Netbooks A Source Of Data Leaks If Not Properly SupportedThe eWeek article "Netbooks Offer Hackers Easy Access to Data" caught my eye. It's a couple of weeks old, but the message is no less clear. The author and various security experts are claiming that netbooks -- low-powered subnotebooks usually with screen sizes 10 inches or less -- are targets for hackers looking to steal data. Don’t Mess with the IRSComputer programs that offer to eliminate evidence are a terrible idea. Instead, comply with discovery requests and don’t attempt to wipe your computer with special software. Think You Deleted That E-mail or File?It turns out that another technology that has become quite popular in offices (and eDiscovery) may actually be subverting your retention policies: Desktop Search. |
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