Cloud Computing: An Insight Into The Future

Cloud computing, considered by many commentators as the next epochal milestone in IT, is shifting the way that businesses and end-users access and use applications, and the way they store and retrieve their most precious commodity, data. Now, an answer to the pervasive questions: what is cloud computing, where is it going, and how will it affect digital forensics.

By Stephen Biggs

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Xbox Forensics Toolkit Targets Criminal Gamers

A digital forensics expert at Sam Houston State University in Texas is developing a utility for the Xbox 360 to help police find illegal audio, video, and text files hidden on its hard drive. Criminals might hide illicit data on an Xbox in the hope that a gaming console will not be seen as a likely evidence target.

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Quantum Cryptography: The New Gold Standard in Secure Communications

Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving information with much higher key rates.

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Federal Cyber Bully Bill Gets New Life

The 2006 suicide of Megan Meier, the result of online harassment, spurred a flurry of state laws against "cyber-bullying." The Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act was also introduced last year, but died in committee. The bill's sponsor has reintroduced the measure and believes she has enough support to make the bill law.

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One in Five Online Consumers Have Been Victims of Cybercrime

Consumer Reports found that one in five online consumers have been victims of cybercrime in the last two years to the tune of an estimated $8 billion. Their State of the Net survey found that 13% of social-network users experienced some form of abuse.

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Former IT Head Admits Guilt

The former IT director at the Houston-based LifeGift Organ Donation Center has pleaded guilty to charges of illegal data tampering. Danielle Duann, 51, remotely accessed the organization’s network from her home two days after she was fired and deleted a number of files, applications, and backups causing $94,200 in damage.

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Trade In Secondhand BlackBerries Booming In Nigeria

Secondhand BlackBerries on Nigerian markets are priced according to the data held on them, not the age or the model of a phone. BlackBerries include technology to remotely wipe devices and come with built-in encryption, but users often find the encryption function inconvenient and leave it turned off, leaving them vulnerable if the device is lost or recycled.

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Industrial Defender Announces Partnership With InGuardians

Industrial Defender, Inc., the global leader in Cyber Risk Protection™, announced a partnership with InGuardians Inc., a leading cyber security consultancy practice, to offer industry-leading cyber security vulnerability assessment services for the Smart Grid.

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Be Ready to Handle Breaches As They Happen

When it comes to incident response, there's one message Matthew M. Shannon wants the security channel to learn about dealing with potentially compromised machines: don't assume they must be immediately shut down. Many of today's incident response tools enable live forensics.

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E-Fense Announces The Release Of Helix3 Pro

E-fense, Inc. executives announce the release of their newest computer forensics software, Helix3 Pro. Helix3 Pro gives investigators the ability to collect data from live running systems and a forensically sound bootable environment for system previews, acquisitions, and analysis.

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Computer Forensics Agent Honored for Meritorious Service

Montana Department of Justice Criminal Investigator Jimmy Weg, the agent in charge of the state’s computer crime unit, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Award. Weg accepted the award from First Assistant U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme and Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock Tuesday morning during a training session for law enforcement officers in Helena.

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Forensic Photoshop

An on-going discussion of the forensic uses of Adobe's Photoshop, Forensic Photoshop includes tips, how-tos, step-by-steps, and advanced techniques for using Photoshop in a forensic workflow. Questioned Document Examiners, Forensic Video Analysts, Latent Print Examiners, and Image Analysts can all find something here.

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U.S. to Radically Improve Its Cybersecurity. Yup! You Bet!

Calling the United States' approach to cyber security "broken," "childlike," and "embarrassing," experts are calling for a rethinking of cybersecurity. Reports of the infiltration of the U.S. power grid and theft of data from the Joint Strike Fighter Project by foreign cyber attackers have brought the issue to the forefront.

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Know Your Client’s ESI

Electronically Stored Information is not something you ignore to the last minute. Parties are finding themselves having multiple conferences to agree on search terms, meetings with clients on sources of ESI, and time with consultants to determine best practices for collection and processing.

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