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May 22, 2009 |
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Free 30 Day Trail of DataExaminerIf you’re involved in gathering and reviewing critical data, DataExaminer (1.4.2) ensures you catch everything and increases your efficiency. During recent benchmark testing, DataExaminer processed files at a rate of 500 files per minute using a single machine with a dual core processor and 4GB RAM. Using multiple machines as slave processors, the speeds increase dramatically, processing of gigabytes of data in less time. For a free 30 day trial of the full version contact datadiscovery, inc. Industry Calendar To submit an event, please email editors@DFInews.com. FEATURED EVENT May 31-June 3, 2009 Techno Security Conference Myrtle Beach, SC May 26-30, 2009 Mobile Forensics World Chicago, IL May 31-June 3, 2009 Techno Security Conference Myrtle Beach, SC June 28-July 3, 2009 FIRST Kyoto Japan July 12-17, 2009 20th Annual ACFE Fraud Conference & Exhibition Las Vegas, NV July 25-28, 2009 USA 2009 - Black Hat Las Vegas, NV August 3-5, 2009 Computer Forensics Show San Jose, CA August 17-19, 2009 Digital Forensic Research Workshop Montreal, Canada August 23-26, 2009 2009 HTCIA International Training Conference Lake Tahoe, CA September 20-25, 2009 Hacker Halted USA 2009 Miami, FL 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 Forensics & Digital Investigations Conference Gaithersburg, MD November 8-11, 2009 PFIC 2009 Park City, UT |
When the FBI Raids a Data Center: A Rare DangerAs part of coordinated raids in early April, FBI agents seized computers from a data center in Dallas, Texas, attempting to gather evidence in an ongoing investigation of two men and their various companies accused of defrauding AT&T and Verizon for more than $6 million. Major Case Squad Using TwitterInvestigators with the Major Case squad have taken to social networking websites online in an effort to share and solicit information on the murders in Columbia, Illinois last week, along with other cases. Mobile Records Evidence in Second Fire BombingMobile phone intelligence analysis was conducted on each of the defendant’s mobile phone records. It showed calls were made between the men in the hours before and after the offences took place. On Course to Fight Cyber BanditsGateshead College’s new Digital Forensics Lab site will offer the very latest courses to equip companies with the skills needed to track criminal activity and implement preventative measures. Using Computer Log Data for a Forensic InvestigationBest practices to help ensure log data and log management practices properly support forensic investigations. Google Searches Become Evidence in Sexual Assault TrialTwo days after a 17-year-old Palo Alto girl was kidnapped and assaulted, someone used a laptop to search the Web for the California Penal Code sections on assault and kidnapping, a computer forensics analyst testified. Storing Old Computers for Data AccessWith the proliferation of bankruptcy cases, court-appointed trustees who typically manage the liquidation of assets, as well as some creditors who receive the assets, are wondering what to do with computer data. Cyber-crime Investigators from 13 Countries Received FBI TrainingTop-level specialists of the Cyber-Crime Prevention Unit of the FBI conducted a high-level conference about the technical investigation of cyber-crime in cooperation with the Estonian Ministry of Justice and Forensic Science Institute. F-Response for IBM AIX and SUN Solaris AvailableF-Response enables e-Discovery, data recovery or forensics tool to be used over an IP network by creating a network connection between the live subject machine and the examiner’s machine. Quest Launches e-Discovery ManagerQuest Software is planning to release Quest e-Discovery Manager that is used for internal, legal, regulatory investigations and complements exchange server 2010. FBI Official to Deliver Keynote at Purdue Mobile Forensics ConferenceRick Voss, a supervisory special agent with the FBI's Chicago bureau, will speak about his experience in digital evidence collection at the Mobile Forensics Conference. Guidance Software Establishes eDiscovery Strategic Advisory BoardGuidance Software announced a newly formed Strategic Advisory Board consisting of recognized eDiscovery legal experts who will convene regularly to discuss the intersection of law and technology and the future of the company’s eDiscovery solutions. StoredIQ Releases New Federation Capabilities for eDiscoveryThe new release enables firms whose information management needs stretch beyond a single appliance or single geographic location to gain more visibility into distributed data environments and centralized management of multiple StoredIQ appliances. The Three P's of E-DiscoveryThe electronic discovery process entails many hazards that can cause clients and practitioners to wipe out rather than ride safely to shore. Filter to Remove Duplicates for ExportThe scenario was that a keyword search was run and thousands of files were found that were responsive to the keywords. The reader tagged the files and then found that some of the files were duplicates, even though they were named or located in different places on the evidence. So to reduce the number of files that needed to be exported, he needed a way to remove the duplicate files. Giggity GiggityWell, Rob Lee ran us through the SANS Essential Incident Response WebCast yesterday, and two out of three panelists agree that Cory Altheide is THE indispensable incident response tool! |
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