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June 26, 2009 |
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Product Focus
Portable Hard-Drive Forensic LabThe PSIClone Mini Lab, a portable hard-drive forensic lab, enables law enforcement agencies to quickly copy data from a computer hard drive for pre-trial analysis without compromising evidence. The Mini Lab includes an SEM Hammer Data Elimination Unit, an SEM PSIClone Data Verification Unit, a Bluetooth printer for audit trails, all necessary cables and power supplies, and a rugged transport case. Security Engineered Machinery Industry Calendar To submit an event, please email editors@DFInews.com.
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 17-20, 2009 Crimes Against Children Conference Dallas, Texas www.cacconference.org August 23-26, 2009 2009 HTCIA International Training Conference Lake Tahoe, CA September 20-25, 2009 Hacker Halted USA 2009 Miami, FL Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2009 1st International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime (ICDF2C) Albany, NY 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 January 22-29, 2010 2010 DoD Cyber Crime Conference St. Louis, Missouri www.DoDCyberCrime.com |
Whispering in the DarkThe detection, cracking, and jamming of steganography-laced covert communication channels is not at the end of a life-cycle, but rather only at the beginning. With the almost limitless number of VOIP calls, streaming audio, and video content and connected mobile devices, our ability to overtly or covertly communicate to anyone, anywhere, anytime is upon us. Ruling Reinstates Evidence in Video-Voyeurism CaseThe Rhode Island Supreme Court overruled the Superior Court trial judge on Friday, allowing a digital camera seized from the home of a man suspected of taking inappropriate pictures of a then-10-year-old girl to be used against him at trial. Cyber Love and Cyber Lies: Online Dating Leads to MurderThe murder of Gail Joseph in Trinidad and Tobago two weeks ago has raised many questions about online dating, not the least of which was, how safe is it? Crime Scene Evidence Is Quickly Extracted From Mobile PhonesCyber forensic researchers have designed a device that extracts mobile phone data for crime scene evidence. The phone's memory card is placed in the device where computer software extracts and decodes the information—revealing call history, text messages, emails, images, video, and the calendar. Download Pirates to Launch New WeaponBitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, began testing an "encrypted virtual private network'' this week that purportedly offers anonymous downloading for five euros a month. A digital forensics consultant said the tools would make it a lot harder to trace illegal downloaders. DiskCypher Protects Digital Evidence WorldwideDiskCypher, first introduced to the U.S. market in February, is now available internationally. DiskCypher allows investigators to encrypt data during the forensics acquisition process, providing a secure, cost effective, and easy to manage solution for protecting digital evidence. LegalTech West Coast Conference and Trade ShowIncisive Media's LegalTech West Coast conference opened Wednesday. "I always make it a point to hit West Coast LegalTech, the LA show allows attendees to refine an agenda from February's event to create a tailored vision for their organization,” said advisory board member Patrick Oot. New Forensic Technologies at the ACPO-APA ShowThe rise in sophisticated technology used by police, particularly the increase in mobile data, has proven the need for police forces to keep up to speed with technological advances. The International Policing Exhibition is the ideal place to see and sample the policing technology of the future. Here’s what’s coming… Digital Evidence Solves CrimesIn today’s world, law enforcement officers attempting to extract digital evidence face growing challenges from more types of devices with greater data storage capacity. Investigators, prosecutors, and forensic examiners must deal with vastly more data than they did just a few years ago. Channeling Your Inner Packrat for Data RecoveryWhile everyone has a limit on storage space, there are things that I routinely try to hold on to, "just in case". Exotic SCSI controllers, odd media readers like Zip drives, old tape drives, and of course, good but aged hard drives. Sometimes old equipment makes the difference between getting data or not. The Importance of Metadata in Digital EvidenceIt was a light week for legal decisions on e-discovery and digital evidence. Interestingly enough, these decisions provide a study in contrasts, and also point out the dangers of misdescribing, misapplying, or misapprehending the nature of computer generated information or data. |
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