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July 31, 2009 |
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Product Focus
Introducing the New Forensic Quest® from Logicube®The Forensic Quest® is a forensic data capture solution that’s very affordable but doesn’t skimp on the high-end features forensic investigators need for data acquisition. The Quest provides capture and authentication at speeds approaching 6GB/min, built-in support for SATA and IDE and optional support for capture from SCSI and SAS drives. Contact Logicube today! Industry Calendar To submit an event, please email editors@DFInews.com.
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 Cyber-Crime and Digital Evidence 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 March 1-5, 2010 RSA Conference San Francisco, CA March 23-24, 2010 GovSec and U.S. Law Conference Washington, DC |
Search Warrants and Digital EvidencePertaining to the seizure of digital devices, there is some misunderstanding concerning what “executing the warrant” actually means. This case scenario examines the technicalities of serving a search warrant when dealing with digital evidence. At what point do you need a new warrant to search further on a computer? Computer Forensics Links Fake Postcards to Computer VirusFake Internet postcards circulating through e-mail inboxes worldwide are carrying links to the virus known as Zeus Bot, said computer forensics expert Gary Warner. Zeus Bot has been named America's most pervasive computer Botnet virus, reportedly infecting 3.6 million U.S. computers. Missouri Governor Announces Grant for Cyber Crimes UnitThe Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force will receive $194,479, an amount making up about 13 percent of the $1.5 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Justice Assistance grant being dispersed among 13 internet crime units across the state. FBI Lab to Open in O.C. to Nab Cyber CriminalsOrange County law-enforcement agencies will deploy a new, $5 million FBI digital forensics lab in the central part of the county. It will be the 16th such lab in the country. IntaForensics Unveils LIMA Case Management SoftwareLIMA, the new computer forensic case management software from IntaForensics, received a positive reception during its exclusive unveiling. The software will launch August 1. Free iPhone Forensics ResourceThe new website, iphoneinsecurity.com, is a free online source for articles, ideas, and forensic tools for law enforcement agencies conducting investigations involving an iPhone. New Xerox E-mail Analytics Tool Aids in E-DiscoveryXerox Corporation has unveiled E-mail Analytics, a new e-discovery tool that tracks e-mail communication patterns, often revealing information previously unknown to a case. e-fense Announces the Newest Version of its Live Acquisition Toole-fense announced the release of its highly anticipated update to Live Response, a live forensics acquisition and collection tool that rests on a USB thumb drive. Letter from Hackerdom: Not the Same Old DEF CON, Black HatI am currently blogging from the back-to-back Black Hat and DEF CON hacker conferences. In the past, these gatherings have been sort of a Wild West of hacking, with researchers unveiling previously unknown security holes in widely used software and hardware. That's largely missing this time around. How to Build Your Own Digital Forensics Lab, CheapWith the proper hardware that you probably already have and freeware available online, you can easily build your own basic computer forensics lab that will hold up in court, reduce e-discovery costs and, most importantly, retrieve valuable evidence for all your investigations. Self-Destructing E-mail? Maybe, Maybe NotUniversity of Washington researchers have developed a tool that will make some data you send to another party disappear after a specified time period. I’m willing to bet lunch I could get back at least some of the messages. Computer Forensics for AllDEFT, acronym for Digital Evidence & Forensic Toolkit, is a Xubuntu Linux-based computer forensics live CD designed to meet police, investigators, system administrator, and computer forensics specialist’s needs. |
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