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August 7, 2009 |
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Product Focus
“Powerful, Fast, and Easy to Use”Tableau raises the bar with the TD1 Forensic Duplicator. High performance and feature-rich, the TD1 images, clones, hashes, and wipes drives at speeds up to 6 GB/min. Tableau is committed to making a great product even better by adding new features – like the soon-to-be-released support for EnCase E01 with hardware compression – and many new features are completely free via the Tableau Firmware Update. For details, please visit Industry Calendar To submit an event, please email editors@DFInews.com. 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 September 29, 2009 Computer & Mobile Phone Forensics Conference Towcester, Northants, UK Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2009 1st International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime (ICDF2C) Albany, NY October 23-24, 2009 Evidence in the Information Age Pittsburgh, PA October 26-28, 2009 2009 Techno Forensics & Digital Investigations Conference Gaithersburg, MD November 8-11, 2009 PFIC 2009 Park City, UT December 6-8, 2009 China Computer Forensics Conference & Exhibition Beijing, China 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 |
Web Capture, Part 2: Analyzing a Website for Legal DiscoveryWebsite analysis, although under-utilized, can uncover valuable evidence during government investigations, civil and commercial litigation, and corporate investigations. Analysis falls into four categories. Join DFI News on Linked InDFI News™ is now on Linked In. Read and discuss recent DFI News stories, share your latest digital forensics tips and techniques, link to your favorite blog entries and news stories, and post openings on our job board. BioVault: Biometrically Based EncryptionThe asymmetric nature of biometrics traditionally renders biometric tokens unfit to be used as the secret key for an encryption algorithm. A new system will make this possible. What the Cybercrime Fraudsters Get Up ToIn the flourishing forums where the personal details of millions of people are bought and sold, a standard shorthand has evolved that allows traders to describe clearly and economically what it is they are dealing in. The jargon also acts as an extra layer of protection for these criminals. Police Woman Fights Quantum Hacking and CrackingOur security and our data could be compromised overnight when the first quantum computer is built. These new computers, still in the theoretical stage, will be many times more powerful than ours. Ghost in the ATMA Defcon attendee discovered a fake ATM in a security blind spot at the hotel. The machine had an unbranded shell with a PC located inside. It is believed that the setup was designed to skim ATM cards. Digital Forensics: The Chance to Play DetectiveIn the current job market, demand for digital forensics experts is increasing in the United States, where many companies are facing real-time cyber crime activities. Evidence in the Information AgeThe Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law will host a national symposium on the collection, analysis, and legal applications of digital evidence. “Evidence in the Information Age” will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 23-25, 2009. Call for Speakers: China Computer Forensics ConferenceThe China Computer Forensics Research Center and H-11 Digital Forensics invite you to submit a presentation proposal for the 5th Annual China Computer Forensics Conference & Exhibition to be held in Beijing, China, December 6-8 2009. New Tool Helps Computer Forensics Move off Disk and into MemoryTools for the automated delivery of stealthy payloads are making it more difficult for researchers to find out exactly what happened to an exploited computer. By examining traces of resident memory, a new tool can find evidence of malicious activity. 'Vanish'ing Data Might Not Be the Best PolicyVanish is a system by which electronic documents will self-destruct or disappear after a certain amount of time. The creators claim on their website that the legal implications are unclear. Frankly, "unclear" is not the word I would use. Federal Judge in Louisville Imposes Sanctions for Pre-Suit SpoliationI generally do not like motions for sanctions against a defendant when they are based on alleged destruction of ESI before suit is filed. All too often these motions are not part of a legitimate pursuit of truth. Signature SearchesMany file types, such as HTML or Word Documents have codes within them that make them unique. These codes are known as a “signature” and are used routinely in computer forensics and electronic discovery for file identification and file carving. |
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