Cellular Forensics, Spyware, and Corporate IT Security

By Thomas J. Slovenski

Corporations spend thousands of dollars each year looking for the best software, personnel, and hardware to protect their intellectual property. Unfortunately, while corporate IT has been concentrating on computers, company secrets have been flying out of the corporate walls via cell phone text messages, IM’s, pictures, and e-mails.

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Congressmen's Websites Hacked

A hacker defaced the homepages of a dozen members of the House of Representatives earlier this month. Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics at the University of Alabama, first informed U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus of the breach. Warner was able to document a series of more than 700 attacks by this criminal.

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Full-Time Need for Digital Investigator

This month, the Marysville Police Department in California brought computer information specialist Kevin Conde on full-time. After he worked 224 hours last month as a reserve officer, the department had to acknowledge need for a computer forensics detective.

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Army Computer Crime Unit Wins Technology Award

A specialized unit from Army Criminal Investigation Command’s 701st Military Police Group and one of its special agents were recently recognized for their contributions to the investigation of computer crimes and forensic science.

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New Zealand Police Consider Central Digital Evidence Storage

New Zealand Police is considering an improved and centralized national storage repository for digital evidence. Moving to a digital-based imagery management system will save critical time in the law enforcement process.

computerworld

The iPhone’s Latest Hit App: A Sex Offender Locator

Looking over the top 10 paid iPhone apps list today I noticed one called Offender Locator, an app to show you registered sex offenders living around you. As you might imagine, such an app is not without controversy, the app may not be legal in all states.

techcrunch

Hathaway Leaving Cybersecurity Czar Post

Melissa Hathaway, who had been seen as a top contender for the job of White House cybersecurity coordinator, last week said she is resigning as acting senior director for cyberspace.

computerworld

Vere Software Launches Free Internet Investigation Tool

Vere Software has released the WebCase Internet Investigator's Toolkit, a utility that combines several of the most important features for online investigations, free to law enforcement investigators.

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Network E-mail Forensics Made Easy

With the launch of Paraben’s Network E-mail Examiner v3.0, you can now thoroughly examine Microsoft Exchange (EDB), Lotus Notes (NSF), and GroupWise e-mail stores.

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Forensic Accounting: Solving the Due Diligence Mess

By Dale Yeager

Just as forensic accounting is a powerful tool in vetting the numbers of an organization, forensic criminal investigation models are just as powerful in vetting the quality and ethics of people leading an organization.

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Collecting Everything at a Crime Scene — Still a Best Practice?

Being a Digital Evidence First Responder (DEFR) is not an easy task. Add to the task of collecting digital evidence the obsolete requirement that the DEFR also collect peripheral devices including monitors, keyboards, and mice.

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EnScript to Convert Individual OSX .emlx Files Into MBOX Format So Encase Can Parse It

EnCase can parse many different types of e-mails, but unfortunately e-mails in the native "mail" application in OSX are not supported. This EnScript will convert .emlx files into the MBOX format so they can be added into EnCase and parsed.

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Fake Security Software Steals $34 Million Monthly

By Larry Daniel

Sadly, this is one of the better scams out there for parting inexperienced computer users from their money. This malware claims to be a legitimate anti-virus or anti-spyware application and when unsuspecting users buy it, it takes over their computer.

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