Examining Cellular Phones and Handheld Devices

By Don L. Lewis

Ninety percent of all Americans own a cellular phone. Having this kind of societal importance and wide distribution, it is not surprising that cellular phones and handheld devices are being widely used in even the most minor criminal activity. These devices can provide significant evidence in major cases.

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Use BitPim to Acquire Mobile Phone Data

This method came about because of all the banter on the listservs about the Faraday technologies to block cell phone signals. All of these devices have their strengths and weaknesses. If you are currently processing phones and have been to any type of training, you understand that the first and most important rule is to remove the handset from the network.

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Forensic Experts Recover 4,286 City Hall E-mails

Computer forensic experts have recovered 4,286 deleted e-mails that belonged to Michael Kineavy, a top aide to Boston’s Mayor Thomas M. Menino. Kineavy had for years routinely double deleted his e-mails from his city computer, an apparent violation of public records law.

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Incident Handler Credential Is Top-Rated Among Employers

In a recent report, Foote Partners found that GIAC Certified Incident Handler certification, GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst, and GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst certification were among the most sought after by employers. The demand for these certifications has increased greatly over the past half-year.

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Recession Prompts Shift in Cybercrime Tactics

Online crime rates have increased over the past year, with a crime being committed on the internet every 10 seconds, according to a report from Garlik. The report details how cyber criminals have adapted their methods to take into account the effects of the recession.

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Open Source Digital Forensics Framework

DFF is a simple but powerful open source tool with a flexible module system which will help you in your digital forensics works, including files recovery due to error or crash, evidence research, and analysis.

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UK’s £30M Center for Cyber Security Opens at Queen's

The United Kingdom's lead center for cyber-security research opened at Queen's University Belfast. The £30 million Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) will create 80 new positions and become the UK's principal center for the development of technology to counter cyber-attacks.

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Desktop Grinder Permanently Removes Data from CDs

The DX-CD2 from Security Engineered Machinery (SEM) securely and permanently removes digital information from compact discs, with no possibility of forensic recovery.

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Maine Firm Sues Bank after $588,000 Cyber Heist

By Brian Krebs

A construction firm in Maine is suing a local bank after cyber thieves stole more than a half million dollars from the company in a sophisticated online bank heist.

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Computer Forensics in Criminal Defense

By Jenny Pilley

There is a lot of coverage within the media about how digital forensics has been used in court cases to prosecute. However, there are many ways in which criminal defense law firms can use digital forensics to defend a client.

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Yahoo! Let My E-Mail Go!

By Craig Ball

Cloud computing poses e-discovery challenges of near-Biblical proportions because it's harder to access, isolate and search electronically stored information without physical dominion over the data. Crafting protocols to reliably collect ESI from the cloud isn't tomorrow's problem.

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A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard

By Jeff Moser

An amusing and educational look at encryption standards, this four act play takes you from the need for an encryption standard through the technology behind it.

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