Digital Evidence: Secure in Your Papers?

By Joseph Burton

The execution of search warrants is in the digital press again. The Plain View Doctrine allows for the seizure of evidence without a search warrant generally because of the nature of the evidence. Two court rulings are of interest when it comes to being secure in our papers and property.

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DPS Trying To Speed Up Computer Examinations In Child-Porn Investigations

The Texas Department of Public Safety plans to reduce its 45 case backlog of computer examinations by buying new work spaces and forensic examination software, hiring and training additional examiners, and requiring more information from agencies submitting seized computers.

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Identity Management Issues Affect Digital Forensics

The consequences of failing to adequately address identity management issues could have a profound impact on digital forensics as law enforcement try to find ways to couple digital and physical identities and ultimately bring cybercriminals to justice.

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Obama's $9 Million Security Center for Cyber Threats

In a move that will result in a more focused approach to fighting cyber attacks, the Obama administration has opened The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. The $9 million cyber security centre, will be in operation 24 hours and feature 61 computers.

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The 2009 Techno Forensics and Digital Investigations Conference Raises Important Questions

The 5th Annual Techno Forensics and Digital Investigations Conference at NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD, last week, covering all aspects of digital forensics, digital investigations, and e-discovery, put a particular emphasis on raising awareness about cybercrime.

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Free Webinar: MySpace Investigative Techniques

“MySpace Investigations Basics” is the third in a series of free webinars offered by Vere Software. On Thursday, November 12, Detective Frank Zellers will present a 60-minute webinar showing corporate and law enforcement investigators how to obtain evidence from social networking sites.

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WiebeTech Introduces Recon Series Digital Forensic Field Kits

WiebeTech has partnered with Digital Reconnaissance, Inc. and Voom Technologies to introduce the Recon Series Digital Forensic Field Kits, a unique collaboration of WiebeTech’s write-blocked drive access products combined with Voom’s high-speed portable forensic hard drive duplicators.

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XRY Forensic Device Finds Secrets in Your Mobile Phone

Text messages can now be retrieved from mobile phones five years after they were deleted. Shaped like an ice hockey puck, the XRY forensic device mines old SIM cards for long-erased nuggets of personal information.

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ForensicSoft Announces Latest Release of SAFE

ForensicSoft announces the latest release of SAFE, Version 1.1. SAFE is a write-blocked Windows forensic boot environment specifically designed to support the expanding needs of computer forensic experts to confidently acquire, preview, and analyze digital evidence to be presented in a court of law.

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Windows 7 Computer Forensics

By Rob Lee

A lot of work by the SANS community has been accomplished at uncovering digital forensic artifacts from Windows 7. First off, Windows 7 is really Windows VISTA release 2. Many of the features that are found in Windows Vista will be found in Windows 7.

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In the Eye of the Beholder: The Relevance of Facebook Evidence

By Joshua Gilliland

This is a wonderful short and sweet opinion on using Facebook information in discovery. The Court’s recognition that Facebook usage can reflect the state of mind of a user was excellent to see.

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Certifications Are Evil

By John McCash

Normally I restrict myself to what I hope are useful technical tidbits, but like most of you out there, I'm a forensic practitioner, and I have little patience for time sinks which provide no benefit. I've always begrudged the time commitment required to attain certifications.

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