SWGDE Weighs in on Research Council Report

By Patrice Galvin

Recently, the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence posted a position paper on the National Research Council Report, “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward,” that states the “report is a call to action for SWGDE to strengthen the digital evidence discipline.”

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COFEE Leaked Online

A forensics tool built by Microsoft exclusively for law enforcement officials worldwide was posted to a file-sharing site, leaving the USB-based tool at risk of falling into the wrong hands.

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An FBI Cybercrime Agent's Tales from the Trenches

The methods of criminal hackers are becoming disturbingly affective, says FBI Assistant Director of Cybersecurity, Shawn Henry, and changing attitudes on the nature of online privacy are giving rise to additional risks. On the bright side, there’s a growing degree of cooperation among law enforcement.

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The Crime Scene Evidence You're Ignoring

Officers and investigators must take care, when entering a crime scene, to seize any and all digital devices as evidence. Convictions have been secured based on evidence contained in iPods, cameras, voice recorders, flash drives, and memory cards.

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Cyber Attacks Caused Power Outages in Brazil

Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes.

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Oswald Photo Was Not Faked

Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid digitally analyzed an iconic image of Oswald pictured in a backyard setting holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other.

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Our Scholars, Our Hope: The Cyber Security Awareness Week Games Welcome High School Students

As early as 7:30 this morning, nine teams of bleary-eyed high school students will stumble into breakfast at Polytechnic Institute of New York University for the start of the 6th Annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) games.

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Kroll Ontrack Improves Case Strategy Decision Making

Kroll Ontrack announced the launch of Ontrack Advanceview and Ontrack Inview version 6.1. Equipped with Statistical Sampling functionality, new Analytic Reports, and enhanced searching and sorting capabilities, these tools improve case strategy and defensibility of review.

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Solera Networks and ArcSight Provide Forensics Solution

Solera Networks has partnered with ArcSight, Inc. to enable integration between their high-speed network forensics appliances and ArcSight’s enterprise threat and risk monitoring solutions.

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Smarter Sleuthing Can Save Our Online Privacy

By Ron Deibert

Police don't need intrusive powers to tackle modern Internet crime—there's a new paradigm. Social networking has brought us the Age of Auto-Surveillance.

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Digital Evidence Bags

By Adrian Wragg

There are currently fundamental differences in the treatment of digital and non-digital (physical) forensic evidence in our legal system. Turner proposes an alternative; a set of file formats that mimic the structure of non-digital evidence bags in a digital environment.

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A Tool for Investigating Suspicious Activity

By John Sawyer

Dealing with malware-infected computer systems can be time-consuming. If the compromised system has sensitive information, then often digital forensics will be employed to see whether the data was or could have been accessed by the malware.

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