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March 5, 2010

 
 

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Pediatrician Charged With Abusing 103 Children

Delaware pediatrician, Dr. Earl Bradley, has been indicted on 471 felony counts in the alleged sexual abuse of 103 children. The indictment is based on "video and digital evidence" seized from Bradley's home and medical practice.

CNN

 

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PEOPLE & BUSINESS

New Device Looks to Counter Hackers to Beat Cybercrime

The Mykonos Security Appliance gives system administrators and security staff a real-time view of hackers as they introspect Web applications. It profiles hackers ascertaining their location, skill level, and other critical data and enables IT staff to instantly deploy countermeasures.

UPI.com

Guidance Software Enhances EnCase Portable Data Collection Solution

Guidance Software, Inc. announced new capabilities that transform EnCase Portable, a data collection solution on a USB drive, into a triage tool, enabling keyword searching and image viewing on target computers.

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viaForensics Announces Open Source Android Forensics Application

viaForensics has released a beta version of its Open Source Android Forensics application, which allows forensics examiners to export data from an Android device for use by law enforcement and forensic investigators.

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New Zealand Police to Deploy EVIDENCE.COM

TASER International, Inc. announced its first significant deployment of EVIDENCE.COM to manage the audio/video data from the national deployment of TASER X26 Electronic Control Devices and TASER CAM devices in New Zealand. EVIDENCE.COM is a cloud based service for storing and managing digital evidence.

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IN THE BLOGS

More on Licensing for Digital Forensics Examiners

By Larry Daniel

It appears that the question is no longer will we be required to have a license to practice in some states, but has become a question of when we will be required to have licenses to practice digital forensics?

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Did Study Foresee Google Attack?

By Eric Chabrow

A report published last October by Northrop Grumman for the government's U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission describes Chinese academics being involved in computer exploits similar to those that may have been used in Operation Aurora, as the attacks on Google and others are known.

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Focus on Cyber-Crime Misses Real Threat

By Bill Roth

While monetary gains are certainly a big motivator for cybercrime, increasingly cyber-criminals are acting out of political interests. A recent article in the New York Times reminded us of a conspicuously under-reported digital security threat: cyber-terrorism.

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IN THE NEWS


FBI Investigating Web Spycam

The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI are pursuing an inquiry into allegations that Pennsylvania's Lower Merion School District activated Web cams on notebook computers issued to students at Harriton High School. A security researcher has uncovered evidence and identified the surveillance software.

Dark Reading

New Laws for Catching Child Predators

Right now in the state of Washington it's legal to view child pornography online. In order to face prosecution explicit images must be printed or downloaded. So for the third year in a row State Attorney General Rob McKenna is lobbying the legislature to expand the laws to give prosecutors more leeway.

KUOW News

Funding for Digital Evidence Recovery Solutions

The National Institute of Justice is seeking applications for funding to develop new and innovative electronic investigative/forensic and digital evidence recovery technology solutions for law enforcement agencies.

U.S. Department of Justice

National Computer Forensics Institute in Hoover, AL

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby on Saturday got his first glimpse of the National Computer Forensics Institute in Hoover, a national cyber-crime training facility the Alabama Republican helped bring to the area. The institute offers a wide range of classes for digital forensic investigators.

The Birmingham News

Microsoft's New Weapon Against Cybercrime Raises Questions

The jury is out on Microsoft Corp.’s new weapon in the fight against cybercriminals: the courts. A federal judge granted the company’s request for a court order to deactivate nearly 300 Internet addresses with a suspected link to the Waledac botnet, which pushes spam out of a worldwide network of PCs.

Security Management

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INDUSTRY CALENDAR

   

March 15-19, 2010
International Cybercrime and E-Discovery Summit
Kennesaw, GA

March 23-24, 2010
GovSec/U.S. Law Conference
Washington, DC

March 26-28, 2010
EuroForensics Conference
Istanbul, Turkey

April 12-14, 2010
PATCtech Electronic Evidence & Cyber Crime Conference
Indianapolis, IN

May 4-8, 2010
Mobile Forensics World
Chicago, IL

May 19-21, 2010
ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law
St Paul, MN

May 24-27, 2010
CEIC
Summerlin, NV

June 6-9, 2010
Techno Security & Digital Investigations Conference
Myrtle Beach, SC

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