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	Jun 18, 2010


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Redesigned with the user in mind, the new and updated www.DFInews.com makes finding articles and news relevant to digital forensic investigation and analysis easier and more targeted. The search function on the site is not only more agile but our new categorization makes it easy to find articles on your areas of interest. Don’t miss our new tips section with weekly tips and tricks as well as our video page with how to’s, product information, and more.

PRODUCT FOCUS

Logicube Announces NETConnect™ and MPFS™

Used in conjunction with the Forensic Dossier, MPFS™ allows investigators to store multiple capture sessions (up to 8TB) into evidence drives within MPFS. The NETConnect™ networking module works seamlessly with both the Forensic Dossier® as well as MPFS to allow users to preview, transfer or upload evidence data to a network.

www.logicubeforensics.com

IN THE BLOGS

Growth in Competitions

By Adam Ross

One of the many reasons to partake in a forensic competition is to learn and grow a skill set. Threats and vulnerabilities change daily, so the more education the better. There are a number of interesting competitions going on at the moment.

Police Arrest 178 in U.S.-Europe Raid on Credit Card Cloning Labs

By Brian Krebs

Police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit and debit cards in an international scam worth over 20 million euros.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Daily/Weekly INDEX.DAT Files

From Digital Detective

Microsoft Internet Explorer maintains a number of INDEX.DAT files to record visits to web sites as well as to maintain cache and cookie data. In this article, we will look at the Daily and Weekly files.

INDUSTRY CALENDAR

July 8-9, 2010 2010 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit Washington, DC July 24-29, 2010 Black Hat USA 2010 Las Vegas, NV July 25-30, 2010 ACFE Fraud Conference & Exhibition Washington, DC August 9-12, 2010 Crimes Against Children Conference Dallas, TX August 17-19, 2010 DSI: Digital Summit International Las Vegas, NV September 20-22, 2010 HTCIA International Training Conference & Exposition Atlanta, GA	October 12-15, 2010 2010 WACCI Conference Madison, WI October 18-20, 2010 eDiscovery Summit Atlanta, GA October 25-26, 2010 Techno Forensics & Digital Investigations Conference Gaithersburg, MD November 7-10, 2010 PFIC Park City, UT November 10-12, 2010 E-Forensics 2010 Shanghai, China January 21-28, 2011 DoD Cybercrime Atlanta, GA May 15-17, 2011 CEIC 2011 Orlando, FL See More Events

IN THE NEWS

Google to Face Criminal Charges

Google is at risk of facing criminal charges in as many as 30 countries following the release of an analysis of its Wi-Fi sniffing code by a computer forensic firm which claims to have discovered "criminal intent" in the way the computer code was written and the data was collected and stored.

British Cybercrime Police's Budget Slashed By 30%

The national police unit responsible for fighting cybercrime in the UK faces a deep cut to its already stretched budget. The new coalition government has quietly and drastically trimmed the £3.5m that the Police Central eCrime Unit (PCeU) receives annually.

Australia Fights Cyber Crime

The growing threat of cyber espionage and online crime has caused the Australian government to cut their internet gateways from more than 100 to fewer than 10 and increase online security measures.

Digital Forensics Certification Board Announces New Online Application

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB), an independent certification organization for digital evidence examiners, announced plans to launch a fully automated application process to keep up with the demand for its certification.

WiebeTech Forensic Field Kits

By combining write-blockers, media adapters, cables, and field tools, the new WiebeTech Forensic Field Kits F3 and F4 are designed to fit the demands of digital data acquisition in the field and in the lab.

ADF Solutions Awarded Digital Forensics Patent

ADF Solutions, Inc. has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pertaining to methods of searching forensic data. The patent covers the company's SearchPak technology, which allows the agencies to share digital intelligence for investigations while still maintaining secrecy.