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Ripped from the headlines: a real life example of the use of computer forensics and why experts matter. A former Canadian police sergeant who specializes in computer forensic analysis, Mr. Bradley said he first became suspicious of the data after he testified on June 8. He said he had been called to testify by [...] If this ruling becomes the norm, it could put an end to the deluge of mass-BitTorrent lawsuits. A possible landmark ruling in one of the mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the U.S. may spell the end of the “pay-up-or-else-schemes” that have targeted over 100,000 Internet users in the last year. District Court Judge Harold Baker [...] Several U.S. courts have ruled in favor of warrant-less seizures of computers carried into the U.S. While these rulings are stirring up privacy issues, it is considered necessary to seize and transport the computers for investigation because the forensic tools needed to scan the computers are not available on location. Laptop computers and [...] Students at UCSD’s Non-volatile Systems Laboratory have found to possible to uncover data from SSDs even after erasing tools have been applied. As a poster on Slashdot stated: “Makes you think twice about storing data on SSDs — once you put it on, getting it off isn’t so easy.” Sanitizing data from storage [...] This will be interesting to follow. California’s decision is in contrast to a decision by Ohio’s Supreme Court in 2009. The article speculates that this split could be enough to elevate the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court. The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees’ cell phones without a warrant, [...] Will forensics investigators have to take this into consideration? Is a simple strings the best work around? What if it contains binary data? At the 27th Chaos Communication Congress (27C3) in Berlin, security researcher Julia Wolf of US company FireEye pointed out numerous, previously hardly known, security problems in connection with Adobe’s PDF [...] IT security becoming a higher priority in many organizations, CompTIA reportsNov 17, 2010 By Tim Wilson,Darkreading Sixty-three percent of U.S. organizations have experienced at least one security incident or breach during the past year, according to a new study released today. Almost half of the breached organizations classified the situation as “serious” — [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrew Hoog Chief Investigative Officer viaForensics Phone: +1 312-878-1100 http://viaforensics.com/contact-us Growing use of mobile forensics discussed on nightly news. viaForensics’ CIO, Andrew Hoog, was interviewed by WGN, along with Detective Josh Fazio, regarding the use of mobile forensics in criminal investigations. The cover story, which aired [...] Courts are seeing more electronic data, including Facebook and Twitter messages, introduced as evidence. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — The digital age has revolutionized the way we communicate. Social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and texting also dramatically increasing the number of ways you can get busted for wrongdoing. “It’s becoming much more prevalent. We’re [...]  October 14th, 2010 by lhaas
 1 commentApple’s iPhone Used for Evidence October 12, 2010 The iPhone is becoming more and more popular with consumers. The amount of personalized information it stores can be valuable when a Trial Lawyer needs more evidence to build a case. Here is how the iPhone is shaping the world of forensics. Why the iPhone [...] |
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