forensics
RSS forensicsUK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital forensics expert has warned. The head of the Serious Fraud Office digital... [02 Sep 2008]
Jet packs, army tech and Victorian gadgets
Photo The digital forensics unit of the Serious Fraud Office showed silicon.com how it sniffs out incriminating evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the truth about digital forensics here. Sci-fi staple - the... [02 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News Photos: Sniffing out fraud with digital forensics Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8 on Wednesday. If anything, this release brings IE up to par with alternative browsers such as Opera,... [28 Aug 2008]
Photos: Sniffing out fraud with digital forensics
Photo The digital forensics unit (DFU) of the Serious Fraud Office sniffs out incriminating evidence from crime scenes. Armed with laptops and suitcases containing specialist forensic tools the 21-strong team can swiftly... [13 Aug 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News North Wales police has also launched Datris, a public-private partnership, to provide computer forensics to the public and police forces. Plans for a national UK cyber crime policing unit remain on track despite the... [13 Jun 2008]
The Critical Importance of Three-Dimensional Protection (3DP) in an Intrusion Prevention System
White Paper IDS tools have been instrumental in providing forensics about attacks and in determining over time what areas of the network become compromised. Many companies also employ network intrusion detection systems (IDS), which... [31 May 2008]
Trojan Defence: A Forensic View
White Paper This two part article investigates the fascinating area of Trojan & network forensics and puts forward a set of processes to aid forensic practitioners in this complex and difficult area. The Trojan defence; “I didn’t do... [10 Apr 2008]
Analysis of USB Flash Drives in a Virtual Environment
White Paper The paper discusses the use of virtual environments in the analysis of USB flash drives in computer forensics investigations. After briefly introducing general concepts of a virtual environment and software tools the... [01 Mar 2008]
Symantec Security Information Manager(SSIM): A Technology Overview
White Paper It serves as a log consolidation system for identity management monitoring, compliance, and forensics requirements. Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM) enables IT organizations to identify, prioritize,... [12 Jan 2008]
Businesses failing to safeguard sensitive data
News The researchers used "easily available" open source forensics tools, such as Autopsy and Helix, which they described as not requiring "significant levels of skill or knowledge to effect the recovery of remnant data from... [25 Sep 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Network Forensics: Identifying Attack Signatures (Level 200)
White Paper Listening in on network traffic (network forensics) can reveal whether an application and data communications are secure, and point out possible reconnaissance processes preceding an attack. Learning the signatures of... [31 Aug 2007]
Vast software 'counterfeiting ring' smashed
News Law-enforcement authorities and forensics specialists identified various replication plants involved in the CD production that were the source of counterfeit Microsoft products sold to business customers and consumers... [25 Jul 2007]
Beginners Guide to Linux Forensics
White Paper This paper serves as a beginners guide to introducing the reader to a particular aspect of the Computer Forensics field, which is that of performing forensic analysis from within the Linux operating system. [03 Apr 2007]
Google has data-retention change of heart
News Richard M Smith, an internet security and privacy consultant at Boston Software Forensics, said Google should never be archiving the IP address and cookies on servers. Google is changing its data retention practices to... [15 Mar 2007]
Did Scotland Yard 'hack' Downing Street computers?
News However, a report in the News of the World claims Downing Street gave detectives permission to send in an independent IT forensics expert to examine computers after police received information from a "mole" about... [22 Jan 2007]
