computer forensics
ATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News Last month, a computer forensics expert revealed he had discovered malware on ATMs that allowed criminals to steal account data and PINs. It's almost security conference season in Las Vegas and with one... [02 Jul 2009]
PIN-stealing malware hits ATMs
News Malicious software has been found on Eastern European ATMs that allows criminals to steal account data and PINs and even empty the machine of its cash, a computer forensics expert said. Percoco, who... [05 Jun 2009]
Police in talks over PC crime 'breathalysers' rollout
News Use of the tool could minimise the numbers of seized machines and help officers without digital forensics training to uncover evidence on a hard drive. The continuing growth in the size of modern hard drives means it is... [03 Jun 2009]
As crunch bites: Don't neglect the logs
Comment They are the basis for proving the chain of information custody for governance purposes, in answering litigation requests, and in performing forensics to find out why something happened. But then there are the... [05 Feb 2009]
Inbox: "Stupendous incompetence" from DfT
Comment There is a very good reason why it takes a trained lab of computer forensics experts to extract evidence of illegal activities from a computer. Furthermore, any criminal worth the... [19 Dec 2008]
UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'
News McMurdie said UK police have also been talking to the FBI and US Computer Emergency Readiness Team units about their use of remote searches of hard drives over the net. UK police are hoping to one day develop a... [11 Dec 2008]
Cops enlist HAL in fight against crime
News The KTN AI and forensics special interest group will hold a start-up meeting on 28 November. Looking at how AI techniques can boost digital forensics, the government-funded Cyber Security Knowledge... [05 Nov 2008]
How global computing grid could save the world
News Photos: Sniffing out fraud with digital forensics Ana Lucia Da Costa, Wisdom researcher at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, a research body funded by the French government) laboratories, said that... [20 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News Fox said that outside forensics teams have since been brought in to investigate. In an email to CNET News, a representative for Mandiant, a US-based digital forensics company, confirmed that the World... [13 Oct 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. This is the Pilot Ace... [02 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News Photos: Sniffing out fraud with digital forensics In another feature, known as InPrivate, Microsoft allows the user to suspend caching functions while you surf, useful if the you are using a public... [28 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. It will start by helping clear North Wales police's backlog of... [13 Jun 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Every field office has technically trained agents and certified field examiners to conduct the onsite forensics. Nasscom wants set up a centre of excellence in dealing with cyber forensics and financial... [05 Jun 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... [01 Mar 2008]
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]
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