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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]
PC breathalysers, green Linux and offshore pretenders
News Once attached, the tool would circumvent the need to send the machine to forensics by automatically flagging up illegal activity on any PC. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, architect of the UK's Police Central... [18 Dec 2008]
UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, architect of the UK's Police Central E-crime Unit (PCeU), said frontline police ideally need a digital forensic tool as easy to use as the breathalyser, to help... [11 Dec 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News The head of the Serious Fraud Office digital forensics unit Keith Foggon cautioned that the ability to remotely wipe the iPhone and other smart phones used by enterprises could be exploited by... [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... [02 Sep 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. Keith Foggon, head of the DFU has overseen a revamp of the... [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... [13 Jun 2008]
Microsoft virus 'bounty hunter' warns of never-ending battle
News Former police officer Paul Thomas, head of Microsoft's European internet safety and IP investigations team, heads up a unit made up of ex-Interpol and ex-US secret service agents, prosecutors and IT... [01 Mar 2006]
Security professionals back tougher laws for hackers
News Simon Janes, a former member of the Metropolitan Police Force computer crime unit, now international operations manager at computer forensics expert Ibas, told silicon.com "this is... [26 Jan 2006]
Online child porn investigation costs police £15m
News The cost of forensically examining the computers seized during the UK police's Operation Ore investigation into online child pornography will total £15m, according to the National Crime Squad (NCS). He acknowledged the... [07 Mar 2005]
UK tech police: Cash-strapped and ineffective
News Noble said the funding available doesn't even stretch as far as providing him with a car, despite the fact he has to visit sites all over Surrey, and much of his budget goes on hiring outside expertise such as forensics... [26 Jan 2005]
Euro group calls for techies to become bobbies
News The recommendations follow findings earlier this year that only 240 people were qualified to work in digital forensics and evidence recovery. Currently, the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime... [02 Dec 2004]
UK MPs urge cybercrime revisions and tougher sentences
News Simon Janes, international operations manager at computer forensics specialist Ibas and former head of Scotland Yard's Computer Crime Unit, told silicon.com: "I applaud the... [30 Jun 2004]
Cyber cops get forensics code
News Commenting on the new guidelines, Mark Morris, head of forensics intelligence and security at LogicaCMG and former Scotland Yard Computer Crime Squad officer, said it is very easy for officers to... [26 Sep 2003]
Cyber-criminals face high-tech 'home guard'
News Called Skills Reserve, the initiative hopes to massively increase the specialist talent police can call upon in computer forensics investigations. Jim Bates, chair of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers and a... [01 Mar 2002]
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