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Defendant Ordered to Decrypt Laptop May Have Forgotten Password
A Colorado woman ordered to decrypt her laptop so prosecutors may use the files against her in a criminal case might have forgotten the password, the defendant?s attorney said Monday. The authorities seized the Toshiba laptop from defendant Ramona Fricosu in 2010 with a court warrant while investigating alleged mortgage fraud. Ruling that the woman?s Fifth Amendment rights against compelled self-incrimination would not be breached, U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ordered the woman in January to decrypt the laptop...
More (Wired)
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Forensics vendor warns Mac OS X FileVault vulnerable to decryption
Passware, a vendor of forensics tools for recovering data for law enforcement, has issued a warning that its forensics tools can bypass the security of FileVault disk encryption in Mac OS X if the computer is left powered on, recovering decryption keys from memory. While catering to law enforcement, the company issued a warning to home users "of the vulnerabilities of Mac encryption solutions and advises users to shut down their computers especially when working with confidential data..."
More (AppleInsider)
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FBI Director Says Cyberthreat Will Surpass Threat From Terrorists
Threats from cyber-espionage, computer crime, and attacks on critical infrastructure will surpass terrorism as the number one threat facing the United States, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified today. Mueller and National Intelligence Director James Clapper, addressing the annual Worldwide Threat hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, cited their concerns about cyber-security and noted that China and Russia run robust intrusion operations against key U.S. industries and the government...
More (ABC News)
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Case studies - what would you find useful?
Following on from an earlier discussion, I'd like to revisit the idea of "case studies".
What would people find useful in a case study, e.g. what subject areas would we like to see covered, what level of expertise, what format should it take etc.?
If I can gain a better understanding of what people are looking for I may be able to facilitate something in future.
Please let me know your thoughts by replying to this forum post, thank you.
Jamie
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Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012 v.4.0.1 released
Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012 v.4.0.1 introduces support for Touch application analysis for Android and Apple devices; improves examination of SkyFire mobile browser data adding Apple devices support. The new release adds more than 80 Android-based devices, the overall number of supported devices rises to 2800.
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BlackBag Technologies Announces New MacQuisition 2012.R1 Release
BlackBag Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of MacQuisition 2012.R1, a 3-in-1 live data acquisition, targeted data collection, and forensic imaging tool.
New features include:
* Targeted File Collection - Quickly triage, select, and acquire targeted files, folders, or entire directory structures.
* Live Data Acquisition - Capture volatile user-specific data, system artifacts, and Random Access Memory (RAM) contents from a live system.
* Acquisition and Hash Monitoring - View data acquisition and hash function progress expressed in bytes, percentage complete, and time remaining in real time.
* Thunderbolt Technology Support - Boot from the MacQuisition USB swivel key, and image out to an external drive via the source system?s own USB and Thunderbolt ports.
* Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) Support - Runs on OS 10.5 (Leopard), OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and OS 10.7 (Lion).
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Irish business with tools to dig out digital evidence
Computer forensics start-up Cernam is to launch its first product later this month, a tool for gathering legally admissible digital evidence from online sources such as Facebook, blogs and message boards. The Dublin company sees a gap in the market for capturing online evidence in a forensically sound way, as this is often presented in legal proceedings using just screenshots and printouts, whereas sophisticated tools and processes exist to collect evidence stored on PCs...
More (The Irish Times)
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JADsoftware announces new IEF Triage product
JADsoftware Inc. has announced IEF Triage, a new edition to its computer forensics solution, Internet Evidence Finder (IEF). IEF can search for evidence within a number of applications including: social networking, IM chats, webmail, browsers, and p2p artifacts. IEF Triage Edition is a USB dongle based solution and will be available on Jan 30th thru www.jadsoftware.com and its authorized partners. The pricing for IEF Triage Edition is $1299 (USD). Free trials will be available on January 30th at www.jadsoftware.com/trial
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Harry Onderwater
A few days ago the Dutch forensics community - indeed, the wider forensics community - lost one of its founding fathers, Harry Onderwater.
Having worked for many years for the Dutch police in Amsterdam, Harry then moved to the Centrale Recherche Informatie Dienst (National Criminal Intelligence Service) where he became one of the first investigators in the newly emerging field of computer crime, building a reputation for excellence not just in the Netherlands but also further afield throughout Europe and the USA. Later in his career he became Corporate Security Manager at KPMG in the Netherlands where he also played a leading role in digital forensics.
It is difficult to describe Harry without resorting to cliché, but he truly was a larger than life character. Behind his imposing physical presence - which must surely have worked to his advantage in his many years on the force - lay a consummate professional and gentleman. Kind hearted, generous and possessing a wonderful sense of humour, Harry was always a joy to deal with. To the vast majority of those who met Harry through work, there is little doubt he will be remembered first and foremost as a friend rather than a colleague.
On a personal note, I would like to offer my sincere condolences to Harry's family and close friends. He has left us all too soon and will be deeply missed.
Bedankt, Harry, voor alles.
Jamie
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SubRosaSoft.com Inc. Releases MacForensicsLab 4.0
SubRosaSoft.com Inc. announces the immediate availability of the latest version of their powerful computer forensic suite, MacForensicsLab 4.0. The new version brings a streamlined interface and many other improvements to make examinations quicker and more accurate than ever before.
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