BLACK HAT USA 2011 -- Las Vegas -- Even in this era of massive data breaches and database hacks, the field of database forensics still lags behind significantly, database security expert David ...

As we entrust our lives to computers and digital devices like iPhones, we leave a trail of data relating to various activities. When these activities turn nefarious, it's up to law enforcement to ...

While the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been spending a lot of time advancing the technology behind forensics, the agency can so only go so far. With all of the ways people can be ...

Database hacking has gone mainstream and is becoming harder to detect because of the increasingly sophisticated anti-forensic procedures hackers use to cover their tracks. Knowing forensics inside and ...

Regardless of these challenges, forensics and intrusion management technologies are in high demand. This need is driven especially by the fact that confidential data stored on systems are potential ...

A database security researcher will demonstrate at next month's Black Hat DC how an attacker who breaks into a SQL Server database can cover his tracks using antiforensics techniques. Cesar Cerrudo, ...

Digital forensics is the forensic science encompassing the recovery, analysis and presentation of electronically stored information (ESI). The results of a forensic analysis are often provided in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Huge volumes — think terabytes, petabytes, exabytes, zettabytes, yottabytes and up into the quintillion bytes — of complex, digital data is constantly being generated and scattered into ...

To make it easier for forensic investigators to find relevant data on computers, cellphones and other electronic equipment seized in police raids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

There’s nothing quite like stirring the pot of controversy. Last month, my Cache Advance column addressed the issue of cheating on certification exams. Specifically, I said that using “study aids” ...

Grgicak says forensic laboratories could use the database for validating or testing new or existing forensic DNA interpretation protocols. Researchers requiring data to test newly developed ...