The investigation of a computer system believed to be compromised by cybercrime. Also called "digital forensics," it is used to examine a computer that may harbor incriminating data in non-cybercrime ...

A National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) staff member demonstrates electronic device repair skills that are taught to law enforcement personnel at the NCFI training facility in Hoover, Alabama, ...

It’s the hottest topic on prime time television, but crime scene investigation is increasingly more complex than what’s depicted in a glitzy one-hour drama. Information technology students at ...

Gary Kessler is the president of Gary Kessler Associates, a member of the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, and adjunct associate professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth ...

Criminals increasingly use computers as weapons to illegally access information or release worms and viruses to disrupt computer networks. Law enforcement agencies often must rely on criminal ...

Many people ask me about what it was like working for law enforcement. More often than not, however, they are actually enquiring about how computer crime is truly investigated. Whether it’s questions ...

MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University School of Computer Science has created two new courses: CS 508: Computer Forensics and CS 507: Topics in Cybersecurity to provide students with the ...

The ongoing trial of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht (a.k.a. Dread Pirate Roberts, or DPR) is not only fascinating, but it will have tremendous implications for criminals in the future. With close to ...

Concerned about identity theft? Selling or recycling an old computer? Corporate investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains three tools for making sure your data is really deleted. Anti-forensic ...

ICS is a pioneer in disk drive duplication, having first introduced this technology to the world in 1991, in a US patented device. For over twenty years ICS has focused on providing cutting-edge ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Computer Forensics. The television series CSI has given millions of viewers an appreciation of the role and importance of physical evidence in conducting criminal ...

If missing a television episode of C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation seems like high crime, try learning about "computer forensics"-how to investigate and apprehend someone who has committed a "virtual ...