News tagged with computer forensics
Teenage 'spokesman' for hackers Team Poison arrested in UK
British police said Thursday they had arrested a 17-year-old suspected spokesman for Team Poison, a hacking group that has claimed responsibility for a series of high-profile cyber-attacks.
May 10, 2012 |
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Social-network use leads companies to boost security
When Randy Kortering decided to upgrade computer network defenses at Haworth, a $1 billion-a-year office fixtures manufacturer, his chief of security warned him about social-networking use.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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EU to double investment in mansion-sized supercomputers
The EU said Wednesday it will double its investment in supercomputers, high-performance machines the size of a mansion that can cost more than 100 million euros ($130 million) each to build.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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ElcomSoft undoes Apple's location security fix
(PhysOrg.com) -- ElcomSoft, a Russian computer forensics company that first came to the attention of the public in 2002 when it was sued and cleared of violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for ...
May 25, 2011 |
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How sensors can detect the crime-solving clues at our fingertips
A new approach to fingerprinting using sensor technology developed at the University of Sussex could soon be helping forensics teams date and identify prints left at a crime scene - by capturing their electrical ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 20, 2011 |
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Converting 2-D photo into 3-D face for security applications and forensics
It is possible to construct a three-dimensional, 3D, face from flat 2D images, according to research published in the International Journal of Biometrics this month. The discovery could be used for biometrics in security applic ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 19, 2011 |
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CT helps identify bullet trajectories
Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) provides an efficient, effective way to analyze wounds from bullets and explosive devices, according to a study published online and in the March issue of Radiology.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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How rare is that fingerprint? Computational forensics provides the first clues
(PhysOrg.com) -- Crime scene forensic analysis has long functioned on the premise that a person's unique identity is hidden in the tiny loops and swirls of their fingerprints, but teasing that information out of the incomplete ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Cyber sleuths fight online crime in Singapore
If you've just become the victim of identity thieves or computer hackers, it's time to call in someone like Ali Fazeli.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, digitally ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert
Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Computer forensics links internet postcards to virus
Fake Internet postcards circulating through e-mail inboxes worldwide are carrying links to the virus known as Zeus Bot, said Gary Warner, director of computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Zeus ...
Jul 25, 2009 |
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XBox forensics
A forensics toolkit for the Xbox gaming console is described by US researchers in the latest issue of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. The toolkit could allow law en ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 30, 2009 |
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