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FBI rounds up bot-herders, national security at stake
During the May 2007 Anti-Phishing Working Group Counter eCrime summit in San Francisco, researcher Joe St. Sauver spoke about the need for a government agency to step up and help in the war against consumer computer compromise.  He stated that consumers aren't capable of taking the steps necessary to prevent...
Tags: Viruses, Virus, Leadership, Internet, Security, Attack mitigation, Computer Crime, Computer Forensics, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare
Blog posts 2007-06-18
Computer Forensics: Finding "hidden" data
Fortunately for the forensics investigator, most users aren’t very good at covering their tracks.  Ignorance of how computers manage memory and disk results in incriminating file or memory content stored in various locations invisible to the subject of an investigation.  In this post we’ll look at three potential locations for...
Tags: Security, Evidence, Encryption, Computer Forensics
Blog posts 2007-05-21
Computer Forensics: Cracking a protected BIOS and creating disks for analysis
In the previous installment of this series, we gathered information about the target system by reviewing its BIOS setup. However, a suspect’s BIOS might be password protected. In this post, we’ll look at how to get into a password protected BIOS. We’ll also move to the...
Tags: Security, Passwords, Cybercrime, Computer Forensics, Computer Crime, BIOS
Blog posts 2007-05-14
Protect your endpoint devices from swap and hibernation file data leaks
Many organizations are becoming very conscientious when it comes to protecting sensitive data. The release of personally identifiable information PII, electronic protected health information ePHI, intellectual property, and authentication information (e.g. passwords) can be very damaging. However, there are two areas on Windows and Linux workstations that can...
Tags: Windows, Security, It Management, HIPAA, data theft, Computer Forensics
Blog posts 2007-05-10
Computer Forensics: Preparing for electronic evidence acquisition
In the previous installment of this series, we collected, safeguarded, and transported physical evidence. In this post, we’ll begin the process of processing the data contained in the suspect’s computer.After photographing the target computer at the scene, the next step is to decide whether to perform a live or...
Tags: Security, It Management, Cybercrime, Computer Forensics, Computer Crime
Blog posts 2007-05-07
Computer Forensics: Collecting physical evidence
In the previous installment of this series, we secured the scene and captured the general state of the crime scene with photographs. We arrived at the point at which we’re ready to collect evidence. The actual collection of evidence is a critical step in the investigative process. ...
Tags: Security, It Management, Evidence, Computer Forensics, Computer Crime
Blog posts 2007-04-30
Computer Forensics: Access Control and Taking Stock
In the first installment in this series, I stepped through how to secure the scene and obtain permission to search. In this second installment we’ll look at preserving the integrity and the initial state of the scene so that it can be reconstructed at any time in the future.Once...
Tags: Security, It Management, Evidence, Cybercrime, Computer Forensics, Computer Crime
Blog posts 2007-04-09
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