Introduction
Mention crime and we think of robberies, murders and detectives examining the crime scene, interrogating witnesses and finally nailing the guilty.
But there is, however, another kind of crime, where traditional methods of criminal investigation fall flat on its face. Instances like hacking, cyber fraud, phishing, identity and data theft, all account as cyber crime. Cyber [...]

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Computer forensics and mobile phone forensics is not about processing data; but about investigating people and their actions in relation to a computer or other electronic data processing or storage device. Therefore looking to find and use information about what has happened to data as evidence to pinpoint fraudulent, dishonest or deceptive behaviour in individuals
The [...]

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Crime fighting has moved to a new and different playing field in recent years. There has been a great push to come up with new and ingenious methods of fighting crime in order to combat the new territories crimes are covering. The best tool in the war on crime in the information age is computer [...]

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In the global village called the internet, not everyone plays nice. You always hear of the word “hack”. It is mostly used in relation to invading of computers. Most of these are not entirely true but computer network systems do get hacked. If and when it does happen, it usually involves something sinister.
Even employees of [...]

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I can hear it now! You are letting the cat out of the bag. By explaining computer forensic reports, you are aiding and helping computer criminals to cover their tracks.
But, there is always another side to an argument. By releasing this information, it can help people help computer forensic experts catch the criminals. Besides, people [...]

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Converting a number to binary: Let’s say we wanted to convert a number to binary, the number 45. Here’s what we would do.

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Facial Recognition software is the next phase of technology for law enforcement to implement. Hidden cameras with advanced analysis capabilities, such as 3D modeling and texture analysis, have yet to be implemented.

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E-discovery or computer forensic search through audio data can be expensive and challenging.Such a need arises more and more often as the new FRCP require such information be made readily available in case of litigation.

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Data recovery, computer forensics and e-discovery all deal with data, and specifically digital data. It’s all about electrons in the form of zeroes and ones. And it’s all about taking information that may be hard to find and presenting it in a readable fashion. But even though there is overlap, the skill sets require different [...]

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Did you know that your wireless internet access signal can extend beyond your house walls and out on the streets? Your next door neighbor and anyone parked nearby can open their laptops and see your wireless signals.

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