From corporate theft to murder, computers often play a role in nefarious activity, requiring specialists with a mix of legal and technical expertise to gather evidence stored digitally. "If it's a ...

Purveyors of online fraud and abuse—and the methods they use—are often extremely difficult to detect. Computer forensics are thus needed to trace and catch Internet fraudsters. Purveyors of online ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The FBI is utilizing technology that can travel right to the scene of the crime. 41 Action News got a rare look inside a mobile unit at the agency's Heart of America Regional ...

Computer forensics is the science of obtaining, preserving, documenting and presenting digital evidence, stored in the form of encoded information, from digital electronic storage devices such as ...

In previous articles, I’ve discussed log management and incident response in the age of compliance. It’s time to cover a separate topic that has connections to both log analysis and incident ...

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 ...

The primary difference lies in the nature of the devices under investigation. On the one hand, mobile forensics focuses on portable devices like smartphones and tablets, known for their compact sizes ...

Federal prosecutors call Jimmy Weg of Helena "The Legend." A federal court judge calls him "Professor Weg." And now, Montana Department of Justice Criminal Investigator Jimmy Weg can add "award ...

This course will cover the fundamentals of Digital Forensics and Incident Response, drawing on sanitized cyber exercises based on the latest real life data breach incidents. Students will learn the ...

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 ...