As you are probably well aware Osama Bin Laden was killed last week and, during the operation, a significant amount of computer media was recovered. Last week a gentleman from Radio 4 interview both Simon Steggles and myself to identify the problems that investigators may encounter. Sadly the interview wasn't used but the BBC have been kind enough to furnish us with a copy for your listening pleasure. You can listen to the interview below. BBC Radio 4 Interview
I am sure a lot of you people know that I spend a lot of my on-line time on Twitter. (www.twitter.com/disklabsltd for my work account and www.twitter.com/disklabs for my personal account). One of my 'followers', a great guy called Phil Stewart, (www.twitter.com/i15minutes) knows about our work here at Disklabs and posted the following Tweet: Thanks to @disklabs for sending a device to ensure the data from my old hard drive is cleaned. http://yfrog.com/h0cyhygj ...
Ok then, for those of you that follow me on Twitter, you will probably of noticed some of my posts about the fake iPhone 4's we have just got in for analysis. I asked the kink forensic analysts in the lab to provide me with some photo's and here they are: Just so you know, its a Chinese manufactured 'SciPhone', (clever that, isn' it?). It has a DUAL SIM slot, a memory card and removable battery. Some say that Apple could learn from this.... Any how, here are the photo's: ...
Its been an age since I last blogged, so apologies for that, but here we go again with a tale of how Disklabs ended up forensically examining a laptop for a company that had already 'forensically investigated' the said laptop: Computer Forensics Investigation DIGITAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE FOLLOWING PARTY: COMPANY: ANON Ltd FULL NAME: ANON AUTHORISED BY: ANON ADDRESS: ANON DATE OF COMMISSION: ...
A survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has recently shown that the social networking site Facebook is now one of the major causes of divorce in the USA. Results from the survey show that 1 in 5 American divorces stem from a spouse seeking out, and reconnecting with, an old flame. With over 500 million active users the chances are that, if you're in a long term relationship, your significant other is 'friends' with an old school crush or ex. Bearing in mind that Facebook can ...