Did you know that your snazzy, modern photocopier, like your computer, has a hard drive that can log all of your activity and store it?
It’s a little known fact that many photocopiers don’t just copy your documents onto paper, they create a digital image which is then stored on the copier’s internal drive. What this […]

A new technology is changing the way computer-based evidence is identified. Launched in August 2009, Project EVE has enabled the New Zealand Police Force to process evidence from electronic devices far quicker than they had been able to previously.
EVE, which stands for the Environment for Virtualised Evidence, is an automated software system that allows police […]

The use of computer forensics has helped to track down the origin of a school shooting threat.
Threats of a gun attack in one of Minneapolis’ public schools were made in early 2010 on a social networking site, and prompted all of the schools in the area to go into a state of lockdown for a […]

A New York man has been charged with obstruction after attempting to destroy evidence by swallowing an USB flash drive.
According to reports, Florin Necula was part of a criminal group who had been using almost undetectable card readers to extract information from the magnetic strips on cards entered into cash machines by unwitting victims.
After […]

The internet is becoming an increasingly significant venue channel for fraud, according to research released on 10th March 2010 by The UK Cards Association. In fact, whilst total fraud losses on UK cards and cheques fell last year, there was a 14% rise in online banking losses.
Through initiatives like Chip and PIN, UK card fraud […]