Tag: forensics
Texas Private Investigators and Computer Technicians to be Addressed in 2009
Texas House Bill 2833 to be Addressed in the 2009 Legislative Session Under current language, Texas house bill 2833 can be easily interpreted, and has been interpreted by many in our industry, to read that Texas computer technicians must be licensed as private investigators.
Researchers Link Digital Photographs to Source Camera
One of the biggest issues in digital image forensics has always been the ability to identify the source of a digital image. A team of researchers and engineers from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York have developed a very promising technique that addresses this very issue.
Sneakey Software Can Make Duplicate Keys from Photographs
University of California San Diego scientists have developed software, called “Sneakey,” that can duplicate keys without having the key; instead, the computer scientists only need a digital image of the key taken from almost any distance and angle. “We built our key duplication software system to show people that their keys are not inherently secret,” [...]
Data Recovery 101
Let’s start of by asking the question, what is data recovery? The following is taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media formats such as [...]
The Evolution Of Digital Forensics
First, let me articulate, I am not an expert in digital forensics. So warning… if you are an expert you may want to move on to the next article. This article is for fellow interns, aspiring private investigators, the computer challenged, or just to my fellow knowledge thirsty nerds. It is no surprise that digital [...]
Cellular Forensics: Are You Missing Valuable Evidence?
Communication is the life-blood of any relationship. People have to communicate to express their thoughts, desires, and needs. Whether the case you are investigating involves a large corporation’s employees or on a wayward spouse, potential evidence can be found in the devices those subjects use to communicate. This includes the cell phone. The cellular industry [...]
