To most people, a computer could not be described as Dangerous. We use them on a daily basis to type letters, perhaps browse the Internet, play games or store holiday photos. However, for some, data contained on a computer or mobile phone can provide enough evidence to form the basis of legal proceedings against them. […]
In a Changing World New Evidence Brings New Challenges
According to sources, pornography accounts for 68 million daily Internet searches (25% of all Internet searches), 12% of websites and 1.5 billion downloads a month. The sheer volume of people seeking such material is surprising. However, computers are a discreet, cheap and relatively effective method of accessing such material. The Internet allows users to freely […]
Factory Forensics and ‘Previewing’ – The Dilemma of Money Vs Time During the Recession
Everyone has felt the effects of the ‘Credit Crunch’ and the resulting recession, with ever-tightening budgets forcing people to rethink their working strategies and to ‘trim the fat’. Whilst the recession has had greater and lesser effects within different industries, heads of Hi-Tech Crime Units dealing with computer forensic investigations have been faced with holding […]
Session Hijacking and Obtaining Your Password
Hearing or reading about hacking in one form or another has become an almost daily occurrence, with even the largest companies feeling the sting (just look at the Sony breach in April 2011, which left millions of gamers without access to the Playstation Network for weeks). The mere mention of hacking to the general public […]
Think before you Tweet – Twitter and the Law
To tweet or not to tweet… Twitter raises important issues about privacy, free speech, censorship as well as individual rights and responsibilities. Of course, there is nothing stopping a person from self-incriminating themselves by tweets revealing illegal conduct such as the reports of a doctor on sick leave. How Can A Tweet Lead to Prosecution? […]