Technology allows criminals to attempt to evade being tracked by changing their mobile phone’s ID code and by regularly dumping their SIM cards. A Phone Signal Used as a Fingerprint However, researchers at Dresden University of technology have identified that the radio signal from each mobile phone contains an unalterable digital fingerprint and that this […]
Call Data and Cell Site Evidence Indicates that Mark Duggan had Communicated with Gun Handler
Evidence from the Call Records of Mark Duggan The Metropolitan Police’s Digital Forensic Unit has produced evidence within the trial of Kevin Hutchinson-Foster to suggest that Mark Duggan had been in contact with him shortly prior to the Police shooting Mark Duggan dead. Mark Duggan had exchanged mobile phone calls and text messages with Kevin […]
New Child Abuse Trial Guidelines
Changes to Guidance in Cases Involving Child Sexual Abuse Final guidance on the prosecution of cases involving child sexual abuse in England and Wales has been published. Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer has published final guidance on the protection of cases involving child sexual abuse in England and Wales and says it represented a […]
Google and Bing Agree To Block Indecent Images of Children
Search engine companies like Google and Microsoft Bing have agreed to make it more difficult to find indecent images of children online. How Prevalent is it to find Indecent Images of Children on Google or Bing? Upto 100,000 search terms on Google and Microsoft Bing currently return no results that find illegal material and trigger […]
Mobile Phone Forensics Challenges
The Challenges Facing Digital Forensic Investigations within Mobile Phone Investigations A mobile phone is the most popular communication device and also some of the most difficult to be able to retrieve and extract evidence from. Though many forensics tools are available that have made data extraction, decoding and analysing the data easier, the Apple iOS, […]
