Companies Specializing in Computer Forensics and Updates on Computer Crime Prosecution
Computer forensics is defined as the act of analyzing digital information in an attempt to discover evidence and report the findings in a legally admissible form. Computer forensics teams are highly trained individuals with ongoing training that helps them keep up with the current trends in computer crime. Certifications qualify these individuals to conduct massive amounts of research and investigations and to uncover the secrets of individual hackers, their cyber-attacks, and overall computer crime. Although there are many organizations that specialize in computer forensics, Forensicon, Inc., CyberEvidence, Inc., and EDiscovery Forensics, Inc. are the focus of this paper.
Forensicon, Inc., located in Chicago, Illinois, is an experienced computer forensics company with cases that range from internet investigations to trade secret theft investigations. They have been in business since 2002. Their specialties has enabled them to gain a proven track record from clients of all sorts to include law firms, software and consulting firms, financial service companies and institutions, industrial equipment corporations, government and non-profit organizations, and healthcare agencies and insurance providers (Forensicon). Their practice areas include trade secrets, employment litigation, internal investigations, and family law. According to Forensicon, what makes them different from other computer forensics providers is their ability to analyze forensic evidence involving password recovery and/ or removal, data decryption, data compression and imaging, media type conversion, duplicate file elimination, and more (Forensicon). Their methods and years of e...
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...pon request are their targeted areas when it comes to computer forensics. These three companies help their clients fight against cyber-crime that result in the loss of revenue, a decrease in productivity, tarnished reputations, and wasting valuable time. The examples stated about the bank heist and Target’s credit card attack are just a few of the threats that have become widespread within the United States. These crimes involved multiple individuals who were knowledgeable of the effects of the crimes they were committing and the number of people they were committing the crimes against. These hackers were highly skilled according to their capabilities in hacking into such a large organizations computer systems and stealing client’s information. With the current reports addressing cyber-attacks and the attacker’s target, hopefully, there will be more countermeasures.
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I had a Political science professor that once said “Political survey answers depend more on how a question is asked than on what the question is asking.” I read and reread the above question. I have to admit that even after 15 weeks of topic discussions, PowerPoint, text chapters and Google; I am still confused about how tax expenditure works. The nearest I can figure out and in plain English, it is simply a tax break. That being said, this question is very methodically asked. The term “anti-poverty programs” is a gentle, non threatening term that will be met with compassion and kindness among more than 85% of (surveyed) US citizens. Second “tax expenditures” is a confusing term associated with the mean IRS that must have something to do with the government taking hard earned money and doing something with it, but what? Who knows? The final term is the big, bad anti-conservative term that only about 11% of surveyed Americans actually greet with any positivity. So the question in our subconscious mind flows something like: “What are the advantages and disadvantages of helping people who need it with your tax money instead of giving it to people who don’t want to work?” But that’s not what the question is asking. Because I know that my subconscious takes into consideration, the information it believes is true. First anti-poverty programs, such as Medicaid, are in most people’s minds still welfare. Before the New Deal many of the anti-poverty programs, as well as welfare (utility assistance, help purchasing groceries, etc.) were funded completely through private charities....
It is the computer forensics job to look through all of the computer files, even the deleted ones, to see if there are any incriminating files that would prove them guilty. Even reporting them to the jury is one of the jobs that a computer forensic person might have. Not only does this community work closely with eh police force, they can also work within the FBI or a company that uses computers in their business like Apple. Th...
In the United States, local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including FBI, Department of Homeland Security, among others, have taken on roles to fight computer crimes and terrorism. The roles and responses of these law enforcement agencies concerning digital crime have created challenges that limit enforcement efforts against digital crime.
The year 2013 was not one marked for pride for the retail chain, Target. They had one of the largest data breaches known to date that occurred between November 27th and December 15th. Not only was this the one of the largest attacks known to date of this kind, it was also quite eye opening to many who may not have paid any attention to the world of information security. The Target hack resulted in 40 million compromised credit and debit card accounts and that was just the initial known result. After some time, the research revealed that a total of as many as 110 million Target customers were the victims of this gigantic hack. Although computer crimes occur within the United States often, the bigger problem is that criminals from other countries across the oceans are attacking as well.
Throughout this course many software packages have been discussed as far as their usefulness and application in a computer forensics environment. I have chosen to write about encryption, as well as anti-spyware software. Specifically I will discuss TrueCrypt and Spybot – Search and Destroy.
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Technology has opened new encounters and opportunities for the criminal justice system. There are so many new practices of criminal activity, such as computer crimes. There are different types of computer crimes that many people become victims of every day. Computer crime is any crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target ("Computer Crime: Chapter 2: What Are the Crimes?", n.d.). Crimes such as data diddling, pump and dump, social engineering and spoofing are computer crimes. Even though these crimes are difficult by privacy issues, the new technology has made investigations and prosecutions well organized and effective. Though views are different on the pros and cons of specific technological changes in the criminal justice system, there is an agreement the system has changed affectedly ("Effects of Technology in Criminal Justice | eHow", n.d.).
A forensic interview is a structured conversation with a child or minor with the intention of eliciting detailed information about a possible event (s) that the child many have experienced or witnessed. Concurrently, for Van Heerden (1977: 8) forensics refer to the computerized activities or scientific knowledge employed by law enforcement agents to serve justice. In the study, forensic investigation is used to refer to any computer-related activities or methods used by police, investigators, prosecutors and all other law enforcement agents to gather facts, track down criminals, arrest or detain them, gather information, preserve information and finally present it in the court of law.
Live acquisition: The future of data acquisitions is shifting toward live acquisitions because of the use of disk encryption with newer operating systems (OSs). In addition to encryption concerns, collecting any data that’s active in a suspect’s computer RAM is becoming more important to digital investigations. The processes and data integrity requirements for static and live acquisitions are the same. The only shortcoming with live acquisitions is not being able to perform repeatable processes, which are critical for collecting digital evidence.
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The biggest challenge investigators face and who is involved with high tech crime is the fast-paced constant evolving nature of technology. When companies come out with new devices or new versions of old devices which is almost all the time, and those who gather digital evidence must remain current to be able to locate and preserve all potential evidence. As technology evolves the capacities of these devices will rapidly increase while their form factor grows continually smaller. Investigators must preserve digital evidence to make sure it is suitable for presentation in court as well. Investigators must first never change a crime scene or alter evidence. It is their goal to document and preserve the scene exactly as it was when the crime occurred. Extreme caution and care is needed because the mere act of documenting or cataloging a crime scene means that investigators are interacting with the scene. The second concern is the physical fragility of the evidence. Care must be taken to keep items from getting wet, stepped on etc, this can also be applied to digital evidence. Investigators have been able to examine hard disk drives that have been through fires because the drives are usually air and water tight and impervious to temperatures into the thousands of degrees. The third issue is that digital evidence can be lo...
...ng to many individuals who have suffered from hacking, phishing, scams, identity theft, fraud etc. Computer crime describes a very broad category of offenses, which include anything that requires an electronic device or the Internet. Cybercrime is now a global issue and it has a major impact on every individual or business that interacts with technology and the World Wide Web. When important information is stolen, not only are individuals at risk of becoming part of greater crimes but it can also affect an entire country when its national secrets are stolen. In the end I may conclude that computer crime is a dangerous crime that all individuals should be aware of due to the many devastating results it can cause. Cybercrime cannot be stopped due to the high levels it has reached, but immunity can be used to keep safe from it or at least keep individuals less at risk.