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Social Media is a Tool for Cyber Criminals 29 May 2012 | 08:00 am
Social media is the latest tool in the arsenal of cyber criminals, with groups using social networking websites such as Twitter to “manipulate the masses” into thinking a certain way, according to Kas...
US Uses Cyber Tactics against al-Qaida 29 May 2012 | 08:00 am
The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. US Cyber tactics
SIM Forensics: Part 1 23 May 2012 | 08:00 am
A smart card, also known as an Integrated Circuit Card (ICC), is a micro-controller based access module. It is a physical/logical entity and can be either a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) or a Unive...
Steganography and Smart Phones 23 May 2012 | 08:00 am
Over the course of the past year, a new crop of data hiding and steganography programs have emerged. These new Apps run on Android, iOS, and Windows mobile platforms. New Apps for Smartphones
PayPal 'You Just Sent a Payment' Spam Leads to Malware 21 May 2012 | 08:00 am
A new malicious spam campaign has just launched targeting PayPal users. This malware campaign attempts to "social engineer" users into clicking a link that they know they shouldn't click on! Spam lead...
Medal of Valor: Nominations for Public Safety Officer of the Year 21 May 2012 | 08:00 am
The nomination period for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (MOV) will be open from May 31 to July 31, 2012. The medal is awarded annually by the President to public safety officers who have ex...
UK Test Using Post-Mortem Computed Tomography 16 May 2012 | 08:00 am
UK First Use of 3-D Imaging Derived from Post-Mortem Computed Tomography Imaging in UK Trial The East Midlands Forensic Pathology unit, based at the University of Leicester, has used 3D images derived...
Research Presented on the Use of Ground-Penetrating Radar to Detect Buried Remains - 16 May 2012 | 08:00 am
- NIJ Pubs and Multimedia Update. Ground Penetrating Radar Study
Multiple Exposure Method in Digital Photography of Fingerprints 14 May 2012 | 08:00 am
Forensic latent fingerprint photography, performed with evidence that has a substrate that is not uniform in terms of shape, color, and so forth, requires the use of various techniques. This report wi...
Phishing impersonating email service providers spikes 14 May 2012 | 08:00 am
Phishing attacks impersonating email service providers increased 333 percent from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. IID attributes this spike to spammers needing unsullied email addresses since many major spamming ...