As the need for digital forensics increases, the subject is featured more and more in the press. Below are a few selected highlights. (Older news can be found in the Digital Forensics News Archive).
October 2008
Fraudsters' website shut in swoop
A website used by criminals to buy and sell credit card details and bank log-ins has been shut down after a police operation, the BBC has learned.
September 2008
Facebook agrees child safety plan
Facebook is to add a slew of new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyber bullies.
August 2008
Device 'steals chip-and-pin data'
Police are warning that a way has been found to hack into chip-and-pin readers to steal customers' details.
US cracks 'biggest ID fraud case'
The US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with the theft of credit-card details in the country's largest-ever identity theft case...
Hi-tech criminals target Twitter
Micro blogging site Twitter is the latest target of cyber criminals who are increasingly finding fertile ground on social networks....
July 2008
Satnav leads police to criminals
Police are finding Sat Nav systems a valuable aid to implicating their owners in crimes, as forensic scientists can extract information about a suspect's whereabouts. At CCL, our highly skilled and experienced analysts regularly undertake such cases.
April 2008
Information Security awareness week
ISAF was formed in February 2008 to create a co-ordinated cross-industry,cross-institution approach for delivering security awareness to UK businesses.....
The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse....
High Tech Crime is an Online bubble that hasn't burst
There are no storefronts or corporate headquarters in the cybercrime industry, just savvy sellers in a murky, borderless economy who are moving merchandise by shilling credit card numbers...
Google tackles child pornography
Google engineers have adapted a software program to help track child sex predators and search for patterns in images of abuse on the web...
Internet Crime registers a new all time record
FBI issued a report regarding Internet crime in 2007 which says that, with the $240 million taken with digital crimes, a new all-time record was set...
Stepfather held on indecent images charges
The stepfather of former missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been charged with 10 counts of possessing indecent images of children..
BT Advert trials were illegal
Trials of an online ad system carried out by BT involving more than 30,000 of its customers were potentially illegal, says a leading digital rights lawyer....
March 2008
Home Office considers new E-Crime unit
The Home Office is "considering" funding a proposed e-crime unit following a meeting with representatives from the Association of Chief Police Officers...
Paedophile faces jail
A man who targeted young girls outside schools faces a jail sentence.
February 2008
Mobile Phone Forensics used in Sentencing
A motorist who was texting on her mobile phone when she hit and killed a cyclist has been sentenced to four years in prison....
German Courts Limit Cyber Spying
Germany's highest court has restricted the right of the security services to spy on the computers of suspected criminals and terrorists....
Teen Bot Herder admits to Infecting Military Computers
A young hacker accused of helping to corral more than 400,000 computers into a money-making botnet has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the scheme, which he admits damaged US military computer.....
HMRC Data Debacle used to Bait Phishing Lure
A phishing attack targeting victims of the HMRC data loss debacle has been spotted on the net......
January 2008
Support for E-Crime Victims
The first web site dedicated to helping victims of e-crime has been set up. The http://www.e-victims.org/ will feed information to trading standards, the Office of Fair Trading and police where necessary......
2007 Worst Year Ever for Data Protection
Last year was the worst ever for data losses in the UK, with almost 37 million people having their private data compromised....
Clarkson Stunt Backfires
Gobby TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been forced to reverse his position after he lost money after publishing his bank account details in a newspaper column....
Predators Online
A BBC investigation found a number of cases in which teenagers and younger children had been approached by predators on social networking sites....
Decmber 2007
Rogue Servers Point Users to Imposter Sites
Researchers have uncovered a large network of rogue servers that threatens end users by silently feeding them counterfeit versions of trusted websites......
Warning Sounded over 'Flirting Robots'
A program that can mimic online flirtation and then extract personal information from its unsuspecting conversation partners is making the rounds in Russian chat forums.....