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We spend a lot of time trying to secure mobile devices, but what about the removable storage cards they contain? Law enforcement agencies expect to make several more child porn exploitation arrests in the coming weeks despite announcing the arrest of nine men in Queensland on 188 charges yesterday. Microsoft has been stepping up its co-operation with law enforcement communities worldwide in an effort to combat electronic crime. As we start to pay bills and surf the web from our mobile phones, it's not the handsets thieves will be after. Thieves have stolen a computer database from a company that specialises in gathering evidence from mobile phone networks to help police track suspected terrorists. Data forensics software vendor Nuix set to expand its Australian channel and global presence.
A computer forensics expert has blasted as ineffective the way that most corporates deal with security breaches including network intrusion, data theft or destruction. Doing business in a connected world requires employees, partners and customers to have access to an ever increasing range of information channels. Along with the benefits this access provides, the risk of insider security threats increases. A technology firm that recently entered the data security market reported this week that thieves infiltrated a company computer nearly two years ago, illegally accessing some 27,000 customer credit card files. First Response is a freeware audit tool and is a little difficult to use in the beginning. The interface, deploying agents and gathering data can also be a little awkward at first, but this program can be very useful once the user has a grasp on what it does and what it is capable of.

Instead of examining disk drives for suspicious data, NetWitness monitors network traffic for suspicious events. It is easily installed from CD-Rom, requiring an activation key before it will function. It generates a unique computer ID number that has to be sent to their support centre, which will return an email with an activation key that locks the software to the workstation. The installation also offers a version of WinPcap if needed.

A dishonest IT specialist, lack of encryption and insufficient physical security controls may have contributed to the disappearance of a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) external hard drive that contained the personal information of 1.8 million people, an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report has concluded. This little USB storage device provides encrypted storage for data up to a gigabyte with all access controls embedded in the product. Julie Amero, the Connecticut former substitute teacher convicted of allowing students to view pornography on a classroom PC, was granted a new trial today. The Safend Protector offers many features to provide a high level of USB security both at the interface and removable media levels. The Kingston DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition is a USB thumb drive that encrypts everything on it all the time. Microsoft assist in raid with 5000 optical disks seized. Hot: It's one of the primary methods that malicious hackers use to find new application and operating system vulnerabilities. An ambitious idea by a state district attorney's association has led to the creation of a first-of-its-kind federal facility designed to train local law enforcement officials from around the country on cybercrime. A US citizen, who was charged with creating and distributing a Trojan horse intended to steal computer usernames and passwords, has pleaded guilty in court.