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It’s 4am, cold, dark and I’m running as fast as I can, wearing only a dressing gown. What’s going on? And what has this to do with IT security?

The range of freeware and open source resources continues to grow, offering tools for everything from simple add-ons to existing systems to wide-ranging, comprehensive forensic tool kits.

Everybody loves a good conspiracy, whether it’s alien invasion or security services’ plots to subvert governments. There seems to be no protection against such fascinations with increased education or intelligence (see, for example, Michael Shermer’s book Why people believe weird things). A hacker may have gained access to images of checks sent to the University of Notre Dame after the breach of one of the college’s servers earlier this month. I just attended the Computer Security Institue’s 32nd Annual Conference and this year there were rumblings on the show floor about the lack of anything new.

Guidance Software's EnCase product is the undisputed heavyweight of the forensic software market, and version 5.0 introduces a slew of new features that will keep its opposition firmly on the ropes.

When we turn our minds to matters of e-security, our first thoughts tend to be about defenses such as firewalls and intrusion detection. And rightly so. After all, there is much wisdom in the pursuit of prevention before cure. But, what happens when our defenses are breached? How should we respond to such an incident? This month's “patch Tuesday” bulletin from Microsoft will feature a security update for the recently exploited Windows Meta File vulnerability. The personal information of 1.4 million Scottrade users may have been compromised last month when a hacker infiltrated a server used by the broker's partner company. Smaller pay raises in IT security don’t mean infosec is a bad career path, says David Foote. Instead, it proves what a good place it is to be The world’s first postgraduate certificate in penetration testing and information security has been set up by a Welsh university. Infosec arrives on corporate radar screens After online banking customers suffer an attack, financial institutions often look for answers in the wrong places. Kevin Mandia explains why it’s worth investigating the victim’s PC to discover the origins of an attack No longer a dark and mysterious process, computer forensics has been significantly on the scene for more than five years now. There was a good article in a recent issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the portrayal of national security issues on film and TV (http://tinyurl.com/dec6v). As you might imagine, modern fiction is often, well, fictional in its portrayal of nuclear weapons, "homeland security" and the like. A coalition of industry groups has urged the Senate to ratify the Convention on Cybercrime and help prevent internet abuse. Instant messaging can be a great tool for speeding up your communications, especially if you follow a few simple rules, says Jon Sakoda An Australian man faces a multi-million dollar fine after being accused of sending 56 million spam emails. The charges are the first to be bought under that country's stringent anti-spam laws. With the number of cyber attacks escalating, dealing with digital evidence is becoming a pressing issue. Simon Janes gives you a helping hand, guiding you right through from the crime scene to the court room