Archive for May, 2007

Un courageux ose d?noncer des pratiques douteuses

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Fait assez rare pour ?tre relev?, un patron (cf photo ci-jointe) ose d?noncer des pratiques douteuses en mati?re d'adjudications de march?s publics.Les faits !M. Gasser, patron de l'entreprise Cloturalu ? Neuch?tel en a marre de se voire syst?m...

Spector Watch

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

by blogger jglI guess this 2003 case is just starting to roll. Last week, there was confusion over whether Henry Lee picked up a fingernail at the crime scene (see post below). Now forensics row will start to trot through the witness stand. This see...

Pets fight crime (sort of)

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

submit by troym; comments by blogger jglThe article mentions a couple different situations where animals and forensics cross paths. It doesn't go into much detail about the techniques. I think animal STRs (dog and cat, at least) are getting better an...

Profil type du fraudeur en entreprise

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

un article int?ressant du journal LE TEMPS du 14.05.2007C'est un homme. Un manager occupant une fonction ?lev?e au sein de l'entreprise danslaquelle il est employ? depuis plus de six ans dans le service financier. Il a entre 35 et55 ans, travaille...

Blanchiment d’argent

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Quest-ce que le blanchiment dargent ? Vous en avez tous et toutes d?j? entendu parler. Comme tout ? chacun, vous situez cette infraction comme ?tant li? ? la criminalit? ?conomique, les banques, le trafic de drogue Mais de quoi sagi...

Qu’est-ce que la criminalit? ?conomique ?

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Il nexiste pas ? proprement parler de d?finitions de la criminalit? ?conomique. Ou plut?t, il en existe de nombreuses en fonction des criminologues qui les proposent, des l?gislations diff?rentes entre pays ou en fonction des m?urs et coutum...

CitySec meetup in Los Angeles

Friday, May 25th, 2007

For those of you who haven’t already seen CitySec, it’s worth stopping by. CitySec.org is a site created by Thomas Ptacek (from Matasano Chargen) to facilitate gatherings of information security professionals. The tone of the meetings appears to be quite relaxed, to quote “What is a CitySect Meetup?“:
The rule of thumb is, no more structure [...]

Recovering a FAT filesystem directory entry in five phases

Friday, May 25th, 2007

This is the last in a series of posts about five phases that digital forensics tools go through to recover data structures (digital evidence) from a stream of bytes. The first post covered fundamental concepts of data structures, as well as a high level overview of the phases. The second post examined each phase in [...]

Henry Lee - busted?

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

by blogger jglThis is weird, but seems to fit in the circus atmosphere of celebrity cases. Only worth mentioning in case it turns into something more.The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial ruled Wednesday that renowned forensic expert Dr. Henry Lee ...

Who’s your Uncle?

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

by blogger jglFinally. I'm sure this has happened before, but it's a good example of forensic limitations to talk about in class.Twin brothers Raymon and Richard Miller are the father and uncle to a 3-year-old little girl. The problem is, they don't k...