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Computer Forensics, Privacy & the Law

Microsoft

Aussies Raise Concerns About Possible Misuse of Windows 7 Encryption

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 26 October 2009

Tagged in: search warrants , Microsoft , encryption , criminal , child pornography , border searches , BitLocker

An Australian child rights activist and a Queensland cyber-law professor allege that encryption tools contained in Windows 7 could prove a boon to child pornographers and other criminals by making it easier to hide electronic evidence.

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Microsoft Brews COFEE for U.S. Law Enforcement

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 22 October 2009

Tagged in: volatile data , USB thumb drive , National White Collar Crime Center (NWC3) , Microsoft , live forensics , encryption , Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor

Early last year, Microsoft Corporation announced that it was developing the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), a USB thumb drive loaded with approximately 150 tools for conducting live forensics on a suspect computer. After an eighteen-month, limited test run with Interpol, Microsoft is now making the device widely available to law enforcement agents across the United States.

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Microsoft Aids in Xbox Forensic Investigation

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 27 October 2008

Tagged in: Xbox , online gaming , Microsoft , cloud forensics

Software giant Microsoft is assisting in the search for a missing Canadian teenager named Brandon Crisp. At the request of Ontario law enforcement, Microsoft has agreed to release confidential information about the teen's online activity while playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. In addition, the company has added $25,000 to the award offered for information about his whereabouts.

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