Category: Computer & Mobile Forensics

Warning Message on Looted iPhones Lets Punks Know Devices Are Tracked and Cops Are Involved

… stolen devices can be locked and tracked. So, given that I’m assuming Apple has some reasonable control over its inventory, one can assume other phones stolen from these stores aren’t going to be usable for that long. […]

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Enemy Unseen – How the Dark Web is Shaping Cybercrime

While public safety measures have started to relax, the surge of malware accompanying the pandemic is still making headlines. As a recent study points out, hackers have created no less than 130 000 new e-mail domains related to Covid-19 to carry out what analysts now call ”fearware” attacks. […]

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Phone evidence helped lead to rape charges against ex-U of I cop; incidents go back to 2012

Evidence found on the cellphone of a former University of Illinois police officer charged in December with official misconduct led to additional charges of sexual assault, sexual abuse and intimidation involving four separate victims. […]

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Cellphone data helps solves cases at UCF ‘every time,’ police say

Almost every student at the University of Central Florida has a cellphone and every single phone offers up evidence to solve a case.

UCF Police Detective Melissa Guadagnino said the evidence on cellphones — even if it isn’t immediately visible — plays a role in “every case.” […]

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Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using location data from Google to track down lists of potential suspects, often wrapping up innocent parties in investigations.

When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a warehouse worker in a murder investigation last December, they credited a new technique with breaking open the case after other leads went cold. […]

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