http://jtrajewski.com/blog A look into the world of digital forensics, white collar crime and related topics Fri, 16 May 2008 23:42:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This article details how a federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman accused of using a phony online identity to trick and taunt a 13-year-old girl, who committed suicide in response to the cyber-bullying.  "After a few weeks of chatting, “Josh Evans” began to send Megan nasty messages, via the MySpace ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/05/16/woman-indicted-in-myspace-suicide-case/ Researchers at Princeton University have made significant progress in the analysis of volatile memory, specifically DRAM. Whitepaper Video http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/03/12/volatile-memory-hardware-attack-at-full-disk-encryption-keys/ In this article Martyn Willams writes: "Transfer Jet is based on a Sony-developed near-field communications system that the company envisages being built into a range of different portable consumer electronics devices to enable transfer without wires. Effective data rates of about 375M bps (bits per second) over a 560M bps physical layer ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/01/10/sony-demos-wireless-transfers-that-are-faster-than-usb-20/ Geeks.com hacked Check out the bottom of the page -"Hacker Safe - Tested Daily" http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/01/10/discount-retail-website-geekscom-hacked/ Another reason to potentially consider a Sony PSP as data source in an investigation. "Sony has partnered with eBay's Skype division and developed a portable version on the VoIP service for the PSP, effectively turning the gaming handheld into a Skype phone -- with the same functionality, as well its limitations. Here's what ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/01/08/sony-skype-calling-gamers/ In this article, Adam Liptak discusses the case surrounding a search of Michael T. Arnold's laptop which resulted in the discovery of Child Pornography. In short, there have been multiple cases recently surrounding the scenario of digital devices being searched at US borders.  I don’t see these cases coming to complete ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/01/08/if-your-hard-drive-could-testify/ In this article, Wired's Kim Zetter reports on how Boeing implemented an open computer network on their new 787... But passengers were on the same network as the flight control systems... which theoretically could be compromised in flight..  "According to the FAA document published in the Federal Register (mirrored at Cryptome.org), ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2008/01/07/faa-boeings-new-787-may-be-vulnerable-to-hacker-attack/ Not all sex offenders are being restricted from the Internet, but some are. This article by the NyTimes details how: "Under the new law, convicted sex offenders will have to let the State Parole Board know about their access to computers; submit to periodic, unannounced examinations of their computer equipment; and install ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2007/12/30/sex-offender-in-nj-no-unsupervised-internet-for-you/ This is the article "Blowing the whistle on big-time tax cheats could make some informants wealthy -- as long as they have hard evidence and plenty of patience. Just over a year ago, President Bush signed legislation authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to pay sharply higher rewards to tipsters in cases involving ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2007/12/28/whistleblower-for-the-irs/ An article posted on ZDnet shows how many vulnerabilities are present in both the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. This is a very unique article and I must say that in the past, I’ve never seen this topic laid out so clearly with actual supporting data.  Quote from the article... "So this shows ... http://jtrajewski.com/blog/2007/12/19/hi-im-a-mac-im-a-pc/