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Government nixes spy agency watchdog

Danny Bradbury May 10, 2012

In a budget move last month, the Canadian government axed a watchdog responsible for keeping tabs on its secret spy agency.

Canadian government helping erase DNSChanger infection

Danny Bradbury May 10, 2012

A website now is available to help the public check for DNSChanger infection.

Robocall scandal escalates

Danny Bradbury April 02, 2012

The investigation into fraudulent robocalls in Canada escalated this month, as Elections Canada said that 7,000 calls had gone out across the country.

Canadian opposition party targeted in botnet attack

Danny Bradbury April 02, 2012

A malicious attacker deliberately attempted to interfere with a crucial party leadership vote in Canada last month, according to a company commissioned to run the online voting system used.

Bill C-30 backlash organized by Liberal staffer

Danny Bradbury March 12, 2012

A political storm has beset Victor Toews, the public safety minister that backs a controversial lawful access bill in Canada.

Opinions

Botnets: The backdoor to the enterprise network

Tomer Teller, security researcher and evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies May 21, 2012

Compromising anywhere from a few thousand to well over a million systems, botnets are used by cyber criminals to take over computers and execute illegal and damaging activities.

ADF Solutions Triage-Examiner

May 01, 2012 |

ADF Solutions Triage-Examiner is a forensic tool that scans target devices whether they are powered on or off. The product reduces forensic backlogs and dedicates resources to collecting evidence.

Cellebrite UFED Ultimate

May 01, 2012 |

Cellebrite UFED Ultimate is a forensic tool for gathering information from portable devices, such as cell phones, tablets, PDAs, memory sticks, standalone GPS devices and USB drives.

Cyber Security Technologies Mac Marshal Field Edition

May 01, 2012 |

NIKSUN NetDetector Alpine

May 01, 2012 |

NetDetector Alpine v4.2 is the most up-to-date version of NIKSUN’s network traffic-monitoring hardware that audits and informs users of network security threats.

Paraben Device Seizure v4.6

May 01, 2012 |

Paraben Device Seizure v4.6 is a software package that assists forensic investigators in the examination of mobile devices, allowing data acquisition of both logical and physical devices.

RSA NetWitness

May 01, 2012 |

RSA NetWitness is a network-monitoring system designed to handle a wide range of information.

Technology Pathways ProDiscover Incident Response v7.1.0.5

May 01, 2012 |

Technology Pathways ProDiscover IR v7.1.0.5 aims to provide streamlined previews, imaging and analysis of live systems.

WetStone Technologies US-LATT

May 01, 2012 |

Once the kinks are worked out in initial setup, the equipment performs adequately, working according to the defined parameters.

AccessData Group Forensic Toolkit (FTK) v4

May 01, 2012 |

The suite of computer forensic tools from AccessData Group that we tested is a nearly complete examiner’s tool kit.

AlienVault Professional Threat Management S3000

April 02, 2012 |

Part of the fun of doing these product reviews is that we get to see new products as they emerge into the marketplace. AlienVault’s Professional Threat Management S3000 is no exception.

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From the Blogs

Unencrypted hospital laptop exposes 2k patient records

Greg Masters May 23, 2012

An employee of the Boston Children's Hospital lost a laptop holding patient information.

Hacked UMaine server leads to exposed personal data

Marcos Colon May 21, 2012

Sensitive data belonging to people who made web-based purchases at the University of Maine's Orono Campus may have been stolen after the school's server suffered a security breach.