August, 2006
by Bhushan Shah, NII Consulting
Mrs Carol L. Stimmel has taken upon her to start a Computer Forensic Volunteer Project to provide low-cost services to those who cannot assert advantage from our skills.
Here is a bit taken from the press release:-
“As expert members of the international computer forensics community which provides unique and highly desirable services to the legal system, we assume a responsibility to provide services to those in need yet unable to pay. As a result, the Computer Forensics Volunteer Project (CFVP) provides pro bono and low-cost forensic services to individuals and organizations who normally would not be able to take advantage of the distinct litigation advantage provided by these techniques.”
On behalf of NII Consulting I have volunteered to take part in the project and would like to help people who cannot afford such services.
August, 2006
by K K Mookhey, NII Consulting
Scott Carney over at Trailing Technologies did an interesting post on the Chennai Cyber Crime Cell needing an upgrade. The officers informed him that their lack of success was due to a lack of proper equipment, and that they needed a Rs. 1 crore (USD 200,000) investment to actually solve more crimes. But I think that is a fallacious argument. From our experience conducting forensics investigations, you can do really good work without needing investments of that magnitude. Plus, the Forensics Lab in Hyderabad (which does all sorts of forensics, not just for cybercrime) has some really state of the art stuff, including Encase Enterprise Edition.
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August, 2006
by Bhushan Shah, NII Consulting
The index.dat is a file which contains the list of the websites that one has visited. It comes from “indexing” which is used to speed up query responses.
The autocomplete feature in Internet Explorer compares the addresses to the index.dat to find an appropriate match. The size and life of the index.dat depends on the user and the options under: - Internet Explorer: Tools> Internet Options (Days to keep pages in history).
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