Reported February 2010

WHAT IS CYBER FORENSICS? The subset of forensic science concerned with interpreting evidence contained in computers and digital media is called cyber forensics. The field is concerned with issues such as recovering lost data, and revealing and decrypting data hidden on a suspect's computer. In addition to computers, cyber forensics specialists can also recover information from cellular phones, mp3 players, CDs, DVDs and more. Approximately 80 to 90 percent of legal cases today involve some sort of digital evidence. Some of these devices, including Xboxes, do not use standard computer conventions for naming and organizing files, which can add a layer of confusion to the process of forensic analysis.

ANOTHER CYBER FORENSIC DEVICE: A flasher box is a device that transfers data from a cell phone to a computer, where people unfamiliar with the device in question can examine files for evidence. With one of these devices, non-experts are able to check for clues that may help them solve a case, even if they have never before seen a similar device.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.-USA, contributed to the information contained in the TV portion of this report.

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David Collins
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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Pender McCarter
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p.mccarter@ieee.org

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