Deleted messages uncovers fake rape claim

Deleted messages uncovers fake rape claim

Having specialised in the UK for many years dealing with deleted data and having published many papers on 'deleted content', 'deleted text messages', 'deleted data mobiles' and 'deleted data may not amount to possession' when this subject raises its head it is worth making a record of it for later discussion.

There are many aspects about deleted data that require to be considered in detail before making an allegation (Prosecution/Defence, Plaintiff/Respondent etc) and simply finding deleted data and saying well it is here let's use it is not always a good idea.

The details of an Australian criminal case reported recently involving recovered deleted data showed the content of a text message imported an entirely different context about an allegation of rape.

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Rape charges dropped after deleted messages recovered from iPhone

A MAN'S business and reputation are tainted, a young woman's HSC and mental health are in tatters and prosecutors have been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in legal costs for a bungled rape investigation on Sydney's northern beaches.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/rape-charges-dropped-after-deleted-messages-recovered--from-iphone-20100727-10ueq.html
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This case shows an example where deleted data can be effective. Past cases I dealt with are illustrative of what can be found in deleted data such as a daughter who accused her father of rape when in fact she didn't want to admit to having sexual relations with a boyfriend her parents knew nothing about. Or the case of a man's body that was found where a family stated they had never visited them, only to find a deleted photo of the man in their living room.

For further information about deleted data contact:
trewmte@gmail.com

Mobile Telephone Evidence (MTE) VOL7 MTE02 2010

Mobile Telephone Evidence (MTE) VOL7 MTE02 2010
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- Market Trends
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- Self Destructing SMS Message
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- Mobile Antenna Forensics (MAF)
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- Historical Abstracts for GSM Cell Site Analysis©
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- Product News
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- Latest News US iPhone Jailbreaking Ruling
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Now in its seven year MTE Newsletter latest edition is now available for download:
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http://www.4shared.com/document/q0Nm6UMP/MTE_VOL7__MTE02_2010.html
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Cell Site Analysis Fundamental:
http://www.4shared.com/document/7AjcSbww/MTEB_CSAF_Booking_Form.html
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MTEB Forensic Student Conference for Wireless......
http://www.4shared.com/document/oeE-mCp-/MTEB_Student_bookingform.html

5-Billion Mobile Subscriptions forecast by Q4-2010

Mobile market forecasts all predict the heavily reliance on GSM/3G/LTE and Mobile WiMax etc over the next 15 years. This is something I have been predicting for the last 10 years. Naturally, mobile forensics will need to play its part and hence the reason for the MTEB educational programme for students and experienced individuals.

Worldwide Mobile Subscriptions Forecast To Exceed Five Billion By 4Q-2010

Singapore -- ABI Research forecasts over five billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010, with an approximate 4.8 billion connections having been reached by the end of the year's first quarter. Much of this growth will be registered in developing markets in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

Africa remains the fastest growing mobile market with a YoY growth of over 22%. Mobile penetration in Asia-Pacific will rise significantly to 65% by the end of 2010. "This unprecedented growth is driven by India and Indonesia, which have together added over 150 million subscriptions in the past four quarters," comments ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna. "Falling monthly tariffs and ultra-low-cost mobile handsets have democratised the reach and use of the mobile phone, and aggressive rollouts by mobile operators in these countries will see the current rate of subscriber addition maintained for some time to come."

At the other end of the spectrum, developed countries in North America and Europe continue to add subscriptions despite already having crossed the 100% penetration threshold. Driving this growth in subscriptions are new mobile devices and the ‘third screen' - including netbooks, tablet computers, USB dongles and e-book readers. "The success of Apple's iPad 3G shows that even operators in saturated markets can add subscriptions by introducing innovative and user-friendly devices," says vice president of forecasting Jake Saunders.

In addition, the introduction of 4G data networks such as WiMAX and LTE will see more consumers ditch their cables and access the Internet through mobile broadband connections. Operators such as Clearwire in the United States and Yota in Russia have seen consumers turn to their networks as fast and mobile alternatives to fixed-line broadband.

For more information visit www.abiresearch.com.

SOURCE: ABI Research

5-Billion Mobile Subscriptions forecast by Q4-2010

Mobile market forecasts all predict the heavily reliance on GSM/3G/LTE and Mobile WiMax etc over the next 15 years. This is something I have been predicting for the last 10 years. Naturally, mobile forensics will need to play its part and hence the reason for the MTEB educational programme for students and experienced individuals.

Worldwide Mobile Subscriptions Forecast To Exceed Five Billion By 4Q-2010

Singapore -- ABI Research forecasts over five billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010, with an approximate 4.8 billion connections having been reached by the end of the year's first quarter. Much of this growth will be registered in developing markets in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

Africa remains the fastest growing mobile market with a YoY growth of over 22%. Mobile penetration in Asia-Pacific will rise significantly to 65% by the end of 2010. "This unprecedented growth is driven by India and Indonesia, which have together added over 150 million subscriptions in the past four quarters," comments ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna. "Falling monthly tariffs and ultra-low-cost mobile handsets have democratised the reach and use of the mobile phone, and aggressive rollouts by mobile operators in these countries will see the current rate of subscriber addition maintained for some time to come."

At the other end of the spectrum, developed countries in North America and Europe continue to add subscriptions despite already having crossed the 100% penetration threshold. Driving this growth in subscriptions are new mobile devices and the ‘third screen' - including netbooks, tablet computers, USB dongles and e-book readers. "The success of Apple's iPad 3G shows that even operators in saturated markets can add subscriptions by introducing innovative and user-friendly devices," says vice president of forecasting Jake Saunders.

In addition, the introduction of 4G data networks such as WiMAX and LTE will see more consumers ditch their cables and access the Internet through mobile broadband connections. Operators such as Clearwire in the United States and Yota in Russia have seen consumers turn to their networks as fast and mobile alternatives to fixed-line broadband.

For more information visit www.abiresearch.com.

SOURCE: ABI Research

Forensic Student Conference

Forensic Student Conference

MTEB STUDENT FORENSICS & MOBILE / SMART / WIRELESS MARKETPLACE©
MTEB Pathfinder Course

Every student involved with and undertaking technology forensics studies or degrees wants to have some ideas for their thesis, about the various types of work in the field, market potential, employment possibilities and future trends. In reality all of the aforementioned separate entities, when understood as to their meaning, once brought together create one single evolved entity – YOU. This one-day student conference sets out various avenues for student exploration, observations and direction for student consideration. It is therefore a conference for the self-motivated, self-starter. The objective of the conference is to give students attending an edge in thinking about the avenues for developing future work and careers. Each Student attending will receive an MTEB Business Awareness Certificate; useful to add to the portfolio to demonstrate experience.

CONFERENCE CONTENT

Presentation 1 - Introduction
You think you have a problem, and that is why you do.
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Presentation 2 - Forensics in the Marketplace
Is forensics misunderstood?
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Presentation 3 - Employment and the Marketplace
Guiding advice on employment from an employment specialist.
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Presentation 4 - Smart Cards
What is happening and where are the real developments taking place?
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Presentation 5 - Mobile / Smart Phones
Can anything really be done with them?
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Presentation 6 - Smart Devices
So what skillsets do you apply?
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Presentation 7 - Wireless Technologies
I never realised I had such a narrow view about this subject.
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Presentation 8 - Cell Site Analysis
Narrow views mean limited opportunities.
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Presentation 9 - Planning Communications for Business
Have an action-plan and not an action-problem.
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Presentation 10 - Ideas to take back with YOU
Where do you see you and your skills in the marketplace?
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Download Booking Form:
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How long will Computer Forensic Standards Last?

How long will Computer Forensic Standards Last?

A police officer switching ON a device that is already switched OFF at a potental crime scene should be an absolute no-no, according to Forensic bibles, case law etc. Indeed, even the Police's official release version of ACPO Guidelines categorically states for Crime Scenes Page 8/66:

"• Do not, in any circumstances, switch the computer on."

Why does this matter? It is a flagrant breach of that principle when we see on "Cops on Camera" ITV 3 Saturday 8pm 4th July 2010 patrol car police stopping a car in Lewisham, questioning the driver about drug related matters (ok, to this point) and then the officer opens the boot of the car and in it he sees a laptop. Did the officer put the laptop in an evidence bag? Oh no, he switches ON the laptop.

The programme clearly demonstrated a major pyschological flaw in the thinking of those who are generating evidential rules vis-a-vis evidential standards. The actions of the Police officer, who I do not think is to blame, actually, because you see the way he went about the task displaying little regard for the rules - which probably means he doesn't know them or they are not enforced properly.

Moreover, it certainly highlights the redundancy of ACPO Guidelines, because what is the point of promoting good practice principles and expect them to be followed in the Lab and at Scene of Crime, yet when it comes to devices in cars or people walking along the street with devices then a wild-west approach of anything goes to deal with the evidence occurs.

Furthermore, it undermines s129 Criminal Justice Act 2003 reliability to seek overt declarations of change to data by ignoring the use of this wild-west approach and reduces the reliability of evidence to nothing more that speculative assumptions. This certainly reveals the slippery slope Lord Steyn raised when as Steyn HHJ R v Minors [1989] 1 WLR 441 he said “if computer evidence cannot be used, much crime would be immune to prosecution also”? For computer evidence to be used it has to be as reliable as possible, at first instance, and reflect the behaviour of the defendant, not the world and his wife who have also had a go at the computer.

Market Trends - Mobile/Smart Phones

Market Trends - Mobile/Smart Phones

There is a considerable body of factual and statistical evidence defining the continuing and diversified growth of wireless communications and the use of mobile/smart phone technology that underpins the reason for launching the course "Fundamentals & Principles, Mobile Phone Programming" (http://trewmte.blogspot.com/2010/07/fundamentals-principles-mobile-phone.html).

Here are links to a number of examples of growth and diversification in the mobile phone marketplace:

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?sessionId=&containerId=prUS22333410

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1328113

http://www.juniperresearch.com/viewpressrelease.php?pr=176

http://www.juniperresearch.com/viewpressrelease.php?pr=183

http://www.4shared.com/document/GK7rDmOc/MTEB_FPMPP_Content__BookForm.html

Fundamentals & Principles, Mobile Phone Programming

Fundamentals & Principles, Mobile Phone Programming

At the MTEB Conference 2009 Greg Smith TrewMTE stated that the MTEB would launch a series of new courses in 2010 to help improve skillsets, increase knowledge and experience, help galvanise the industry, generate a body that represented our industry and demonstrate ways forward as to marketplaces. Given the current economic climate and public sector cutbacks MTEB has brought forward the launch of the courses with Cell Site Analysis Fundamentals announced recently here and at Forensic Focus and today the launch of FUNDAMENTALS & PRINCIPLES, MOBILE PHONE PROGRAMMING. This new course is to assist those who want to extend their working boundaries, introduce new work to their company or move on from evidence in criminal cases and see the world of mobile phones in a different perspective.


The skilled mobile phone examiner demonstrates his/her understanding of mobile phones not merely from data that s/he has acquired, for that can be relatively simple, but by illustrating his/her understanding of a mobile phone’s capability. For instance, how does the programming language relate to evidence? What does the keypad tell us? How do we know photos get stored in the Image Folder? File sharing, is that possible? Can mobile phone programming skillsets be used in private and commercial business? What about IP infringement or industrial espionage - are mobile phones used? Remember that forensic techniques are not solely applied in criminal matters but in many other areas too! This course can help get you started in new working environments.


http://www.4shared.com/document/GK7rDmOc/MTEB_FPMPP_Content__BookForm.html