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This article is primarily for the aspirants and investigators of the IT forensic World. It is a fact that the technique of capturing the evidence from the crime site decides the course of an investigation. In order to make this process more effective and reliable keeping the parameters like significances and volatile nature of data in business. Here arises the need of an innovative technology that can be applied to capture “live” evidence on a computer at the scene of an investigation before it is powered down.

This article is written with a purpose to provide you the glance over the efficient software technologies which are especially innovated to craft investigating procedures trouble-free & absolute.

To facilitate & decipher the evidences collection procedure simple, Agape Python, which stands separate from the crowd of others, designed exclusively for law enforcement agencies. It provides fast, easy-to-use, comprehensive, cost effective forensic capabilities which require nominal computer knowledge to apply. It is integrated with number of commands which can considerably minimize the time to collect digital evidence at the crime site. It eliminates the necessity to seize a computer itself, which usually involves disconnecting from a network, potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for evidence on site. In view of the fact that the network data is so volatile this may be lost in a process of turning off the computer.

It is an all in one software that supports Index Hard Disks on the fly, decrypt passwords and analyze a computer’s Internet activity, as well as data stored in the computer and much more…. with lighting speed.

And all these unique functionalities comes in a light weight, easy to carry, ready to use plug-in USB “thumb drive” to seize the data from the computer that may have been used in crimes without taking into the custody. So Just “PLUG IN & EXTRACT”

Jayesh Bellani
Executive: Fraud Management System
Agape Inc

The biggest mobile forensic conference is around the corner. Mobile Forensics World – 09 which is on may 26-30, 2009 is the ONLY Conference specifically dedicated to Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Forensic Specialists, Corporate and Private Forensic Examiners, the Intelligence Community, Military and Homeland Security Agencies, Industry Leaders, and Academic Researchers performing Mobile Forensics.

Mobile Device Forensics (Mobile Phones, GPS, etc.), Advanced Techniques of Mobile Forensics, SIM/USIM Card Analysis, Cell Site Analysis, Mobile Spyware, Hex Dumps and Flashing, Call Data Record Analysis, and other Mobile Forensics Applications and Research.

Sponsored by Purdue University, The conference is going to take place at Chicago Police Training Academy and the O’Hare Marriott Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Starting from 26 May there will be a two day training session in which you will be given a crime scene to investigate and a set of Call Detail Records for your suspect followed by the presentations from the gurus in mobile forensic on various topics like Low Level iPhone Forensics, Mobile Device Forensics, Blackberry Forensics and more.

Follow the link to view the schedule.

As the mobile phone become inevitable in every business process and makes the life easier. It is considered that use of mobile phone increases transparency and accountability as well as maximizes the business profit also. The versatile function of mobile phone makes it very popular in every age group. In the present scenario mobile phone become identity of person. Mobile phones the only thing that is common to every single criminal from a petty thief to a king-pin who specialises in kidnapping industrialists. The latest challenge in front of police intelligence department is to track down a mobile phone. “If some body is calling from a land-line, it is a matter of a few seconds for us to track down the caller. But it becomes difficult when the same call is made from a mobile phone,” said a senior official of the city police special branch. (Time of India, 23.2.08)….read more

Author: Prabhat Tiwari
Manager: Fraud Management Services

The technology leader in the design and manufacture of high-speed Hard Drive Duplication equipment, Intelligent Computer Solutions (ICS) has developed the hard Disk Drive duplication technology enabling fast copy of hard drives with stand alone hardware. Recently they have launched two new models: Rapid Image 7012 and Rapid Image 7020.

The Rapid Image family of duplicators are complete solution stations designed to provide the fastest and latest technology in Hard Drive Duplication with the ultimate User Management Tools. They are designed to copy up to 19 “Target” hard drives simultaneously at speeds exceeding 6GB/minute. They can also be configured to store images, upload and download images from the network.

Rapid Image 7012 with 3.5″ drive caddies

The Rapid Image 7012 is a compact Hard Drive Duplicator designed to copy 1 “Master” hard drive to 11 “Target” hard drives simultaneously at speeds exceeding 6 GB/minute. It can also be configured to have up to 4 “Master” hard drives to store images and copy up to 8 “Target” hard drives with no speed degradation.

Rapid Image 7020 with 3.5″ drive caddies

The Rapid Image 7020 is a compact Hard Drive Duplicator designed to copy 1 “Master” hard drive to 19 “Target” hard drives simultaneously at speeds exceeding 6 GB/minute. It can also be configured to have up to 4 “Master” hard drives to store images and copy up to 16 “Target” hard drives with no speed degradation.

We are the authorized distributors of ICS products in India. For more information on these ICS products, write to us at: info (at) agapeinc (dot) in

Online frauds and cyber crimes are causing enormous loss to many businesses. Given below are the links that focus more on the increasing problem in the cyber space.

1. Aviad Ofrat, CEO of Cellebrite discusses about mobile forensics as well as the Universal Forensic Extraction Device. Read more

2. RM3 billion lost to fraud: a loss that reflects the size of the problem for businesses regardless of size. Read more

3. Most UK individuals prefer to report online fraud directly to a dedicated e-crime agency. A thing that surely needs to be learned from the Brits. Read more

SalvationDATA is now redesigning its HD HPE PRO to HPE SP. This new product, maintains all its original capabilities, allows you to work on hard drives with spacers. Also it will have one “head comb” added to the HPE SP for separating multiple heads when the head stack replacement takes place (much easier than using the original plastic separator). The team at SalvationDATA have been working on it for a period of time, and hopefully they will have it released on in November 2008.

Anyone who is interested in this new product and wants to purchase or know more about it or have any suggestion on this new tool can contact SalvationDATA.

The date was 26 October 2008 and the time was 19:00 hrs. Whats that? Well that was the time when we launched the Beta version of our or should i say India’s first and best Mobile phone recovery tool. Its called as AgapeMobiTool. AgapeMobiTool is forensically valid software for acquiring & decoding data stored in Mobile phone & SIM. It maintains chain of events to find information from a device for investigation purposes.

Individuals who are interested in testing the demo version are FREE to download it from the link given below.

Download Link: AgapeMobiTool Beta version

Currently the demo version is a 7 day trial version which can be used for a maximum of 5 times. Here are some quick features of AgapeMobiTool:

1. Acquisition of data from 2G and 3G GSM/CDMA SIM cards including text messages, phonebook, and call logs.
2. Recovers deleted data from GSM/CDMA SIM cards.
3. Supports with Infrared, Bluetooth & Serial Cables.
4. Acquisition of data from mobile phone memory including pictures, videos, audios, themes.
5. Text, Hex & ASCII data viewing options available.
6. Generates report using XML style sheet.
7. Data acquisition rate for SIM is about 4kbps.

Soon, AgapeMobiTool will be released in Enterprise, Professional & Standard edition with a forensic kit that will be consisting of all the components that are required for the investigation process.

Having focused on DNA forensics last week, this week i am presenting links that highlight more on the importance of other methods of forensics and how to make maximum use of forensics in crime investigation.

1. Can a forensics consultant rip off government? Thats what the Punjab government feels while establishing the Forensics Science Agency (FSA). Read more.
2. Data recovery is the process of retrieving computer data that, for any number of reasons, has become inaccessible using normal methods. In such cases some special methods are used to recover the data. Read more to know such methods.
3. Investigating Digital Crime. This is a book written by Robin Phillip Bryant in which he introduces comprehensive ways focusing on how criminals have adapted digital technologies. Rob Harle presents his review on the same. Read more.

Informative articles always help everyone as they result in knowledge addition. Keeping the same thought in mind, the links this week point to some very informative articles, which will surely help you.

1. Computers are now weapons used to steal people’s identity, defraud companies of trade secrets, or prey on children online. Such cyber threats must be tackled in a proper way. Read more
2. Your hard drive got corrupted and you fear the possibility of losing your important data. Heres when data recovery can help you. Michael Stankard explains how hard drives work, why they fail and what you as users can do to protect your data. Read more
3. A new research center will study ways to improve personal identification management on the Internet to combat identity theft and fraud, narcotics and cyber terrorism. Read more