http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62045844,00.htm By Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia September 05, 2008 A police officer arrives at the scene of a murder, plugs a thumbdrive into a computer that is still running, and executes some 150 evidence-gathering commands within 15 minutes. A scene from CSI? Not necessarily. The Hong Kong Police Force's technology crime division is one of many law enforcement departments around the world involved in the testing of Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (Cofee), a free tool from Microsoft which can be loaded onto a portable device such as a USB drive. Cofee, a program that automates some 150 evidence-gathering commands for computers, was released earlier this year in beta version. Available only to law enforcement agencies, the tool was the brainchild of Anthony Fung, Microsoft's senior regional manager for Internet safety and anti-counterfeiting in the Asia-Pacific region. Paul Jackson, chief inspector, computer forensics and training, Technology Crime Division, Hong Kong Police Force, told ZDNet Asia Thursday that Cofee is "one of many tools" the force uses to investigate a variety of online crimes and to recover digital evidence. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Mon Sep 08 2008 - 01:07:18 PDT
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