Prosecutors say DNA recovered from the interior of a conch shell thought to have been used as a weapon in the 2001 killing of a Massachusetts woman has led to the indictment on a murder charge of the victim’s half-brother.
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Identifying specific facial features that can be used to distinguish a child’s face from an adult’s may offer a useful tool for determining whether children are depicted in indecent images of children, according to research.
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Tech giant Apple announced Tuesday it is suing Israel’s NSO Group, seeking to block the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company from breaking into Apple’s products, like the iPhone.
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The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC) is announcing the host locations of the 10 High Tech Crime Units that will be established and available to assist all of Indiana’s prosecutors with the processing of digital evidence.
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A consortium led by Cyan Forensics has been awarded £85,000 by the UK Government to demonstrate innovative technologies to tackle one of society’s most pressing issues—keeping children safe online in end-to-end encrypted messaging environments.
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The late stages of Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial in the shooting of three men highlighted the U.S. legal system’s constant debate over forensic technologies, even fundamental ideas taken for granted outside the courtroom.
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Consumers who buy and use today’s mobile phones want assurance that their personal data is secure – so vendors are responding with increasingly sophisticated data encryption. This hardened encryption is now a must-have for mobile devices, and not just a “nice-to-have.”
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Only 27.5% of those surveyed who said they had suffered abuse confirmed they had disclosed it when they were children.
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Karabiyik is working on the data collected in cases of mass incidents with multiple victims, including terrorist attacks domestic or international.
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In letters written from child- and victim-organizations, executives and members express concerns with proposed changes to who is required to register as a sex offender and who has access to that information, as well as weakened sex trafficking and reduced maximum sentences for offenders.
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