Upcoming Cybercrime Studies talk: For a Free Digital Society by Dr. Richard Stallman

Yet another interesting upcoming talk at John Jay College on Tuesday March 27, 2012:

Center for Cybercrime Studies

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

presents

For a Free Digital Society

Dr. Richard Stallman

President

Free Software Foundation

Abstract

Activities directed at ``including'' more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work towards digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind.

Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 and started the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, with or without changes. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award, and the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.

Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM

Location: L.61 Conference Center (New Building)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

899 Tenth Avenue

New York, NY

RSVP: Nicole Daniels at 212-237-8920 or email ndaniels@jjay.cuny.edu. For additional information please contact Professor Doug Salane, Director of the Center for Cybercrime Studies, 212-237-8836 or email dsalane@jjay.cuny.edu.

For additional Center for Cybercrime Studies events visit our web site. Go to WWW.JJAY.CUNY.EDU , ACADEMICS, RESEARCH CENTERS and INSTITUTES.

Differential EnScript

I know I haven't written much in the last few months; I've been busy. Even though I'm writing a blogpost today it's still going to be pretty short... this is because most of what I have to say has already been written up in documentation ahead of time. Today I'm releasing an EnScript that allows you to compare two disk images using various options. The purpose of this EnScript is to find differences on a machine after some event, such as infection, software installation etc. has taken place.

I'm also releasing the source in hopes that others will be able to troubleshoot or expand it themselves as needed. I offer no warranties for this script nor promises that it is beautiful code (in all reality this was written hastily out of necessity), this is "as-is" and has worked well enough for me for my purposes. Unlike most of my stuff, I actually took time to create a GUI for it, however, to make it easier to use. Information on how it works can be found in the documentation (pdf) so I will not cover it here. Hopefully someone out there will find it useful.

Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions here or by email. Here is the Differential.EnScript.

Upcoming Cybercrime Studies talk: Digital Forensic Crime Labs

I just wanted to take the time to announce the following upcoming talk at John Jay College next week:

The Center for Cybercrime Studies

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Presents


Digital Forensic Crime Labs

Monique Mattei Ferraro

M.S., J.D., CISSP

Technology Forensics, LLC

Digital forensics labs throughout the country were set up and subsidized by United States Department of Justice. Most labs are administered by police or law enforcement agencies. In 2009, the National Academy of Science released “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward,” which made several recommendations. Among the recommendations were that criminal labs should be independent of police/law enforcement in order to retain an appearance of objectivity. This talk delves into the tensions between the recommendations and the practice, the ethical implications and current issues affecting digital forensics labs today.



Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM

Location: Haaren Hall, RM 630
899 Tenth Avenue
(10th Avenue and 59th Street)


RSVP: Nicole Daniels at 212-237-8920 or email ndaniels@jjay.cuny.edu. For additional information please contact Professor Doug Salane, Director of the Center for Cybercrime Studies, 212-237-8836 or email dsalane@jjay.cuny.edu.

For additional Center for Cybercrime Studies events visit our Web site (http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/centers/cybercrime_studies/index.php) or go to WWW.JJAY.CUNY.EDU, ACADEMICS, RESEARCH CENTERS and INSTITUTES.