Pirates Get a Taste of Microsoft COFEE. Microsoft’s Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) software, which helps law enforcement officials grab data from password protected or encrypted sources, has leaked.

Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Mixed Reviews. Facebook’s revamped privacy settings will push more user data onto the Internet and, in some cases, make privacy protection harder for Facebook users, digital civil liberties experts said.

Hackers Pillage Jailbroken iPhones. Hackers are plundering personal data from jailbroken iPhones using the tactic demonstrated last week by an Australian programmer’s self-described “prank,” researchers said today.

Social Networking Explodes and The Law Will Follow. Inevitably, we will see lawsuits where people allege that they have been defamed by false information about them posted on social networking pages.

Crafting a More Effective Keyword Search Despite the insight of Facciola, Grimm and Peck, lawyers still don’t know what to do when it comes to effective, defensible keyword search.

Police say hacker stole phone time from AT&T, others The investigation began in May 2007 following a tip-off from the FBI that a group of hackers based in the Philippines had violated the IT security of major international phone companies.

Don’t Mess With System Metadata. Sometimes a computer holds evidence, and sometimes a computer is evidence. It’s a distinction with a difference when deciding whether to act in ways that will stomp on data essential to computer forensic examination.

How Facebook mucks up office life. Managing a workforce is already a challenging job; now Facebook and other social networks raise a host of sticky new situations.

Linux group seeks to discredit Microsoft patents in TomTom case. A Linux group is hoping to discredit three Microsoft Corp. patents that were at the heart of the software vendor’s recent lawsuit against GPS device maker TomTom NV.

Laid-off workers as data thieves? A growing crime wave where laid-off workers exact vengeance on their former employers by walking out the door with sensitive customer data and other proprietary information.

As Jurors Turn to Web, Mistrials Are Popping Up. The use of BlackBerrys and iPhones by jurors gathering and sending out information about cases is wreaking havoc on trials around the country, upending deliberations and infuriating judges.

e-Discovery Rules - Interpreting ESI from Federal to State Courts. Is it email? Certainly, but what about the email stored on inaccessible backup tapes or legacy systems from 15 years ago? What about voicemail, instant messages or random access memory (RAM)?