THE SEARCH FOR A FORGOTTEN ACTIVIST—Marty Goddard, pioneer of the modern forensic “rape kit”—takes a deep dive into the vagaries of the US justice system and the many ways it grinds down the most vulnerable, including Ms. Goddard herself. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-history-of-the-rape-kit-pagan-kennedy/1142929102?ean=9780593314715

@bookstodon

"New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.

The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant — what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money — but for now he’s an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.

'Picks And Shovels' is a high-tech crime thriller about the “weird era of PCs” in the early 1980s, when Reaganomics, the tech industry, multilevel marketing, and the AIDS crisis all converged in San Francisco. "—Jacobin

"Picks And Shovels" by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic, with Yanis Varoufakis @VaroufakisDE & David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com >

https://www.youtube.com/live/xkIDep7Z4LM?feature=shared

A 220-year-old mystery surrounding the remains of infamous German outlaw Johannes Bückler, known as #Schinderhannes, has at last been solved. An international research team used cutting-edge #forensic techniques to confirm that a skeleton long thought to be that of another criminal, “Schwarzer Jonas” (Black Jonas), is in fact Schinderhannes. The true destiny of Schwarzer Jonas’ remains remains a secret.

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/infamous-robber-schinderhannes-identified/ #science #history #FamilyHistory #Hunsrück #genome

Our #image #analysis #pipeline is ready to go into #pruduction.

It combines #AI and #forensic techniques to assess authenticity. It first extracts EXIF/XMP #metadata to detect real camera data forcing a “photograph” classification if present. Then, a CLIP based preprocessor (#computervision) classifies images into categories: photograph, meme, infographic, comic/cartoons, or text only.

Custom configurations (#development) adjust weights so that, for example, memes/text only images discount AI model influence while forensic tests (ELA, FFT, noise, edge sharpness, text detection) (#science, #math) quantify artifacts. #C2PA data is also considered. All evidence is combined to yield a final decision which will be the “confidence percentage” data that will be included in every post moving forward.

#ThankYou to everyone who cast a #vote

#tech #mastodon #community

#image, #memes, #photos

LiDAR For Rapid Geomorphological Assessment In Relict Periglacial Landsystems
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https://doi.org/10.1144/egsp30-2024-46 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #LiDAR #A21 #transportation #motorway #UK #England #Kent #geology #engineeringgeology #earthworks #massmovement #risk #hazard #slope #failure #construction #groundworks #excavation #forensic #periglacial #landforms #glacial #deposition #landsystem #geohazards #geomorphology #model #spatialanalysis #casestudy

Signs of torture found on most bodies of #Ukrainians repatriated from #Russian #captivity

Head of #Forensic Medical Examination of #Corpses Department: "80% of the bodies brought back to us from [Russian] pre-trial detention centres, prisons and so on, show signs of #torture"

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/5/7501416/

Super happy to see the open source sysdiagnose joining the hackathon.lu held in Luxembourg on April 8th and 9th, 2025.

sysdiagnose is an open-source framework developed to facilitate the analysis of the Apple sysdiagnose files and especially the one generated on mobile devices (iOS / iPadOS). In the light of targeted attacks against journalists, activist, representatives from the civil society and politicians, it empowered incident response team to review device behaviour and ensure their integrity. This tool is initially the result of a joint effort between EC DIGIT CSOC (European Commission DG DIGIT) and CERT-EU (https://cert.europa.eu/).

https://hackathon.lu/projects/#sysdiagnose-analysis-framework

Don't hesitate to register and add your project!

#opensource #dfir #forensic #hackathon #luxembourg

Thanks to @ddu and the team to join us.

A description of our project has now been added to the university webpage! Background on the police interview project on suspects with a second language can be read here: https://www.uia.no/english/about-uia/faculty/humanities-and-education/research/police-investigative-interviews-in-Norwegian-as-second-language.html #linguistics #forensic

Gerade abgeschlossen :

Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) | Unofficial

https://www.udemy.com/share/10bBix3@0a80Z4F2uFFDYV-KHk3r0iYTKsie6XKCZ1Uc2AAEUGLlTu2N-Ky6Z2mjVwkz9rot9w==/

#Computer #Hacking #Forensic #Investigator (CHFI) | Unofficial #udemy #udemycourse

Kennt hier jemand ein Unternehmen das vernünftige #cybersecurity Schulungen durchführt zum Thema #hacking #forensic #investigator ?
Kann da jemand was empfehlen?

Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, November 25 2024

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Monday,%20November%2025%202024/

I'm looking for an open source lightweight, easy-ish #email #forensic tool. I want to be able to easily examine email headers. Ideally it would let me dig a little deeper into suspicious fields.

I know that's kind of vague, but I'm new to email troubleshooting. This is mostly for email mis-configuration and spam investigation. Lightweight is all I need right now.

I have a Mac, but I presume Linux tools are better. I can run it in a VM or stick it on my 10-year-old netbook.

Hackaday Links: October 6, 2024 - Remember that time a giant cylindrical aquarium in a Berlin hotel bar catastrophic... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/hackaday-links-october-6-2024/ #structurefailure #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #lunarsurface #anthropause #promession #astronaut #aquarium #collapse #elevator #forensic #lockdown #pandemic #acrylic #berlin #corpse #covid #death #iss

Found dead in the snow − how #microbes can help pinpoint time of #death for #forensic investigations in frigid conditions.

#microcryobiome

https://theconversation.com/found-dead-in-the-snow-how-microbes-can-help-pinpoint-time-of-death-for-forensic-investigations-in-frigid-conditions-234889

I went down the #ebay #ebitch hole last week, and found a #computer #workstation with a #Supermicro X8DA3 #Motherboard and a #Tableau T3458is #tableau #forensic Bridge

Shipping across the continent though - and how do you think it was packed?

#poorly

The damage to the plastic top of the workstation case, which is now falling off - though still connected by the wires going to the #USB & #firewire ports in the lid. Some loose cables and screws fell out when opening the case.

Reached out to the seller for #return and they offered to send a replacement. Waiting to see what is next...

Ukraine Daily Summary - Wednesday, July 10 2024

UN assessment suggests Kyiv children's hospital suffered direct hit by Russian missile -- US supplies Ukraine with Metal Shark high-speed boats -- Republican Party committee approves 2024 platform, makes no mention of Ukraine, Russia -- Ukraine struck airbase, oil depot, and energy facility in Russia overnight -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20July%2010%202024/

If the judicial power of #BiologicalSamples depends on their #authenticity, how are their #seals considered in preserving a samples' evidentiary future?

Rabeharisoa & Paterson on the French #CriminalJustice: https://doi.org/mz35