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HTTP:: Free Microsoft Digital Forensics Tool Comes to the U S
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COFEE, a free Microsoft digital forensics tool, is now available to investigators in the United States after the Redmond company struck a distribution deal with the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). The agreement makes NW3C the first US distributor of Microsoft Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), and the second since the tool’s introduction earlier this year. In mid-April 2009, the software giant started offering the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) the tool for distribution in no less than 187 markets worldwide. Explaining that it had identified the necessity for tools to keep up with the continuous evolution of cybercrime tactics and techniques, Microsoft put together COFEE in order to better equip law enforcement agencies with the right technologies to capture live computer evidence from machines at the scene of a crime. The key aspect of COFEE is that the tool requires only minor training and can be utilized successfull!
y by law enforcement officers with limited computer expertise. “The COFEE distribution agreement will be of enormous benefit to U.S. law enforcement agencies dealing with technologically sophisticated cybercriminals,” noted Donald J. Brackman, director of NW3C. “NW3C is very pleased to partner with Micros...
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