Researchers from the University of California at San Diego delivered a paper at the FAST-11 Conference in San Jose, Calif., last week that shows it’s almost impossible to reliably erase data from a solid state drive.
The report, Reliably Erasing Data from Flash-Based Solid State Drives (PDF), goes through all of the known techniques for erasing data and they found the best method was a big hammer.
Cops love iPhone data trail – Evidence Never Deleted
Every time an iPhone user closes out of the built-in mapping application, the phone snaps a screenshot and stores it. Savvy law-enforcement agents armed with search warrants can use those snapshots to see if a suspect is lying about whereabouts during a crime.
I have always been skeptical of DNA evidence being the holy grail in criminal cases. Now we find that DNA evidence can be faked.
In the August 2007 edition of Popular Mechanics Forensics under fire shows how DNA analysis has forced traditional forensic science to be less valued and even suspect. The August 2009 edition contains an article that continues to debunk some of shaky scientific foundation of some of your favorite CSI myths.
These articles are must reading for any budding Investigator.