Future transformational change in digital forensics high on the agenda
November 8, 2019 No Comments
By: Alan McConnell Author Alan McConnell is Cyan Forensics’ Forensic Advisor. He is a skilled digital forensic analyst with over a decade of experience working in law enforcement conducting forensic and criminal investigations. Although thought provoking in numerous ways, a clear stand...
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Using DC Dimming to Stop PWM Flickering in iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL
November 6, 2019 No Comments
By Oleg Afonin Just like the previous generation of OLED-equipped iPhones, the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max both employ OLED panels that are prone to flickering that is particularly visible to those with sensitive eyes. The flickering is caused...
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Cellular Technology Reunites Loved Ones After Devastating California Camp Fire
October 26, 2019 No Comments
NEWS PROVIDED BY Hawk Analytics DALLAS, Oct. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been nearly a year since one of the deadliest and most destructive fires in modern history hit the United States. The California Camp Fire raged on for 17 days and covered...
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Notre Dame students intern with St. Joseph County Cyber Crimes Unit
October 26, 2019 No Comments
By Serena Zacharias South Bend Tribune Notre Dame senior Lexie Van den Heuvel works on a case on a recent day using a digital forensics tool to sort and organize her data. SOUTH BEND — On the third floor of...
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OXYGEN FORENSICS LAUNCHES OXYGEN FORENSIC DETECTIVE 12.0 – POWERED BY JETENGINE
October 8, 2019 No Comments
Oxygen Forensics, a global leader in digital forensics for law enforcement, federal, and corporate clients, today announced the release of Oxygen Forensic Detective 12.0, Powered by JetEngine. The new release completely overhauls the program’s interface, giving Oxygen Forensics’ flagship software...
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Announcing Magnet SHIELD — A New Way to Capture and Report on Digital Evidence
October 2, 2019 No Comments
We’re proud to announce Magnet SHIELD, an innovative new solution that empowers the frontline police officers and investigators in your police service to easily capture and report on digital evidence from consenting victims and witnesses in the field. Share Magnet...
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With new capabilities and meaningful upgrades, there’s more to love about Quin-C
October 2, 2019 No Comments
BY LORI TYLER If you didn’t get a chance to kick back this past summer, don’t feel left out—our developers have been hard at work too, bringing you more to love about Quin-C™. The latest release includes new capabilities and...
Read More » USB Restricted Mode in iOS 13: Apple vs. GrayKey, Round Two
September 27, 2019 No Comments
by Vladimir Katalov While the dust surrounding the controversy of rushed iOS 13 release settles, we are continuing our research on what has changed in iOS forensics. In this article we’ll review the new policy on USB restrictions and lockdown...
Read More » A risky bet on reinventing its sole product pays off for Magnet Forensics
September 27, 2019 No Comments
Adam Belsher relied on client input to guide product redevelopment. MICHAEL KUBY/THE GLOBE AND MAIL By Joe Castaldo Sales at Magnet Forensics had been going strong for two years, yet the company knew the end was in sight. The firm...
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Salve Regina University to open new digital forensics and nursing laboratories at Warwick campus
September 27, 2019 No Comments
By Ryan Belmore Salve Regina University will celebrate the opening of two new laboratories for digital forensics and advanced practice nursing during a ribbon cutting ceremony to be held at its Center for Adult Education, 144 Metro Center Blvd., on Tuesday,...
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Cell towers forensics: crime scene coverage survey
September 26, 2019 No Comments
CASE STUDY The event took place in a suburb area of the town, not equipped with security cameras. No witness noticed the fact. How can investigators verify a suspect’s alibi according to the testimony? Investigators are able to start the...
Read More » Delivering Fast Forensics Triage for CAID
September 24, 2019 No Comments
By David Toy Cyan Forensics is delighted to announce that it has been contracted to deliver the new Fast Forensics Triage capability for CAID (The UK’s Child Abuse Image Database), allowing forensic investigators to detect indecent images of children on a suspect’s device...
Read More » Cellebrite Advanced Services Solves the Toughest Encryption Problems for Apple and Android Devices
September 24, 2019 No Comments
By: Joanna Shemesh Cellebrite Advanced Services (CAS) labs provide worldwide support for unlocking and extracting data from all Apple iOS devices up to iOS 12.4.2, and high-running Android devices including Samsung S10, S10e, and S10+. Physical extraction has been the ideal...
Read More » Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Use AXIOM to Verify Your UFED Results
September 23, 2019 No Comments
Here at Magnet Forensics we’ve always been a big believer in the “toolbox” approach to investigations. While many of our customers use Magnet AXIOM as their primary investigative tool for mobile, computer and cloud investigations, when lives are at stake,...
Read More » Samsung Exynos Chipset Support
September 23, 2019 No Comments
By: Shahar Tal - VP Security Research Lab at Cellebrite UFED Ultimate 7.23 extends support for Samsung Exynos, which is featured in a wide variety of phones, from mid-range J and A series to the Flagship Galaxy S9. Exynos chipsets deliver next-generation mobile...
Read More » Non-standard Chinese Phones Now Accessible with UFED Chinex Kit
September 16, 2019 No Comments
By: Jolene Tay - Field Marketing Manager, APAC at Cellebrite Low to mid-tiered Chinese mobile phones manufactured with Chinese chipsets are attractive to criminals and inmates due to their compact size, cheap price and lack of traceability. These non-standard Chinese phones...
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Making Complex Issues Simple: A Unique Method to Extract Evidence from RAID with Lost Configuration
September 16, 2019 No Comments
Making Complex Issues Simple: A Unique Method to Extract Evidence from RAID with Lost Configuration by Alexander Leonenko, Software Developer and RAID Data Recovery Instructor, ACE Lab Today we would like to talk about RAID arrays with lost configuration and...
Read More » Oxygen Forensic Key Scout
September 10, 2019 No Comments
What is it? KeyScout is a utility built into Oxygen Forensic® Detective which uncovers and extracts user data, tokens and passwords from apps and web browsers as well as Wi-Fi hotspot passwords, iTunes backups, and operating system data on PCs running...
Read More » iOS 12.4 File System Extraction
September 6, 2019 No Comments
by Oleg Afonin The iOS 12.4 jailbreak is out, and so is Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit. Using the two together, one can image the file system and decrypt the keychain of iPhone and iPad devices running most versions of iOS (except...
Read More » How to Extract and Decrypt Signal Conversation History from the iPhone
August 29, 2019 No Comments
Published by Vladimir Katalov With over half a million users, Signal is an incredibly secure cross-platform instant messaging app. With emphasis on security, there is no wonder that Signal is frequently picked as a communication tool by those who have something to...
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TaskForce drive identification
August 28, 2019 No Comments
Published by Olga Milishenko Atola TaskForce is designed to perform multiple processes simultaneously and provide its users with unprecedented flexibility when it comes to a variety of devices and configurations in which they can be used. TaskForce also makes sure to...
Read More » 4 Ways That Your Digital Forensics Software Tool Should Adapt to Your Workflow
August 28, 2019 No Comments
Most law enforcement agencies at both the local and national levels have learned how difficult it can be to implement a digital forensics software product into their existing workflow. Whether it’s the quality management procedures for forensic imaging or the...
Read More » Oxygen Forensic Detective is the most complete tool for Parrot drone data extraction
August 27, 2019 No Comments
Published by BY OXYGEN.FORENSICS Recreational Drones are invading the world Recreational Drones are spreading all over the world. The official DJI website statistics indicate DJI drones were flying in six continents last year. According to Global Market Insights, the consumer drone market is forecast...
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BlackBag’s Partnership with Berla Expands Your Analysis Environment
August 23, 2019 No Comments
In today’s investigations, it is now commonplace to have multiple digital devices associated to one case. As such, consolidating acquired devices is critical when reconstructing a sequence of events for a case. Whenever a mobile device is connected to a...
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MAGNET AXIOM 3.5 IS NOW AVAILABLE!
August 22, 2019 No Comments
Magnet AXIOM 3.5 Includes Apple Warrant Returns and User Experience Improvements Get Magnet AXIOM 3.5 now—either within AXIOM or as a download over at the Customer Portal. In this release, we’ve added Apple warrant returns, new image categories in Magnet.AI, as...
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Disklabs Faraday Bags
August 16, 2019 No Comments
Disklabs Faraday Bags State-of-the-art solutions for shielding technology from external interference Disklabs developed Faraday bags for law enforcement, intelligence agencies, military and computer forensics investigators to enable them to secure seizure, transportation and examination of portable digital devices. The Technology...
Read More » Cyan Forensics joins fight against child-abuse with digital forensics technology
August 14, 2019 No Comments
By: Jess Phillips Cyan Forensics, an Edinburgh-based digital forensics startup, has announced its first partnership in America. The company’s software helps police detect indecent images of children in minutes, speeding up the time it takes to search seized devices. Its...
Read More » New Career, New Mission: Veterans Eligible for Mobile Forensics Courses Through Felician University and Cellebrite
August 12, 2019 No Comments
New Career, New Mission: Veterans Eligible for Mobile Forensics Courses Through Felician University and Cellebrite Courses will teach desperately needed skills related to cybersecurity, digital intelligence and law enforcement investigations -- and qualify for GI Bill benefits NEWS PROVIDED BY...
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Walkthrough: How to Perform Remote Acquisition of Digital Devices
August 9, 2019 No Comments
Remote acquisition of digital devices is a useful option for the modern-day organizations, both commercial and government ones. The main reasons for that are as follows: As entities grow, their IT-environments tend to become more complex, distributed, and dispersed. Cost-efficiency...
Read More » Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer 2.20 Fixes Google Photos Support, Downloads More Historical Data
August 8, 2019 No Comments
Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer 2.20 boosts the number of data types available for acquisition, fixes support for Google Photos and speeds up Photos downloading speed by enabling pre-filtering. In addition, we’ve switched from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap for showing you the...
Read More » GovStart 2019 Launches at No 10.
August 7, 2019 No Comments
GovStart 2019 Launches at No 10. David Toy Cyan Forensics was in No 10 Downing Street today meeting with senior advisors to the UK Prime Minister as part of the launch of GovStart 2019. Speaking at today’s launch, Ian Stevenson, Cyan...
Read More » Incident Response Comes to the Cloud: 3 Reasons to Choose an IaaS Solution
August 6, 2019 No Comments
Incident Response Comes to the Cloud: 3 Reasons to Choose an IaaS Solution SHON W. HARRIS Information security professionals have been hesitant to embrace a paradigm shift in Digital Forensics/Incident Response (DFIR) of moving their data breach detection and response...
Read More » What is Facial Recognition?
August 1, 2019 No Comments
What is Facial Recognition? Oxygen Forensics, Inc. Facial recognition systems are bio-metric technologies capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. Facial recognition can identify a person by analyzing...
Read More » Cellebrite- Image Classification Challenges and Solutions
August 1, 2019 No Comments
Image Classification Challenges and Solutions By: Tola Waisman - Director of Technology, CTO at Cellebrite The prevalence of digital data in investigations means that investigators have to increasingly rely on advanced solutions, such as image classification, to help analyze the...
Read More » Winds of Change: The Power of Rapid Digital Triage
July 31, 2019 No Comments
Winds of Change: The Power of Rapid Digital Triage 31st July 2019Kim Kingan Kim Kingan Kim Kingan brings nearly two decades of government policy and international strategy to team Cyan Forensics Kim specialises in governance, compliance, and change management programmes....
Read More » The Fastest Way to Access the Digital Evidence on Damaged SSDs
July 30, 2019 No Comments
Techno Mode - the fastest way to access the digital evidence on damaged SSDs by Roman Morozov, NAND Data Recovery Instructor, ACE Lab Recent statistics show that solid-state drives are getting a good share of the market of storage devices....
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How to Streamline the Digital Evidence Collection Process
July 29, 2019 No Comments
How to Streamline the Digital Evidence Collection Process Using Hardware-Based Digital Forensic Imaging Solutions in the Lab or On-Scene As a pioneer in the manufacture of hardware-based digital forensic imaging solutions, we are often asked about the advantages of hardware-based...
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Searching Tips and Tricks in BlackLight
July 18, 2019 No Comments
SEARCHING TIPS AND TRICKS IN BLACKLIGHT BY: ASHLEY HERNANDEZ Starting in BlackLight 2019 R1, customers have two methods for searching for words or patterns in case data. This post will walk you through the basics of both types of searching,...
Read More » “Game Changing” New Technology from Cyan Forensics to Help Fight Child Abuse
July 12, 2019 No Comments
Kim Kingan The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced that a pioneering set of new technologies to improve the capabilities of the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) will be provided to all UK police forces to help them fight online child abuse during...
Read More » Atola TaskForce 2019.7 with Web API for Automation
July 11, 2019 No Comments
Atola TaskForce 2019.7 with Web API for Automation Published by Vitaliy Mokosiy We strongly believe that digital forensic world needs faster solutions to save your precious time, tackle routine tasks easily, and focus on what matters most. That’s why we have...
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Review-Mobile Device Investigator From ADF
July 10, 2019 No Comments
Mobile Device Investigator From ADF by Jade James ADF Solutions is a leading provider of intelligent digital forensic and media exploitation software. ADF’s tools are used for the processing and analysis of computers, external drives, mobile devices and other media...
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What’s New in OpenText Security
July 10, 2019 No Comments
Pioneering solutions for the entire digital investigation life cycle Sunali Sagar OpenText™ continues to address the needs of corporate and law-enforcement investigators around the world since its acquisition of the EnCase™ and Tableau line of products in late 2017. The following new...
Read More » The Art of iPhone Acquisition
July 9, 2019 No Comments
The Art of iPhone Acquisition July 9th, 2019 by Vladimir Katalov We all know how much important data is stored in modern smartphones, making them an excellent source of evidence. However, data preservation and acquisition are not as easy as...
Read More » Mobile and wearable device examination
July 9, 2019 No Comments
Mobile and wearable device examination Identifying private browsing and wearable data activity with OpenText EnCase Carl Purser With the arrival of 5G technology, the increasing popularity of fitness trackers and smart watches, and growth in other “wearable tech”, the amount...
Read More » 7 Time Saving Strategies for Investigators
July 9, 2019 No Comments
7 TIME SAVING STRATEGIES FOR INVESTIGATORS BY: BLACKBAG TEAM While the amounts of data in typical digital forensic cases today is a lot different than it was several years ago, the amount of time most investigators have to do their...
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The Changing Face of Digital Evidence
July 3, 2019 No Comments
By Kristian Lars Larsen Last month, Data Narro traveled to Chicago to participate in a panel discussion about the alteration of digital evidence, something that we deal with daily. After all, we are in the business of digital forensics and frequently deal in cases...
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The complete list of alternatives to all Google products
June 29, 2019 No Comments
The complete list of alternatives to all Google products: Parallel universe for the super security conscious By Sven Taylor With growing concerns over online privacy and securing personal data, more people than ever are considering alternatives to Google products. After all, Google’s...
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Quickly Access and Act on Digital Data
June 25, 2019 No Comments
Quickly Access and Act on Digital Data By: Muna Assi - Cellebrite Senior Product Marketing Manager With 85% of all police investigations involving digital data, investigators need a solution to surface key insights when minutes matter to expedite decision making...
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How Big Data and IoT Trends Are Impacting Cybersecurity in 2019
June 24, 2019 No Comments
Rapid advancements and unchecked growth have turned a few burgeoning buzzwords into hot targets bursting at the seams with sensitive, valuable information. In that time, new tools for protection continue to emerge, but security professionals are still struggling to protect...
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BlackBag Technologies Announces Partnership With Semantics 21
June 20, 2019 No Comments
We thought this news would interest the community. Two large companies coming together. BlackBag Technologies Announces Partnership With Semantics 21 BlackBag Technologies announces a new partnership with Semantics 21, a digital forensics software company specializing in reviewing, analyzing and...
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Inaccessible Data Recovery with DVR Examiner
June 20, 2019 No Comments
We thought this article would be beneficial to the community. "The term “inaccessible to the DVR” is used to denote data which the DVR no longer has access to. It is often commonly referred to as “deleted”, however that is...
Read More » Wiping 18 drives simultaneously with TaskForce
June 20, 2019 No Comments
Wiping 18 drives simultaneously with TaskForce Published by Olga Milishenko With TaskForce, Atola introduced the fastest and most capable imaging engine to the forensic market. While cumulative imaging speed in TaskForce constitutes 15 TB/h, the engine is capable of wiping up...
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Passware v3: Instant Decryption Of LUKS & 2x Faster On iTunes Backups
June 20, 2019 No Comments
Those who use Passware, have you updated to the newest version? We thought you might want to read this article about changes to v3. Passware Kit 2019 v3: Instant Decryption Of LUKS And 2x Faster On iTunes Backups Passware...
Read More » AI Image Categorization & Text Analytics Detect Narcotics Market on Social Media
June 18, 2019 No Comments
A recent article from Cellebrite discussing how AI can detect Narcotics on social media. Interesting topic that we thought some members may want to read. By: Ariel Watson When startups such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn began their quest...
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What You Can Learn from IL v. Lorenzo Kent
June 17, 2019 No Comments
by Page Vault Here at Page Vault, we talk a lot about the importance of web content authentication. Recently, we came across the IL v. Lorenzo Kent, 2017 IL App (2d) 140917, No. 2-14-0917 (Lorenzo Kent) opinion which reversed a first-degree...
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How Do I Know DVR Examiner Found All the Video?
June 13, 2019 No Comments
How Do I Know DVR Examiner Found All the Video? By DME Forensics During the collection of video evidence, it is vital that you are able to recover all of the available data on the DVR hard drive. There are...
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Magnet AXIOM Now VICS Certified by Project VIC International
June 11, 2019 No Comments
Huge industry news from Magnet AXIOM. We knew members would want to see this and share. Project VIC International and its partners are at the forefront helping to identify and rescue children from sexual exploitation. The VICS standard developed by Project...
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Susteen’s Affordable Mobile Forensic Field Triage Device
May 30, 2019 No Comments
We thought this article may be of interest to some in the community. Susteen's Affordable Mobile Forensic Field Triage Device Keeps Getting Better Add Tip-of-the-Spear functionality to your agency with a device that allows you to be proactive instead...
Read More » Step by Step Guide to iOS Jailbreaking and Physical Acquisition
May 30, 2019 No Comments
Elcomsoft released a step-by-step guide to iOS Jailbreaking, something we are all to familiar with. We are sharing just encase there are members of the community that don't know how to Jailbreak. by Oleg Afonin Unless you’re using GrayShift or Cellebrite services...
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Have We Lost the War on E-Discovery?
May 30, 2019 No Comments
A great perspective we wanted to share with the community. Our whole purpose behind the community, is to keep information readily available. Craig has some great articles to read. Have We Lost the War on E-Discovery? Posted by craigball Is there a...
Read More » Macquisiton Will Decrypt Physical Images From MACS with T2 Chip
May 11, 2019 No Comments
BlackBag Technologies has announced that their Macquisition tool will be able to produce a decrypted physical image of Apple's latest MAC system with T2 chips. Huge news for the industry we thought we would share with the community. MACQUISITION...
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West Midlands Firms Honoured in Queen’s Awards 2019
April 23, 2019 No Comments
WEST MIDLANDS FIRMS HONOURED IN QUEEN’S AWARDS 2019 Midlands Business West Midlands businesses operating in a broad range of industries, including a musical instrument manufacturer, an aviation finance specialist and a preventer of online fraud, have been named as winners of...
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Top 3 Features to Try in Blacklight 2019 R1
April 22, 2019 No Comments
BlackBag Technologies newly released Blacklight, with new features we are sure some members will want to take advantage of. TOP 3 FEATURES TO TRY IN BLACKLIGHT 2019 R1 BLACKBAG IS EXCITED FOR CUSTOMERS TO EXPERIENCE THE POWERFUL NEW FEATURES...
Read More » Belkasoft Evidence Center 9.5 Aims To Help In Corporate Investigations
April 18, 2019 No Comments
Press Release from Belkasoft regarding v9.5. We thought the community would like to view this article. Belkasoft Evidence Center 9.5 Belkasoft releases a major update to Belkasoft Evidence Center, the company’s flagship digital forensic solution. The new release adds a number of...
Read More » Oxygen Forensics Launches Industry Exclusive Drone Update
April 2, 2019 No Comments
Oxygen Forensics has become the first and only company to say they can retrieve complete flight history from drones. With the increase of drone usage, this will change the way drone forensics operate. We thought the community would like to...
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Find More Evidence That Matters with Magnet AXIOM 3.0
March 28, 2019 No Comments
Magnet AXIOM 3.0 is here. An improvement everyone in the community should look at if they haven't already. Find More Evidence That Matters with Magnet AXIOM 3.0 We’re excited to release the most powerful and comprehensive version of Magnet...
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cipher.exe
March 23, 2019 No Comments
Over the years most forensic examiners have seen or had some experience with Cipher.exe the command line utility. Cipher the Windows program can be used to encrypt data or to destroy it beyond recovery. This article will describe the...
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Field Recovery of CCTV/DVR Video Surveillance
March 14, 2019 No Comments
What happens when there is a DVR that needs examined, but the business uses it 24/7? How do you take it down for the shortest amount of time? DME Forensics specializes in DVR examinations and they give us a look...
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Feature Focus: Create a Disk Image with DVR Examiner
January 31, 2019 No Comments
By DME Forensics Did you know that you can use DVR Examiner to create a forensically sound disk image? When working a case, it is important to have a forensically sound copy of the original data as a backup if...
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What to Look For in a Write Blocker
January 18, 2019 No Comments
Important tool when working with DVR evidence. For those who use Write Blockers on a daily basis, read this article and evaluate your Blocker. What to Look For in a Write Blocker By DME Forensics One of the essential...
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Elcomsoft forensic tools can now extract Apple Health data from iCloud
January 8, 2019 No Comments
Elcomsoft has announced that its Phone Breaker 9.0 forensic extraction tool now has the ability to remotely access Apple Health data stored in iCloud, making it the first forensic tool to gain access to this information, and adding it to the list...
Read More » WhatsApp database decrypt via cloud and token from any Android device
January 2, 2019 No Comments
By Rushit Soni WhatsApp Messenger is a freeware and cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook. WhatsApp is a very popular application in social networks but sometimes it is challenging for digital forensic investigators to decrypt WhatsApp...
Read More » WriteProtect™-Portable From Logicube
November 23, 2018 No Comments
WriteProtect™-Portable From Logicube by Scar de Courcier (Provided with permission from Logicube) Logicube provide a line of write blockers for forensic analysis: Portable, Desktop and Bay. The idea behind the write blocker line is to combine multiple interfaces into one...
Read More » Forensic Falcon®-NEO a Practitioners Experience and Assessment
July 12, 2018 No Comments
LOGICUBE FORENSIC FALCON®-NEO A PRACTITIONERS EXPERIENCE AND ASSESSMENT BY John (Zeke) Thackray, Churchill Fellow, FSS Dip First Published Friday, 12th July 2018 (Provided with permission from Logicube) BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION The objective of this paper is to share an independent...
Read More » Now That Your Data’s in the Cloud, How Are You Supposed to Get It Out?
November 15, 2017 No Comments
Best practices to do it the right way during litigation By Marc Cressall & Albert Barsocchini / AccessData & NightOwl Discovery Data migration has reached a tipping point. The vast majority of technology decision-makers (84 percent) say that...
Read More » For Internal Investigations, Technology Is Playing Catch-Up With Technology
August 3, 2017 No Comments
WWW.METROCORPCOUNSEL.COM For Internal Investigations,Technology Is Playing Catch-Up With Technology Companies focus on hackers and data, and sometimes overlook inside threats Scott Lefton is a senior sales engineer at AccessData. Though he is not directly involved in conducting or supervising...
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