Digital forensic tools rely on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s National Software Reference Library (NSRL), the standard reference dataset, to filter out known software and images from unknown ones. Forensic examiners, judges, and attorneys rely on … Read more
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Get Amped FIVE Update 17338 With Three New Filters And Much More
Amped Software is happy to announce a very exciting update to Amped FIVE, the most complete image processing software specifically designed for forensic lab experts to manage the complete image and video analysis workflow, with advanced and fully customizable … Read more
MSAB New Release: XRY 9.1, XAMN 5.1 And XEC Export 6.0.1
Significantly increase the amount of location data, extract more refined data from more devices more securely and in less time, view content from warrant returns and more.
Today’s release of new versions of XRY, XAMN and XEC Export represents a
Passware: Tips for Efficient TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt Decryption
VeraCrypt and the former TrueCrypt are two of the most challenging types of encryption to bypass with regard to their popularity as full disk encryption software.
Unlike Bitlocker encryption, TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt may encrypt their containers and volumes with multiple encryption … Read more
Magnet AXIOM 4.2 Now Available With Support For AFF4, Skype Warrant Returns, WhatsApp, And More
Magnet AXIOM 4.2 and Magnet AXIOM Cyber 4.2 from Magnet Forensics are now available for download! AXIOM 4.2 brings AFF4 support, the ability to ingest Skype Warrant Returns, and new WhatsApp data collection options, along with customized Targeted Locations and … Read more
Mitigating Risk Through Standardization
A recap of Dr Gillian Tully’s DFRWS EU keynote. By Christa Miller, Forensic Focus
No one denies that digital forensics is becoming more complex. The range of devices to examine keeps increasing, as does the complexity of acquiring and analyzing … Read more
Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up
Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums.
Forum members discuss search and seizures during covid.
Can you help Jayt4049 with this WD HDD which is going to sleep while imaging?
Forum members discuss mounting … Read more
DFRWS Virtual Europe 2020 — Recap
by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus
This year’s Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) EU, originally intended to take place in Oxford, England in March 2020, instead moved online in June. The conference included:
- Fourteen paper presentations focused on memory forensics, digital
Telegram Messenger Data Extraction In Oxygen Forensic Detective
Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov. According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the number of monthly Telegram users as of October 2019 is … Read more
BlackBag Launches Self-Paced Online Training for Apple® Forensic Investigations
We are pleased to announce the expansion of BlackBag’s self-paced online training with the release of our popular Apple® Forensic Investigations course.
True to its name, Apple® Forensic Investigations is composed of the essential techniques that every forensic professional … Read more