Over recent weeks, Alex Caithness, Principal Analyst at CCL Solutions, has been exploring the LevelDB database format. As ubiquitous as SQLite has become owing to the popularity of iOS and Android, he argues, “The trio of HTML5, CSS and JavaScript … Read more
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How To Use UFED Physical Analyzer 7.33
We set out on a journey to devise a more intuitive design with improved navigation, visuals, and tools to optimize UFED Physical Analyzer to help you save valuable time and get the job done accurately. Now you can find evidence … Read more
Research Roundup: Finding New Cultural And Technical Opportunities
One of the most interesting and important things about digital forensics research is the way legal, cultural, and operational landscapes in different countries inform and even drive the research. In other words, digital technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum, even … Read more
Global Perspectives From Women In Digital Forensics
Women mathematicians and scientists invented the computer algorithm, software as we know it, and the foundation of telecommunications, including wireless communication. They helped break secret enemy messages during World War II, and ensured men got … Read more
Teaching Digital Forensics During A Pandemic: Present And Future Strategies
Online learning is nothing new to the digital forensics world. Vendors such as AccessData and Cellebrite have offered it for years, and distance learning programs at institutions like University College Dublin and DeSales University have long made it possible to … Read more
Knowledge Sharing And Transfer In Digital Forensics
Sharing is at the heart of any community, and no less so in digital forensics and incident response. Sharing helps to avoid reinventing the wheel — or unnecessarily overcomplicating it. That’s especially true as the complexity of digital evidence advances … Read more
Automated Control Logic Forensics In Industrial Control Systems
Upon reading the title, the first few questions that might come to a reader’s mind are: what are Industrial Control Systems? Why are they important? How can an attacker attack them? What is control logic, engineering software, etc.? How does … Read more
Research Roundup: Communicating Uncertainty In Digital Forensics Results
Recently, we reported on two papers that described ways to reduce the risk of mistaken interpretations of digital evidence. Evaluating the uncertainty of evidence, the authors wrote, could bring more structure — and trust — to digital forensics.
We continue … Read more
25 Days, 25 Questions: Part 4 – Lab And Tool Standards
Editor’s note: This article concludes our four-part series written by Mr. Santosh Khadsare, our guest digital forensics expert from New Delhi, India, based upon his recent LinkedIn series, #25Days25Questions. More about Mr. Khadsare is in his bio below.
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Managing Mountains Of Evidence
One truism about digital forensics is that every case is different. As the technology has evolved, we have had to come up with new and inventive ways to problem-solve and work around issues in both the mobile and computer forensic … Read more