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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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
How To Perform A Full Filesystem Checkm8 Extraction On iPhone 8 With MD-NEXT
Check out the video for a step-by-step sequence of Full Filesystem (Checkm8) extraction on iPhone 8 model.
Currently, MD-NEXT supports the models below:
- iPhone SE (A1662, A1723, A1724),
- iPhone 6s (A1633, A1688, A1691, A1700), iPhone 6s Plus (A1634, A1687, A1690,
How To Extract Data From Samsung Galaxy S9 / Android 10 With MD-NEXT
In this video, we will introduce ‘Bootloader Pro’ extraction method which is capable of extracting Android 10 installed Samsung devices. Currently, MD-NEXT supports Galaxy S9(SM-G960N, SM-G960F)/Galaxy S9+(SM-G965N, SM-G965F)/Galaxy Note 9(SM-N960N) with Exynos chipset.
If you have any further inquiries, contact … Read more
How to Identify Small Differences Between Two Times In A Video Using Amped FIVE
by David Spreadborough, Amped Software
To help in setting the scene, let me tell you a story.
A young guy decided to steal a charity box from a post office. The theft itself could not be seen on the video, … Read more
Digital Video Source Authentication: Groundbreaking Insights Into Digital Video Evidence
by Brandon Epstein, Walter Bruehs, Bertram Lyons, and Dan Fischer
Video evidence is prolific in modern criminal investigations, and cell-phone video is one of the most prevalent ways video is captured [1]. While these silent witnesses can provide excellent investigative … Read more
Following Up: When Digital Forensics Vendors Hire Research Talent, Where Does It Leave Research?
by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus
When we published our March opinion piece, “When Digital Forensics Vendors Hire Research Talent, Where Does It Leave Research?” the reaction on Twitter — mostly from vendor representatives themselves — was swift and … Read more
Industry Roundup: Online Digital Forensics Training
by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus
Online digital forensics training has been around for a number of years, offered as a convenient alternative to in-person training for examiners who couldn’t travel or were otherwise resource-constrained. In an unforeseen twist, though, live … Read more
How To Collect Data Using MacQuisition Live
As more employees are required to work from home, we’ve heard from our customers that they need the ability to remotely collect data from Mac systems without having to send MacQuisition hardware to someone’s home. In order to help our … Read more
How To Decrypt WhatsApp Messages With Oxygen Forensic Detective
Welcome to Oxygen Forensic Detective’s Knowledge Nuggets. In this video we’re going to discuss decrypting WhatsApp messaging.
Let’s go over a few very important points that you need to consider before analyzing WhatsApp.
Number one: always place the device in … Read more