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How To Use The Magnet Web Page Saver

Hey everyone, Tarah Melton here, and today we’re going to walk through a workflow that you can use alongside a new artifact in AXIOM 4.4 that will help you present data output from Magnet’s free too, the Magnet Web Page

How To Find Location Data From Pictures In XAMN

Welcome to this XAMN feature demonstration video. In this video I will show the use of XAMN filters to find images containing location information, this being longitude, latitude or even both. I will also demonstrate how to create a pivot

Somebody Else’s Hero: Mental Health In Digital Forensics

Impostor syndrome is a common topic on LinkedIn and other professional online career communities, but it seems especially poignant among digital forensics analysts, who frequently work 9-5 Monday to Friday viewing things that no human eye should ever have to

DFIRforGood Is A Great Start: Let’s Use It To Ask Tougher Questions

In recent weeks the DFIR community has increasingly begun to speak out under the hashtag #DFIRforGood following conference presentations by leaders in digital forensics and information security. In a keynote delivered at the SANS DFIR Summit in July 2020, Matt

Digital Forensics Standard-Setting: Summer 2020 Round-Up

The summer has been a busy one for standards-setting organizations in the United States and European Union: In the U.S., the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published its final guidelines for cloud forensics, along with a document towards

Qualifying A Digital Forensic Expert In Court (Voir Dire)

Most digital forensic practitioners possess an analytical mind.  One of the reasons we become interested in the field is because we work to whittle down the digital elements of the case to try and present a clearer picture of the

Case Study: Digital Evidence Confirms Players In Major Bitcoin Heist

Traditional policework helped track down the thieves targeting cryptocurrency data centers in Iceland, but digital intelligence from one suspect’s mobile devices provided the proof of their involvement. Date: 2018Challenge: To connect six suspects to the theft of more than $2M

Digital Forensic Evidence And Artifacts: Recent News And Research

This month’s academic research reflects two aspects of the changing digital forensics industry: new ways to think not just about digital artifacts, but also about broader investigative processes — including interagency cooperation. This round-up article includes three open-access articles from

How To Bulk Tag Evidence With Nuix Investigate

Today I’m going to show you how to do a bulk tagging operation using Nuix Investigate 8.2.1. Here on the far left side – you can see we’re on our Cases landing page – we’re going to scroll down the

BYOB To A CTF To Improve Your DFIR Game

Even before COVID-19 drove homebound digital forensics examiners to seek out new modes of training and skill-building, Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges were a popular feature at numerous conferences. Now offered in virtual formats both during and outside of conferences,

How To Review Text Chats With Nuix Investigate

Today we’re going to take a look at how to review chat messages in Nuix Investigate, and the different viewing options. We currently have all the items retrieved through the grid, and we’re going to utilise the search filters on

How To Create A Full Forensic Image With Nuix Enterprise Collection Center

Nuix Enterprise Collection Center empowers ediscovery, digital forensics, and cybersecurity practitioners alike. Investigators are able to make a full forensic image, automated through the use of a simple collection wizard. After providing a case name, investigators are then able to

Day-To-Day Challenges In Digital Forensics

All occupations face daily challenges. Many of these challenges come from dealing with the public, while some are more problem-solving challenges. In digital forensics, we face challenges on both ends of this spectrum because ultimately our jobs affect lives. Whether

Digital Forensics Standards: Recent News And Research

The global COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed either the pace of technological change or its relevance to both criminal and civil investigations. Both fraud and child exploitation are examples of crimes that have increased since much of the world went on