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Email Forensics: Investigation Techniques

by Chirath De Alwis Due to the rapid spread of internet use all over the world, email has become a primary communication medium for many official activities. Not only companies, but also members of the public tend to use emails

Forensic Examination Of Manipulated Email In Gmail

by Arman Gungor Last week, I came across an interesting post on Forensic Focus. The poster, jahearne, was asking about how one can detect manipulation of an existing email in Gmail. In his hypothetical scenario, the bad actor was using

Dissecting Malicious Network Traffic To Identify Botnet Communication

by Swasti Bhushan Deb Botnets are well-known in the domains of information security, digital forensics and incident response for hosting illegal data, launching DDOS attacks, stealing information, spamming, bitcoin mining, spreading ransomware, launching brute force attacks, managing remote access to

Scene Of The Crime: You’ve Found A Drone. What Do You Do?

by Lee Reiber, COO, Oxygen Forensics, Inc. The proliferation of recreational drones and their impact on digital incident response has dramatically increased during the last several years. In January 2018, Nextgov stated the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported over

Walkthrough: Forensic Falcon NEO From Logicube

Welcome to Logicube’s tutorial on the Forensic Falcon NEO. In this session, we’ll conduct a product tour, including all of the various ports available, and show you how hard drives are connected to the Falcon NEO. At the front of

How To: Multitask With Logicube’s Forensic Falcon NEO

Welcome to Logicube’s tutorial on the Forensic Falcon NEO. In this session we’ll show you how to multitask. For this tutorial I have connected the Falcon NEO to a network, and from a PC on the same network I’ve logged

How To: Integrate LACE Carver With Griffeye Analyze DI Pro

Let’s talk about the exciting new LACE Carver Integration with Analyze DI Pro. Once you have the proper license, you can head over to your Downloads page on MyGriffeye.com and go to the LACE Carver download. Once the app package

How To: Use The File Browser Feature In Logicube’s Forensic Falcon NEO

Welcome to Logicube’s tutorial on the Forensic Falcon NEO. In this session, we’ll show you how to use the file browser feature. The file browser feature of the Falcon NEO provides logical access to source and destination drives connected to

How To: Create A Logical Image On Falcon NEO

Welcome to Logicube’s tutorial on the Forensic Falcon NEO. In this episode, we’ll show you how to perform a logical image. The logical imaging feature of Falcon NEO shortens the evidence collection process by allowing investigators to select and acquire

Forensic Analysis Of The μTorrent Peer-to-Peer Client In Windows

by Michael R. Godfrey The μTorrent software client is the most popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer software application worldwide [1]. Contraband files such as copyrighted movies and music, child pornography and pirated content, are frequently acquired through the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing

Findings From The Forensic Focus 2018 Survey

Earlier this year, Forensic Focus conducted a survey of its members to find out a bit more about them, their roles in the industry, and common challenges facing digital forensic practitioners today. Below is a brief run-down of the results.

Walkthrough: Oxygen Forensic Detective Latest Features

Within Oxygen, you’re able to not only connect one device, but several devices, and image them simultaneously. Oxygen’s extractor runs independently of Oxygen Detective, and that’s what allows you to run several different extractions at the same time, and there

Opinion: Is ISO17025 The Right Standard For Digital Forensics?

by Rich2005 Standardisation is currently the subject of animated discussion among digital forensic examiners worldwide. In this opinion piece, Rich2005 looks at the challenges of the ISO17025 standard for digital forensics and why it might not be the best choice

Walkthrough: Analyze DI Face Detection Recognition

Let’s check out the new features of the Face Detection within Griffeye Analyze DI. Make sure in the Analyze Forensic Market you have the Face and Video utility pack both activated before you create your case. Once you do so,

Word Forensic Analysis And Compound File Binary Format

by Arman Gungor Microsoft Word forensic analysis is something digital forensic investigators do quite often for document authentication. Because of the great popularity of Microsoft Office, many important business documents such as contracts and memoranda are created using Word. When