This is the second part of “How to Deal with Structured Data.” In case you missed it, the previous part is here.
Before I move onto transforming proprietary databases, let me add this point to packaged application data which … Read more
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Industry Roundup: Mobile Field Triage Solutions
The ability to collect digital evidence in the field — away from a forensic laboratory — has long been a need in corporate, private, and law enforcement investigations.
That’s only accelerated over the past decade, as more people’s mobile devices … Read more
Digital Forensics Research Looks To The Future
January was a somewhat light month in the way of digital forensics research publication, though the introduction of an Asia-Pacific (APAC) installment of the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) conference more than made up for it. This month we feature … Read more
What Changes Do We Need To See In eDiscovery? Part VII
Harold Burt-Gerrans talks about how to deal with structured data in ediscovery cases.
I’m baaaaa–ack! And you thought I was done with my earlier six-part series, but I have a new topic to
add to my rants and raves. For … Read more
A Comprehensive Walkthrough Of Counter UAV Analysis
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are as fraught as they are fascinating. For every hobbyist flying a drone around the neighborhood on a sunny weekend, there is a neighbor concerned with whether a system’s onboard camera is spying on … Read more
Cooperation Between Academia And Law Enforcement: Challenges And Opportunities
Digital forensics research often depends on casework: specific problems with a device, operating system, app, or artifact that a forensic examiner needs to solve.
That isn’t always the case, though. Sometimes the problem has a broader scope, or the examiner … Read more
A Springboard To Digital Forensics Research In 2021
The end of 2020 could not come fast enough for most of us, and yet, as the year wound down, some things — such as the digital forensics research recapped in this article — were worth slowing down for. This … Read more
Are You Looking To Get #DFIRfit In 2021?
Few digital forensics practitioners would dispute that their job is largely sedentary: there’s a lot of sitting, be it in labs, vehicles (including aircraft), meeting rooms, and conference lecture rooms, among others.
That only became more true in 2020, when … Read more
Writing DFIR Reports: A Primer
“How do I write a good DFIR report?” – Literally Everyone at some point
You wouldn’t believe how many times that question gets asked out of me here at Marshall University (and sometimes in the DFIR community). Year after year … Read more
How To Extract Text From Files Using OCR In Magnet AXIOM
Tara: Hey everyone, Tara Melton here, and I’m going to be showing you a new and exciting feature introduced in AXIOM 4.8. Now you can extract text from certain files using optical character recognition, or OCR, technology.
AXIOM will extract … Read more