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Forensic Focus

Victor Limongelli, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, AccessData

Congratulations on being named CEO of AccessData. You previously served as President and CEO of Guidance. Why AccessData? Why now? I’ve been in the industry since 2003, I’ve known – and competed against – AccessData for many years, and I

Google’s new AI system unscrambles pixelated faces

Google’s neural networks have achieved the dream of CSI viewers everywhere: the company has revealed a new AI system capable of “enhancing” an eight-pixel square image, increasing the resolution 16-fold and effectively restoring lost data. The neural network could be

Samsung sBrowser – Android Forensics: A Look Into The Cache Files

by Robert Craig and Michael Lambert Samsung devices are a large portion of the Android OS market. Samsung has its own Internet Browser, “sbrowser”, installed onto their devices. All web browsers leave artifacts from user activity. The “sbrowser” cache files

Samsung sBrowser – Android Forensics: A Look Into The Cache Files

by Robert Craig and Michael Lambert Abstract Samsung devices are a large portion of the Android OS market.  Samsung has its own Internet Browser, “sbrowser”, installed onto their devices.  All web browsers leave artifacts from user activity.  The “sbrowser” cache

Review Of Windows OS Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 6th-8th of December 2016, AccessData ran a Windows course in a training centre overlooking Trafalgar Square in London, UK. The aim of the course was to familiarise forensic investigators with the

Windows OS Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 6th-8th of December 2016, AccessData ran a Windows course in a training centre overlooking Trafalgar Square in London, UK. The aim of the course was to familiarise forensic investigators with the

This Month In Forensics

Curated by Phill Moore Russ McRee updated the Incident Response Hierarchy of Needs to a DFIR Hierarchy of Needs & Critical Security Controls. Oxygen Forensic Detective released version 9.1.1. Joshua James demonstrated how to compile The Sleuth Kit in Linux.

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. What remnants does Word leave on the local disk? Have you done any research on how to reconstruct history from Google Chrome? Chime in on the forum.

Review Of Windows 10 Live Online Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 1st to the 3rd of November 2016, AccessData ran a live online training course to help forensic investigators understand the specific challenges presented by Windows 10, and how they can be

Windows 10 Live Online Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 1st to the 3rd of November 2016, AccessData ran a live online training course to help forensic investigators understand the specific challenges presented by Windows 10, and how they can be

Webinar: Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters

A recording of the webinar “Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters” is now online and available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar

Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters

Panelists:Carolyn Casey JD, Sr. Director, Industry Relations at AccessData; John Wilson, President at Discovery Squared, LLC; John Grim, Investigative Response Team Lead at Verizon; Jason Britton, IT Technical Engineer at iHeartMedia Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube

Mobile Forensics Monkey Wrench: iOS 10.2 and Encryption

by Patrick Siewert, Pro Digital Forensic Consulting It’s not secret to those involved in the study and practice of mobile forensics that Apple likes to throw us curve balls with almost every new iteration of the iOS operating system. It

DFRWS USA 2017 Call for Papers

August 6-9, 2017 in Austin, Texas, USA The DFRWS digital forensics conference brings together leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators from around the world to advance the state of the art in digital forensics. Established in 2001, DFRWS has become