Forensic Focus

BitLocker: What’s New in Windows 10 November Update, And How To Break It

BitLocker is a popular full-disk encryption scheme employed in all versions of Windows (but not in every edition) since Windows Vista. BitLocker is used to protect stationary and removable volumes against outside attacks. Since Windows 8, BitLocker is activated by

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members debate the Apple vs. FBI case; add your thoughts to the thread. What do you think of the ISO accreditation requirement posited by the UK

Is Keyword Search Becoming Obsolete In Forensic Digital Investigation?

by James Billingsley Keyword searching is the primary tool investigators use to identify relevant evidence in a data set. However, poorly chosen keywords can miss important items or return too many irrelevant results. As data volumes grow, investigators must find

DFRWS EU 2016 – Lausanne 29th – 31st March

From the 29th to the 31st of March 2016, Forensic Focus will be attending the European Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS EU) in Lausanne, Switzerland. If there are any topics you’d particularly like us to cover, or any speakers you

Peering Through The Cloud

by Shahaf Rozanski With there now being more mobile phones on the planet than people and smartphones set to achieve saturation in just 10 years, unlocking the data held on them has increasingly needed to be used as vital evidence

Peering Through The Cloud

by Shahaf Rozanski Obscured by clouds With there now being more mobile phones on the planet than people and smartphones set to achieve saturation in just 10 years, unlocking the data held on them has increasingly needed to be used

Cellebrite’s UFED Cloud Analyzer Product Review

Reviewer: Neil Beet, Blue Lights Digital The Cellebrite UFED Series has been our mobile device forensics product of choice over the past few years, both in the law enforcement environments we previously operated in, and now at Blue Lights Digital

Cellebrite’s UFED Cloud Analyzer Product Review

Reviewer: Neil Beet, Blue Lights Digital Introduction The Cellebrite UFED Series has been our mobile device forensics product of choice over the past few years, both in the law enforcement environments we previously operated in, and now at Blue Lights

SC Congress London – Recap

This article is a recap of some of the main highlights from the SC Congress, held in London on the 10th of February 2016. The day began with a panel discussion of EU data protection legislation, and what businesses need

SC Congress London – Recap

This article is a recap of some of the main highlights from the SC Congress, held in London on the 10th of February 2016. Conference Highlights The day began with a panel discussion of EU data protection legislation, and what