Forensic Focus

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. What would you do in a case involving IIOC embedded within a game? How would you load and analyse a partially-acquired image? Forum members debate the usefulness of

The Netherlands Forensic Institute is working on a Linux-based forensic operating system that will enable the police to secure and remotely analyze evidence related to botnets, project leader Ruud Schramp told Security.NL. Securing and analyzing digital evidence related to botnets

The White House on Friday revealed that hackers had breached a second computer system at the Office of Personnel Management, and said that President Obama was considering financial sanctions against the attackers who gained access to the files of millions

Date: Tuesday June 16, 2015 Registration: http://go.cellebrite.com/cloud_web_jun2015_reg Presenter: Shahaf Rozanski, Senior Forensics Product Manager, Cellebrite With 58% of people using their mobile device to access social media, a wealth of personal information is uploaded onto these social networks that provides

Researchers at the University of New Haven have shown that they can extract personal information from the LG G Watch and from the Samsung Gear 2 Neo. Specifically, they retrieved calendar, contacts and pedometer data from the G Watch, along

On a wall facing dozens of cubicles at the FBI office in Pittsburgh, five guys from Shanghai stare from “Wanted” posters. Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui are, according to a federal indictment unsealed last

Yesterday, a joint international operation led to the dismantling of a group of cybercriminals active in Italy, Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Georgia, who are suspected of committing financial fraud involving email account intrusions. The operation resulted in

The Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) certification is the only global cyber forensics credential that provides a comprehensive validation of your knowledge and skills as a digital forensics expert. Developed by (ISC) 2 , a leader in the information security

On Dark Web sites like the Silk Road black market and its discussion forums, anonymous visitors could write even the most extreme libertarian and anarchist statements without fear. The rest of the internet, as a few critics of the US

Adam, you’re a Software Product Manager at Exelis. Could you tell us a bit about what the company does, and what your own role involves? We’ve had some pretty big changes at Exelis in the last few weeks; As of

Cyber forensic knowledge requirements have expanded and evolved just as the nature of digital information has, requiring cyber forensics professionals to understand far more than just hard drive and intrusion analysis. The Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) from (ISC) 2

TDFCon presents an opportunity for students from Teesside University and elsewhere to come together and discuss their research with industry professionals, law enforcement representatives and fellow students. The theme for this year’s programme was ‘The Future of Digital Forensics’, and

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev and Yuri Gubanov In our previous article, we talked about acquiring tablets running Windows 8 and 8.1. In this publication, we will talk about the acquisition of Windows computers – desktops and laptops. This class