Forensic Focus

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss the best way to retrieve Facebook profile data. What does it mean when a mail header shows two X-Originating IP addresses? Forensic imaging of a

Tens of thousands of paedophiles are using the so-called dark net to trade images of sexual abuse, an investigation by BBC News indicates. One site receives as many as 500 page views per second, its founder says. Figures from another

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), approximate matching is a technology that can be used in a variety of settings, including digital forensics, security monitoring and data filtering. It involves locating similarities among pieces of digital

Due to continued growth and expansion Blackthorn are looking to recruit to a number of digital forensic positions in London. We are particularly looking for the following: Computer Analysts (3 years plus experience)Computer Analysts (1-2 years experience)Mobile Device Specialists (1

The explosive growth in both the use and capacity of smartphones has led to a sea change in digital forensics, creating technology challenges for the justice and law enforcement communities and raising legal questions that in some cases have gone

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, with more powerful visualizations, giving mobile forensic experts the widest range of updated analytic tools. The updated release offers extra visualization options. The updated map view

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are all the rage at the moment – and with good cause. As you are all aware, one item of data does not a case make, it is the combination & correlation between

Nina, you’re currently doing a PhD in eLaw and teaching at the Cyber Security Academy (Cyber Forensics & Cybercrime and Law Enforcement). Could you tell us how you became interested in this area? I am a forensic criminologist and I

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, adding physical acquisition support for MTK-based Android devices and introducing dual-joint logical acquisition support for all Android devices. The new release greatly simplifies the acquisition of

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss Chromebook forensics. How is computer forensics affected by the UTC+14 timezone? How can a forensic examiner identify whether Skype messages were sent from a desktop

The internet trade in images that show child sex abuse is now “an epidemic”, according to the head of the global initiative to combat the problem. Police officers from around the world serve on the Virtual Global Taskforce. Its chairman,

A recording of last month’s webinar "Investigating Child Exploitation Cases – Getting to Critical Internet Evidence Faster with IEF" presented by Jad Saliba and Jamie McQuaid of Magnet Forensics is now online. View the webinar and read a full transcript

Martino, please tell us about your role as the Founder & CEO at Amped Software, and what led you to found the company. Amped Software was derived from my master thesis of Electronic Engineering at the University of Trieste, Italy,