Forensic Focus

Rapid growth of the usage of OS X has inspired forensic researchers to analyze devices such as the iPad, iPhone and Mac deeply. Therefore, OS X forensics, starting from Jonathan Zdziarski in 2008, became a very hot topic. However, most

C4All is a program used by law enforcement and others to categorize pictures and videos. This X-Tension is for Users of C4All. The guides that are included describe how to best use the X-Tension with the Strategy hash sets ,

The Town of Rocky Mount Police Department was presented with a “Cop in a Box” at the Altavista Moose Family Center in Altavista on Wednesday last week. The “Cop in a Box” laptop computer includes a U.S. Department of Justice-certified

Every time I am preparing for testimony at deposition or trial, I ask the attorney I am working for whether I should make it “easy” or “hard.” Even very experienced attorneys examining a technical witness often ask the wrong question.

The number of crimes that require digital forensics expertise is increasing, and alongside it the amount of data that must be analysed is growing exponentially. However, the number of experts is not growing in line with these elements, leading to

ALI use laser imaging technology to assist law enforcement agencies with their investigations. Could you tell us more about this service? It’s basically using laser scanning within all sorts of contexts. The London bombings was probably one of the first

Cambridge, MA company Basis Technology, a major provider of multilingual search, text analytics and open source digital forensics software, has announced that it has launched an initiative with the U.S. DHS to develop law enforcement-specific features and add-on modules to

When discovery in litigation involves the inspection of computer systems, setting out reasonable and effective protocols often involves a neutral expert in computer evidence. Working for the court, oftentimes at the direction of a special master, the neutral expert will

Have you ever discovered a software feature that, had you known of it sooner, could have helped you in a prior case? Have you been using the same software methods and workflow procedures for the least two years? If you

“My work is based around scene-of-crime data collection, and I am often frustrated by the speed of imaging hard drives, particularly if we need to leave the laptop/pc where it is. Has anyone on here heard of, or used, Ballistic

This article is a recap of some of the main highlights of the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) held in Amsterdam from the 7th – 9th of May; over the next few weeks we will also be bringing you a