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TV shows such as CSI have popularised the world of digital forensics, glamorising the field and piquing the interest of a generation of graduates and career-movers, writes Kevin Waugh. Because of this, it would be natural to assume that most

People convicted of cyber-bullying and text message abuse could face up to two years in prison, under plans backed by the UK government. The justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has backed an amendment to the criminal justice bill that would target

Oxygen Forensics releases Oxygen Forensic Extractor enabling data acquisition from several thousand mobile devices. The new toolkit enables OEM manufacturers to build real-time data acquisition systems for law enforcement and forensic customers. The new toolkit implements Oxygen’s know-how on extracting

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss OSINT training and their experiences with the courses. Is it possible to extract a single video file from a cell phone? Chime in on the

A recording of the recent webinar “Accelerating Investigations Using Advanced eDiscovery Techniques” presented by Paul Slater and Ady Cassidy from Nuix is now online here. Watch this webinar to find out how to deal with large volumes of electronic evidence

Michael, you’ve recently completed an MSc in Computer Science at the University of Pretoria. What made you choose this as a field of study? I have been interested in Information Technology and Law for quite some time. I know that

Yesterday, the entire Chatham County Commission visited Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Cyber Forensics Labs, a unit in the campus police department. I too have had the opportunity to tour this unique facility as part of a broader introduction to the

Thousands of the world’s security professionals, mostly of them middle-aged white males, gathered in San Francisco last week for the annual RSA Conference. Traditionally, it’s the time of year vendors hawk their gear in halls containing a perturbing whiff of

What if you were a law enforcement officer with a suspected criminal’s cell phone or laptop, and believed the electronic devices held evidence critical to your case? Or what if, as a parent, you fear your child has been texting

Join this free webinar from Nuix to find out how to deal with large volumes of electronic evidence while balancing business demands including reduced budgets and resources, spiralling case backlogs and ever decreasing timescales. Date: Thursday March 6, 2014Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm

Police may soon have a new way to catch pedophiles who distribute child abuse photos anonymously online. The technology could also help law enforcement agencies in other ways, such as identifying smartphone thieves who take pictures with the stolen gadgets

Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal. GCHQ files dating between 2008 and 2010 explicitly state that

At Forensic Focus, we like to take a look at all the digital forensics news that’s being shared on blogs and websites around the world. We frequently come across sites we’d like to recommend as excellent reads for anyone involved