Interview with Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO, JADsoftware

Jad, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? It all started when I was a teenager and first got exposed to computers and software. I immediately was drawn to understanding how

Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO, JADsoftware

Jad, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? It all started when I was a teenager and first got exposed to computers and software. I immediately was drawn to understanding how

Firefox Cache Format and Extraction

Introduction In the forensic lab where I work, we frequently investigate malware-infected workstations.  As our user population started shifting from Internet Explorer to Firefox, we observed that one of our favorite forensic tools, Kristinn Gudjonsson’s log2timeline, wasn’t able to provide

Italy police break up global online pedophile network

Italian police have broken up a pedophile network spanning at least 28 countries that used social media websites to swap pornographic images and videos of child abuse. Ten people have been arrested in Italy, the United States, France and Portugal,

Forum topic: Encase 7 – Refund

"As one of several in my office we've tried to give Encase 7 a fair shout. But after 6 months or more we have lost all faith in it as a usable product – reduced functionality from V6, ludicrous processing

Cranfield MSc Forensic Computing Open Day

Information for anyone that might be interested in the full-time version of the MSc in Forensic Computing at Cranfield University – you can now register for an Open Day on the 27th March 2012 to find out more about the

viaForensics releases 10 Android YAFFS2 images

The YAFFS2 file system is widely used in Android devices, but to date has not been supported by the leading open source forensic toolkit, The Sleuth Kit, commonly known as TSK. viaForensics has undertaken development to integrate YAFFS2 file system

Eleventh Circuit Rules Defendant Cannot Be Compelled to Divulge Passphrase

Barely three weeks after I penned Another Judge Rules Encryption Passphrase not Testimonial Under Fifth Amendment Analysis, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a defendant’s “decryption and production of the hard drives’ contents would trigger Fifth Amendment protection because it

White Paper: The Unchecked Power of the Senior Most IT Professional

McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics firm has released a white paper titled The Unchecked Power of the Senior Most IT Professional. This paper explores the complex issue of terminating the most senior IT professional, such as a

Android Tracking – from a forensic point of view

– Introduction – In my last article on iPhoneTracking, I tried to explain Apple’s crowd-sourced location based service. Obviously Android has to do something similar to provide a good user experience using location based services… Also back in April 2011

Eleventh Circuit Rules Defendant Cannot Be Compelled to Divulge Encryption Passphrase

Barely three weeks after I penned Another Judge Rules Encryption Passphrase not Testimonial Under Fifth Amendment Analysis, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a defendant’s “decryption and production of the hard drives’ contents would trigger Fifth Amendment protection because it

PeerLab review

Reviewed by Jonathan Krause. Introduction You’re probably aware by now that peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are a pretty successful and popular method of distributing data over the internet. It’s easy to see why; the client software that the end user installs

Paralan Now Offers Voom Computer Forensic Gear

Paralan (http://www.paralan.com) is now the official USA and off-shore distributor for Voom’s computer forensics solutions that are used by law enforcement to collect, analyze and present digital data. Paralan handles the sales, marketing and shipping responsibilities while Voom handles technical

Digital Forensics and Discovery Services Provider Expands to Taiwan

I-Analysis, an Asian company that specializes in digital forensics, discovery services (http://www.i-analysis.com.sg) and information management today announces the opening of its Taiwan office. Headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia, I-Analysis expands to Taiwan to meet client needs in

Guidance Software Expands EnCase eDiscovery Cloud Support

Guidance Software Inc. has announced a new version of its EnCase eDiscovery software with the ability to collect electronically stored information (ESI) from more cloud-based data services and a new collected data re-use feature for searching evidence collected for previous

Annual e-Discovery Demands, Expenses Skyrocket

The good news is companies are becoming increasingly familiar with predictive coding, but the more unsettling news is they are facing up to $20 million in annual e-discovery expenses. According to the third annual study of streamlining and reducing the