Forensic Focus

Digital Forensics Round-Up, December 14 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Meta Plans to Add Encryption to Messenger, Stoking a Privacy Debate The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities

UK Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge And CyberWomen Groups C.I.C.

Si Biles interviews Sophie Powell, Professor Sarah Morris, and Rob Black about the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge. The challenge is an opportunity for students to experience a simulated cyber crisis and provide advice to senior government decision-makers.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, December 07 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Dots do matter: Why dots in Gmail addresses impact Google Workspace investigations Dots don’t matter in Gmail addresses… if you’re sending or receiving emails to a Gmail address with a

Digital Forensics Round-Up, November 30 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: File Timestamps for NTFS on macOS using Mountly This blog post will examine the NTFS file system being used on macOS with the Mounty driver, and the conditions that cause

Hacking Your Future: Education Choices For A Cybersecurity Career

Si and Desi talk to Gavin Prue and Selim Kang about their non-traditional paths into cybersecurity careers. They share their diverse educational backgrounds, from vocational college courses to returning to school later in life, and the hands-on training that helped

Becoming An Amped FIVE Certified Examiner (AFCE)

Si and Desi interview Emi Polito from Amped about their new certification called Amped Five Certified Examiner (AFCE). They discuss the exam requirements, format, timeline for certification, and Amped’s future plans. E

Mike Bates, Technical Sales Engineer, Detego Global

Mike Bates is Detego Global’s Technical Sales Engineer for the US. FF: What is your background and how did you end up in your current role?With a career spanning more than 27 years in law enforcement, my focus in the

Digital Forensics Round-Up, November 23 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Europol and Eurojust support Czech and Ukrainian police in taking down multi-million euro voice phishing gang The Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust,

Event Recap: The CyberWomen Conference 2023

By Dee Biles, Cokethorpe School On the 25th of October, CyberWomen@Warwick hosted the second, now annual, CyberWomen Conference. Completely student led and organised, with collaboration between the ever-expanding branches of the CyberWomen Groups C.I.C., the conference explored the changing face

Digital Forensics Round-Up, November 16 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Leveraging SRUM for Incident Response In this blog post, I’ll take you through an IR case that presented a unique set of hurdles and how the unexpected hero, the SRUM