Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 20 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: Who are the ransomware gangs wreaking havoc on the worldโ€™s biggest companies? Itโ€™s the defining cyber crime of the 2020s, and hackers are only just beginning to exploit its potential

Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 13 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: The importance of closing the knowledge gap between software and law enforcement Having recently retired from 35 years of government/law enforcement experience, I have spent a considerable amount of my

Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 06 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: FBI digital sting against Hive cybercrime group shows the promise โ€” and limits โ€” of hacking hackers When the FBI took down a notorious cybercrime gang known as Hive earlier

European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference (EICC) 2023

Si: Okay. So, friends and enemies, welcome to the Forensic Focus podcast. A live, outside broadcast. Not live. Well, it’s live for us. It’s not live for you; you get it pre-recorded. We’re still alive. An outside broadcast today coming

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 29 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: โ€˜The audio gets to youโ€™: What it takes for Singapore police to investigate child sexual abuse material For a few hours every day, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jane Chen

Types Of Devices Examined In Digital Forensics Investigations

Today, digital forensic investigators must be adept at extracting evidence from an array of devices, each with unique structures, operating systems, storage capabilities, and security features. A case involving a desktop computer, for example, may require an understanding of operating

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 22 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: UK National Crime Agency Head Calls for Hacking Law Updates A British cyber law that criminalizes hacking and other intrusion activities is outdated, often hindering law enforcement action against cyber

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 08 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: Digital Forensics Training Strengthens Ukrainian Investigative Capabilities Last week, EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) Ukraine and the Austrian National Criminal Intelligence Service organized an intensive training in Vienna on digital forensics…

Cellebriteโ€™s Solutions To Current eDiscovery Challenges

Si: Welcome friends and enemies to the Forensic Focus podcast. Today we have Monica with us from Cellebrite, and we are going to have a reasonably wide-ranging discussion, touching on SaaS and workflows and a number of other things. Monica,

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 01 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: Data Does Not Slow Down For Justice The case for smarter data processing for Digital Forensic Units (DFUโ€™s) around the country is a powerful one. DFUs extract data from all

Event Recap: Forensics Europe Expo (FEE) 2023

In what used to be the unusably polluted London docklands lies the ExCeL (Exhibition Centre London). FEE shares a hall with CTX (Counter Terror Expo) in the ExCeL, and accordingly the stands vary between the preventative and the investigative –

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 25 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: 2023 SC Awards Finalists: Best Computer Forensic Solution Effective incident response necessitates the use of investigation and analysis techniques with devices for evidence gathering… Read More (SC Media) Why are

Programming Languages, Flipper And Gaming

Si: Right. So welcome to the Forensic Focus podcast, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and anybody else who wishes to identify as anything else in between those variables. Desi and I today just going to have a nice catch

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 18 2023

A round-up of this weekโ€™s digital forensics news and views: Law enforcement crackdowns and new techniques are forcing cybercriminals to pivot Researchers say that law enforcement crackdowns and new investigative tools are putting pressure on cybercriminals, but challenges for defenders