A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:
A template for creating and sharing ground truth data in digital forensics
Ground truth data (GTD) is used by those in the field of digital forensics (DF) for a variety of purposes including to evaluate the functionality of undocumented, new, or emerging technology and services and the digital traces left behind following their usage…
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Jill Dando murder revelation over Man X’s striking resemblance to Serbian secret services assassin
A man wanted for questioning in the Jill Dando murder bears a striking resemblance to a ruthless Serbian secret services assassin, a Mirror investigation can reveal…
Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK
Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced…
Interview: Alex Beddard, Investigator, Chainalysis
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to join the police! I was the stereotypical young child playing police dress-up, and now, looking back, I do feel proud that I was able to fulfil that childhood ambition...
Road Trippin’ – Exploring Bluetooth Call Routes on Samsung Phones
Since I was already in the mood, I thought I would keep picking on Samsung. I have had the pleasure of assisting a few people with this question over the past year, and I thought a blog post was in order for the wider community…
European collaboration on digital crime
The Director General of the National Crime Agency has spoken about the importance of technology companies taking action to ensure that members of the public remain safe as they use technology platforms…
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This Week in eDiscovery: Spoliated Video Footage Leads to Jury Instruction Sanction and More Thoughts on Linked Attachments
Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know…
What’s the Buz: Forensic Analysis of Buz for iOS
So I went on the Apple App store and found two popular “communication” apps one is Zello, and the second is Buz. I chose to conduct testing on the Buz application…
Now, mobile forensic vans proposed for evidence collection at crime scenes 24×7
The Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) has proposed well-equipped mobile forensic vans, with a cyber expert and a forensic expert, to be stationed at every deputy police commissioner / sub-divisional police officer’s office in the state for collection of evidence from crime scene 24×7…
