A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:
The Multifaceted Role of Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity and Law Enforcement
Every now and then I run into a discussion on the position of digital forensics in the realm of law enforcement and cybersecurity…
DFSP # 397 – Linux Home Directory Files for DFIR
This week I’m talking about the linux file system from the point of view of a forensic analyst. In general, it’s a good idea to have a solid working knowledge of the linux file system so you understand what directories hold what artifacts…
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Forensic Data Collections 2.0 – A Selection Of Trusted Digital Forensics Content
Angelo Floiran, a faculty member of the University of New Haven’s Masters in Digital Forensics program, reviews Rob Fried’s new book, Forensic Data Collections 2.0…
Which DFIR Challenges Does the Middle East Face?
With a constantly changing digital landscape, enterprises are finding it harder to keep threats at bay. There isn’t just one culprit here; evolving threat actors, limited IT staff, and long resolution times hinder enterprises every day…
Nigeria: Leveraging Digital Forensics To Mitigate The Risk Of Financial Fraud
In a digital age, where the world has embraced technology, fraudsters have similarly adopted digital methods to perpetuate financial fraud, this serves as an imperative for forensic investigators to align their methods with this digital shift…
Ranipur murder suspect deleted ‘evidence’ of case before arrest: sources
Some of the evidence of the Ranipur murder case was deleted before the arrest of suspects, sources within police told Aaj News on Saturday. The police have collected the digital forensic evidence (DVR), they said, but added that all the proofs of the case were already deleted…
Analysing Pcap Files With Wireshark-Part 1
Today I am going to demonstrate how to find out what’s hidden in a sample .pcap file,using Wireshark and it’s functions as a tool for analyzing suspicious network activities…
Feds hopelessly behind the times on ransomware trends in alert to industry
An urgent ransomware warning from the Feds has some industry analysts scratching their heads and wondering if Uncle Sam’s noggin has been buried in the sand for too long…
The delegation of the ADJD discovers the missions of the digital forensic research centre in Seoul
The delegation from the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) concluded a successful and fruitful working visit to the judicial institutions of the Republic of South Korea, with a halt at the National Digital Forensic Research Centre and the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea (SPO)…
Cyber Defense for Nepal: Do we need a specialized police force or national authority in Nepal?
As cybercrime becomes more organized and frequent across the world, Nepal too has seen a surge in hacking, frauds and digital extortion threatening our economic, social and security interests…
Remove Periodic Noise from an Image
In images and videos we can define noise simply as an undesired variation of pixel values. This is normally generated by extraneous elements such as interference, electronic gain or even adverse weather at the scene, such as rain or snow…
