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Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 6th-8th of December 2016, AccessData ran a Windows course in a training centre overlooking Trafalgar Square in London, UK. The aim of the course was to familiarise forensic investigators with the

Curated by Phill Moore Russ McRee updated the Incident Response Hierarchy of Needs to a DFIR Hierarchy of Needs & Critical Security Controls. Oxygen Forensic Detective released version 9.1.1. Joshua James demonstrated how to compile The Sleuth Kit in Linux.

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. What remnants does Word leave on the local disk? Have you done any research on how to reconstruct history from Google Chrome? Chime in on the forum.

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 1st to the 3rd of November 2016, AccessData ran a live online training course to help forensic investigators understand the specific challenges presented by Windows 10, and how they can be

Including Parsing iCloud Backups, Sorting in Multi-Artifact View, New Exporting Options, Musical.ly Artifact Support, and More. Customer feedback is essential to maintain the quality of our products. We’ve been able to incorporate customer input on the features they are looking

A recording of the webinar “Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters” is now online and available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar

The Kiosk v7.2 has recently been released and Gavin McCoy, forensics consultant, will be hosting a 1-hour session on the latest Kiosk updates. In this session, find out how you can better leverage on these features and optimize your output

August 6-9, 2017 in Austin, Texas, USA The DFRWS digital forensics conference brings together leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators from around the world to advance the state of the art in digital forensics. Established in 2001, DFRWS has become

Tell us a little bit about yourself, your background and your current role at Magnet Forensics. I’m Jamie McQuaid. I’m currently a Forensics Consultant at Magnet Forensics, where I act as a subject matter expert for the organization, helping out

“Documentary thriller about warfare in a world without rules – the world of cyberwar. It tells the story of Stuxnet, self-replicating computer malware, known as a ‘worm’ for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its own. In

A recording of the webinar “Streamline Your Digital Investigations” is now online and available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.

A recording of the webinar “Leveraging Social Media And Cloud Data To Accelerate Investigations” is now online and available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.

Two former Microsoft employees are suing the company for not protecting them from the psychological effects of viewing disturbing material. The two men were left with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after working at the firm, the lawsuit alleged. Their jobs

Jamie McQuaid, our Forensics Consultant, recently hosted a webinar: Investigating the Most Popular Browsers You’ve Never Heard of. This session touched on some of the browsers that examiners and investigators need to know about for their investigations – outside the

BlackBag® is excited to announce the release of BlackLight®’s newest update, 2016R 3.1. This release features many fixes and improvements, including iOS 10.2 encryption support and an updated EWMounter. Update your software or renew your license! Learn more about the

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your role at Magnet Forensics. My name is Jade Promhouse and I’m a software tester on the development team. I joined Magnet Forensics full time in 2016 after completing my degree in