Collaborators Sought For Standardization Panel

On the Forensic Focus forum, tootypeg recently posted a call for collaborators on a project about standardisation in digital forensics; specifically, standardisation of witness statements / reports. Tootypeg is looking to identify and define a panel of members to debate

The Takeover: How Police Ended Up Running A Paedophile Site

It was one of the world’s largest and most secure paedophile networks – an online space where tens of thousands traded horror. The website dealt in abuse; video and images of children, swapped and boasted about on a dark-web forum,

Interview With Liam Owens, Director, Semantics 21

Liam, you're the Director of Semantics 21. Tell us a bit about the company and what prompted you to set it up. Semantics 21 is a UK-based forward-looking digital forensics company, which specialises in the research and development of intelligent

Review Of Registry Recon

Reviewed by Cheryl A. Purdy, MBA, A+, CCNA, CCAI, ACE, AME Executive Summary Registry Recon, developed by ArsenalRecon, is a powerful computer forensics tool used to extract, recover, and parseregistry data from Windows systems. The process of manually scouring Windows

Nuix Wins Forensic Product Of The Year At Cyber Security Awards 2016

Global technology company Nuix was recognized last week as a leading cybersecurity breach investigation technology when the Cyber Security Awards named Nuix Investigation & Response Forensic Product of the Year. The independently run Cyber Security Awards celebrate the best individuals,

How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Your Inner Impostor

by Christa M. Miller It’s pretty much impossible to work in a small, niche community like DFIR and not eventually rub elbows with a rock star. You go to a conference and get to talking with someone, and you don’t

CIFI Security Summit 2016 – London 6th-7th July

From the 6th – 7th of July 2016, Forensic Focus will be attending the CIFI Security Summit in London, England. If there are any topics you’d particularly like us to cover, or any speakers you think we should interview, please

Cellebrite Wins Forensic 4:cast Awards

Cellebrite received the 2016 Forensic 4:cast Awards for Phone Forensic Hardware Tool of the Year for UFED Touch, Phone Forensic Software Tool of the Year for UFED Physical Analyzer/UFED 4PC, and the Digital Forensic Organization of the Year award. The

Oxygen Forensics Expands Forensic Capabilities For Applications

Oxygen Forensics, the worldwide developer and provider of advanced forensic data examination tools for mobile devices, announced today that it can handle all WhatsApp data extraction on any mobile device utilizing any mobile platform (iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 and

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members help with a winhex problem. Do you have any suggestions for OSINT training? How do you go about finding the deleted dates for files on

Interview With Lee Reiber, COO, Oxygen Forensics

Lee, you're COO at Oxygen Forensics. Tell us a bit about your work; what does your day-to-day role entail? As the Chief Operations Officer of Oxygen Forensics Inc., I wear many hats. Primarily, I assist the company with day to

Belkasoft Evidence Center v.7.5 Offers iTunes Backup Decryption and Many More

Belkasoft announces a major update to Belkasoft Evidence Center, the company’s flagship digital forensic solution. The new release brings a revamped user interface, improved search and enhanced analytics. A major addition to Evidence Center 7.5 is the ability to directly

Susteen Webinars For New Physical Explorer And Passcode Breaker

Susteen has launched our new APEX Physical Explorer and Burner Breaker (the only tool in the world, capable of breaking into locked Burner, throw-away, pre-paid phones). These tools are a must have for any forensic investigator. We’ll be holding two