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Highly controversial plans to allow the police and security services full access to everyone’s internet browsing history have been abandoned by ministers in what is being presented as a dramatic climbdown over online surveillance. Amid fears in government that it

John Miller reckons he can get into pretty much any safe. A court order to the owner is one option, another is a team he has with blow torches. The reason John Miller has such a team is because he

Oxygen Forensics announced today that it has expanded the capabilities of Oxygen Forensic Detective and now offers the first forensics support in the industry of data extraction and decryption of WhatsApp messages which are backed up and saved in Google

“This should be in every Digital Forensics Lab…” Today marks a fantastic day for the Lima Forensic Case Management software. Not only has the software received a 5 star review from SC Magazine for the 3rd year running, but the

Police have lobbied the government for the power to view the internet browsing history of every computer user in Britain ahead of the publication of legislation on regulating surveillance powers. Senior officers want to revive the measures similar to those

The Secure View Strike recieves a major update including breaking pattern locks on Androids, additional acquisitions for iOS devices in disabled mode, the ability to acquire data from phones and the ability to acquire pincodes from thousands of prepaid and

British Gas has suffered a major security leak after the email addresses and passwords of 2,200 of its customers appeared online on Wednesday evening. The company said in the aftermath that it was confident that the breach had not come

With the release of UFED 4.4, Cellebrite announces support for 17,638 device profiles and 1,092 app versions. UFED 4.4 introduces the exclusive bootloader method designed to solve some of investigators’ most challenging problems for unlocking and extracting data from leading

Developed by (ISC)², a leader in cyber security certification, the Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) certification is for those who have been working in the field and would like to take the next step and apply their cyber forensics expertise

Proof Finder is an advanced investigation and eDiscovery software tool that Nuix released in 2011 as a philanthropic project. Proof Finder gives customers the power to undertake small digital discovery and investigations, and quickly find evidence of issues such as

A 15-year-old boy arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack has been released on bail pending further inquiries. The Metropolitan Police, which is investigating the attack, said a County Antrim house was searched on Monday. The

In year 2015, Belkasoft started an academic program for universities and colleges that teach digital forensics and incident response with special conditions for such institutions, including free licenses of Belkasoft Evidence Center. Belkasoft Evidence Center is an all-in-one forensic solution

A recording of the webinar “Conducting Office 365 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.

This article is a recap of some of the main highlights from the Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensics Engineering conference, held in Malaga from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October 2015. Conference Highlights The conference began with

It’s a spooky time of year in the United States — a time when jack-o’-lanterns glare from front porches and creepy masks cover the adorable faces of children. But these seasonal adornments don’t tell the real story about what Americans

The Forensic Focus Survey 2015 is now online here. The survey should take no more than a few minutes to complete and does not require any personal or contact information (unless you wish to volunteer as a reviewer). Thank you