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In search of the smoking gun, forensic investigators must wade through growing volumes of digital evidence across an increasing number and variety of sources. More often than not it’s impossible for a lone analyst to complete a multi-faceted, multi-device case

A recording of the webinar “EnCase & Python – Extending Your Investigative Capabilities” 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.

Magnet Forensics, the global leader in the development of digital forensics software that recovers evidence from computers, smartphones and tablets, announced today the release of Magnet IEF™ v6.7. This release adds a number of new features and artifacts for investigators

Magnet Forensics, the global leader in the development of digital forensics software that recovers evidence from computers, smartphones and tablets, announced today the availability of Magnet ACQUIRE – Community Edition. Magnet ACQUIRE – Community Edition is a new software solution

When looking for digital evidence, one has to look through a large number of files on the disk to discover just the few important pieces. Automating evidence search can help locate evidence stored in files that were moved, renamed or

In this role you will undertake the day to day management of the South East Counter Terrorism Unit’s (SECTU) Digital Investigations and Media Viewing Teams. This will involve conducting forensic examinations, and providing advice, guidance and support to staff and

From the 30th of September until the 2nd of October 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending the 10th International Conference on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE) in Malaga, Spain. If there are any topics you’d specifically like us

An exclusive opportunity has arisen to work for a leading Digital Forensic service provider in the UK. Our typical assignments are generally low volume / high value civil disputes (IPR, Trade secrets, Corporate Theft). However, we do offer the full

Microsoft released Windows 8 in 2012. With this new version, Microsoft made a fundamental shift in Windows 8 as compare to older versions of Windows. It does not only target netbooks, laptops and traditional computers, instead they decided to use

(ISC)² offers the CCFP webcast series to help individuals become Certified Cyber Forensics Professionals (CCFP). This certification is for those who have established professional experience in digital forensics or IT security – and are looking to advance their careers, network

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Do you use a virtual machine for investigations? Forum members discuss what to do with an NTFS drive where all file names appear, but the documents are corrupt.

Magnet Forensics is pleased to announce Neil Condon as the new Vice President and General Manager, Magnet Forensics USA. “I’m thrilled to have Neil on the executive team to help us accomplish our mission of impacting people’s lives by uncovering

In the first part of this paper we talked about the most common – and also some of the simplest – ways suspects can try to cover their tracks in an attempt to slow down the investigation. This part of

FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday that criminals who think they can evade law enforcement using the “dark web” and the Tor Network, which is designed to conceal the Internet addresses of the computers being used, are “kidding themselves.”

The United States government has the right to demand the emails of anyone in the world from any email provider headquartered within US borders, Department of Justice (DoJ) lawyers told a federal appeals court on Wednesday. The case being heard

Date: Wednesday September 9th, 2015Time: 11:00am PDT / 2:00pm EDT / 7:00pm BST Registration: https://encase.webex.com/encase/onstage/g.php?MTID=e8f1fdc29d4fc150f6c935f4ab3b9b95b Presenters: Chet Hosmer, Founder of Python Forensics, Inc. and author of Python Forensics; James Habben, Master Instructor, Guidance Software Training; Robert Bond, Product Marketing Manager,