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The fast-paced training course designed for forensic investigators and pentesters – Hack It and Track It – will be available to a European audience for the first time at Black Hat Europe 2015 from 10th to 11th November 2015Hack It

Helium-filled hard drives may be our future storage option. Increased storage, less noise and reduced heating, reduced power consumption are just some improvements behind these types of hard drives. Yet, no one had an opportunity to look inside the helium

After having gained experience working in the field of digital forensics, advance your career with industry recognition as a Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) certification. Digital forensics has grown from a niche law enforcement discipline to a full-blown vital profession

The Australian head of an online paedophile ring has been caught by a police operation that ventured on to the dark web and covertly infiltrated a global crime network involved in the abuse of hundreds, possibly thousands, of children around

Computer forensic techniques allow investigators to collect evidence from various digital devices. Tools and techniques exist allowing discovery of evidence that is difficult to get, including destroyed, locked, or obfuscated data. At the same time, criminals routinely make attempts to

A Roadshow World Tour is set to be hosted by AccessData in the month of October. The Roadshow will include several cities in the US as well as Internationally.The Roadshows will provide the opportunity for attendees to learn about what

A recording of the webinar “Tackle the Legal Issues of Obtaining Digital Evidence in the Cloud” 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

Oxygen Forensics, the worldwide developer and provider of the advanced forensic data examination tools for mobile devices, announced today that Lee Reiber has been appointed Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Reiber will be responsible for running Oxygen’s North American branch, bolstering

A recording of the webinar “Forensic Capabilities of ReclaiMe Pro” 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.

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus On the 11th-13th of August 2015, AccessData ran a live online training course to teach FTK users how to get the most out of the software solution. The course was aimed at people

The government is to announce a €200m investment in new IT systems to help gardai investigate cyber-crime and to update antiquated technology. The investment follows concerns about the ability of the garda to investigate crimes such as hacking, online stalking,

A recording of the webinar “Transitioning from EnCase Forensic v6 to v7 – Part 2” 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.

Guidance Software, Inc. (GUID) has had its Tableau T3iu Forensic SATA Imaging Bay named the “Computer Forensic Hardware of the Year” at the 2015 Forensic 4cast Awards. This recognition was the latest in a series of awards that Guidance Software

All federal government agencies can now use NASA SEWP V and National Institutes of Health CIO-CS contracts to streamline procurement of Cellebrite’s UFED mobile forensics solution.Cellebrite, the leader in mobile forensic extraction, decoding and analysis solutions, announces that its full

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. How would you trace the origin of a photograph that has been shared multiple times on WhatsApp? The Forensic Science Special Interest Group is seeking feedback on their

Today law enforcement provides an enormous opportunity for digital forensics professionals to have a real impact on both the outcome of criminal cases and the development of the field. A good forensics examiner, for instance, knows how to chain evidence