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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

A recording of the webinar “Mobile Chat And Social App Forensics” is now online and available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript here.

On the 29th of June, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 10, so it is time to have a deeper look at this new Operating System from the perspective of an Incident Responder. To make it easier for you to

A little-known feature of the HTML5 specification means that websites can find out how much battery power a visitor has left on their laptop or smartphone – and now, security researchers have warned that that information can be used to

Digital Forensics will be a featured topic at (ISC)²’s Security Congress 2015, Sept. 28th-Oct. 1, in Anaheim, California. The conference offers four full days of educational sessions on a range of critical information security issues, including malware, cloud security, governance,

Keith, please tell us about your role as EVP of Sales and Marketing at AccessData. What does your day-to-day work entail? Customer service is my key priority. I spend a great portion of my day listening to customers, understanding their

Network Attached Storage (NAS) have a long track history of corporate deployments. Their scaled-down versions (ranging from single-bay to four-drive enclosures) are frequently used at homes and in offices. These smaller-size appliances are often called “personal clouds” for providing some

by James Gratchoff & Guido Kroon, University of Amsterdam Project Spartan is the codename of the new Microsoft Edge browser and successor to its previous, Internet Explorer. This research paper gives insight into the current artefacts that the current development

On the 22nd of September 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending the FT Cyber Security Summit in London. If there are any topics you’d specifically like us to cover, or any speakers you think we should interview, please let us

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2015 Registration: http://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-forensics/mobile-chat-social-app-forensics Presenter: Tayfun Uzun, Product Manager at Magnet Forensics Smartphone apps that allow users to express themselves by messaging, posting, tweeting, liking, commenting, and sharing images and videos, have radically altered communication patterns. This