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ReclaiMe Data Recovery Company announced that they added some forensic features to their ReclaiMe Pro software. The new features, added to better serve digital investigators’ needs, include • file traces, • calculating file hashes and searching by hashes,• file content

Digital forensic examiners are confronted by many challenges today. More people are using the Cloud as a conduit for criminal activity and the countdown is on for the release of the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. Examiners must be ready

Learning iOS Forensics is a practical textbook that aims to help digital forensics examiners of all levels to get to grips with the procedures involved in forensically analysing iOS devices. The book opens with a preface, which describes how the

Over the last decade, digital or cyber forensics has become a key part of criminal investigations, helping to solve or expedite cases that would have previously gone unsolved. The growing trail of digital evidence that investigators can tap is almost

A US secret service agent who helped track down Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht is to plead guilty to a string of fraud and money laundering charges. Special agent Shaun Bridges worked as a computer forensics expert to help locate

A month ago, Magnet Forensics launched the Magnet ACQUIRE beta program and welcomed customers to download and try the new smartphone acquisition tool. The early feedback from the community has been positive. Many users have shared success stories detailing how

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. What would you do in a case involving IIOC embedded within a game? How would you load and analyse a partially-acquired image? Forum members debate the usefulness of

The Netherlands Forensic Institute is working on a Linux-based forensic operating system that will enable the police to secure and remotely analyze evidence related to botnets, project leader Ruud Schramp told Security.NL. Securing and analyzing digital evidence related to botnets

The White House on Friday revealed that hackers had breached a second computer system at the Office of Personnel Management, and said that President Obama was considering financial sanctions against the attackers who gained access to the files of millions

Date: Tuesday June 16, 2015 Registration: http://go.cellebrite.com/cloud_web_jun2015_reg Presenter: Shahaf Rozanski, Senior Forensics Product Manager, Cellebrite With 58% of people using their mobile device to access social media, a wealth of personal information is uploaded onto these social networks that provides

Researchers at the University of New Haven have shown that they can extract personal information from the LG G Watch and from the Samsung Gear 2 Neo. Specifically, they retrieved calendar, contacts and pedometer data from the G Watch, along

On a wall facing dozens of cubicles at the FBI office in Pittsburgh, five guys from Shanghai stare from “Wanted” posters. Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui are, according to a federal indictment unsealed last

Yesterday, a joint international operation led to the dismantling of a group of cybercriminals active in Italy, Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Georgia, who are suspected of committing financial fraud involving email account intrusions. The operation resulted in

The Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) certification is the only global cyber forensics credential that provides a comprehensive validation of your knowledge and skills as a digital forensics expert. Developed by (ISC) 2 , a leader in the information security

On Dark Web sites like the Silk Road black market and its discussion forums, anonymous visitors could write even the most extreme libertarian and anarchist statements without fear. The rest of the internet, as a few critics of the US

Adam, you’re a Software Product Manager at Exelis. Could you tell us a bit about what the company does, and what your own role involves? We’ve had some pretty big changes at Exelis in the last few weeks; As of