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Recently, we released a new free tool that allows investigators to acquire the memory of a live PC. Customers using our IEF Triage module will already be familiar with this tool, as it’s used to acquire evidence from live systems.

Reviewed by John J. Carney, Carney Forensics I am a digital forensics examiner who early in my career studied computer science and wrote code as a software developer and later in my career studied law and became a licensed attorney.

How many passwords does an average Joe or Jane have to remember? Obviously, it’s not just one or two. Security requirements vary among online services, accounts and applications, allowing (or disallowing) certain passwords. Seven years ago, Microsoft determined in a

Atola Technology has announced a major update to Insight Forensic. All existing customers can freely download and install the new 4.2 software. Having been asked many times by forensic experts to allow the creation of image files on target devices

This article does not attempt to provide a beginners guide to Bitcoin, nor an in-depth thesis on Bitcoin forensics. Rather, it will be an overview of the potential opportunities available to digital forensics and traditional investigators to obtain evidence in

Speaking on the ‘Fighting Shadows’ panel at the Davos convention in Switzerland on Saturday,Toomas Hendrik Ilves joined senior figures from Kaspersky, Microsoft and the United Nations in calling for improved cyber-crime policing, laws and collaboration – whilst also calling into

Sanderson Forensics was recently contacted by a customer at a police force with a question relating to deleted SQLite records that were found in a rollback journal. The requirement was to create a report(s) showing both the live records in

Susteen Inc. has announced that Secure View 4 will be a free upgrade to ALL active Secure View users. This will include all new customers up until the time Secure View 4 is launched. The current price for Secure View

(ISC)2® offers the Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP), the only global cyber forensics credential that provides a comprehensive validation of a candidate’s knowledge and skills as a digital forensics expert. Free CCFP Webcasts are now available that provide insight into

Registration Opening Soon! Join us for Magnet Forensics’ first-ever IEF User Summit at the 2015 Techno Security & Forensics Investigations Conference. Internet Evidence Finder users, and digital forensics professionals considering adding IEF to their toolkit, will learn how to use

A recording of last month’s webinar “Investigating Sexual Crimes in the Tinder Age” is now available online here. Description: The usage of location-based mobile dating applications like Tinder and Grindr has exploded over the last year. This new class of

HddSurgery is an innovative young technology company devoted to building professional hard disk data recovery tools. The company was founded in 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia by experienced data recovery experts from Helpdisc Data recovery company. HddSurgery cover all steps in

As a forensic examiner, you rely on a variety of tools to conduct your investigations. The types and needs of every case vary, often making it necessary to use more than one tool to find what you’re looking for. Depending

Disklabs are looking to expand their Mobile Phone Forensics Team with the addition of an experienced Mobile Phone Forensics Analyst based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK. The successful candidate will benefit from a package that includes a VERY Competitive Salary, Private

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss triage strategies used by law enforcement. What are the specific challenges relating to cloud forensics? Chime in on the forum. Forum members explain how to

We all know that SQLite has become pervasive and is common on pretty much every investigation we do and we often rely on your Swiss army knife type tools to produce reports on all of the databases found in an