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MPE+ 5.5.6 has been released featuring a new simpler installation process as well as new analysis and reporting capabilities. Some of the new features include: Analysis You can now select files in both the media and the carved view to

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Is there an MFT equivalent for EXT or HFS filesystems? Forum members discuss how to get started with Snapchat forensics. Which is the best programming language to learn

SQLite is a widely popular database format that is used extensively pretty much everywhere. Both iOS and Android employ SQLite as a storage format of choice, with built-in and third-party applications relying on SQLite to keep their data. A wide

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Computer Forensic Analyst / Digital Forensic Analyst to join our fantastic new Digital Forensics Team. The successful candidate will report to the Digital Forensics Manager, and will be responsible for managing and

The ongoing trial of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht (a.k.a. Dread Pirate Roberts, or DPR) is not only fascinating, but it will have tremendous implications for criminals in the future. With close to a million registered users on the Silk

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Nuix, a technology company that enables people to make fact-based decisions from unstructured data, welcomes the findings of the report ‘eDiscovery in Digital Forensic Investigations’ published by the United Kingdom Home Office. The report concludes that “Giving investigators rapid access

The CCFP Snapshot offers an inside look at what it’s like to be a Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP). Offered by (ISC)2®, the global leader in information security certifications, CCFP is the only global cyber forensics credential that provides a

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