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Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss the best way to retrieve Facebook profile data. What does it mean when a mail header shows two X-Originating IP addresses? Forensic imaging of a

Tens of thousands of paedophiles are using the so-called dark net to trade images of sexual abuse, an investigation by BBC News indicates. One site receives as many as 500 page views per second, its founder says. Figures from another

Analyzing documents to prove their authenticity has been one of the cornerstones of computer forensics and is still an important part of the investigative process to this day. Whether you’re investigating documents in a fraud case, an IP theft, or

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), approximate matching is a technology that can be used in a variety of settings, including digital forensics, security monitoring and data filtering. It involves locating similarities among pieces of digital

Due to continued growth and expansion Blackthorn are looking to recruit to a number of digital forensic positions in London. We are particularly looking for the following: Computer Analysts (3 years plus experience)Computer Analysts (1-2 years experience)Mobile Device Specialists (1

When Guidance Software originally released the Tableau TD3 forensic imaging system back in 2012, it was revolutionary. Forensic investigators had asked for and eagerly awaited innovations like the color touchscreen user interface, modular architecture, network imaging, and remote triage capabilities.

Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) is well known for its ability to excel at recovering Internet artifacts from chat, social networking and browsers including webmail. New with IEF v6.4, Magnet Forensics has expanded those capabilities to include desktop email as well.

The explosive growth in both the use and capacity of smartphones has led to a sea change in digital forensics, creating technology challenges for the justice and law enforcement communities and raising legal questions that in some cases have gone

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, with more powerful visualizations, giving mobile forensic experts the widest range of updated analytic tools. The updated release offers extra visualization options. The updated map view

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are all the rage at the moment – and with good cause. As you are all aware, one item of data does not a case make, it is the combination & correlation between

Sometimes when conducting forensic examinations, investigators can lose sight of the fact that they’re investigating the actions of a person, not a computer. Almost every event or action on a system is the result of a user either doing something

Nina, you’re currently doing a PhD in eLaw and teaching at the Cyber Security Academy (Cyber Forensics & Cybercrime and Law Enforcement). Could you tell us how you became interested in this area? I am a forensic criminologist and I

Paraben Corporation, a leader in the digital forensics industry, has announced the release of Device Seizure v6.66. The first commercial tool for mobile forensics is hitting mobile investigations with a vengeance. By adding support for nearly every smartphone available while

New with the Business and OS artifacts module in Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) v6.4, Magnet Forensics has added a number of valuable Windows operating system artifacts that will help investigators gain insight into details about a system and its users.

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, adding physical acquisition support for MTK-based Android devices and introducing dual-joint logical acquisition support for all Android devices. The new release greatly simplifies the acquisition of

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss Chromebook forensics. How is computer forensics affected by the UTC+14 timezone? How can a forensic examiner identify whether Skype messages were sent from a desktop