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Internet activist Aaron Swartz’s suicide last January galvanized calls for an overhaul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), used widely by the government to prosecute misdeeds that critics say the law was never intended to address. Yet, one

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums.Is there a piece of software that will load an FTK filelist CSV and display it as a tree? Forum members discuss the difficulties with playing or converting .stream

Ever since the news of the massive data breach of Target Corporation, people across the country have been watching the details unfurl. Consumers want to know if their accounts are affected, IT and security professionals are waiting to learn precisely

Oxygen Forensics releases a major update to its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, implementing advanced cross-analysis of evidence collected from multiple mobile devices. Version 6.0 implements new visualization options to chart all connections and communications between

Please help DigitalFIRE Labs understand the current state of Mutual Legal Assistance Requests relating to digital evidence, and be entered for a chance to win a FIREBrick write-blocker or an Amazon gift card. The survey on Mutual Legal Assistance Requests

Mac FileVault2 passwords now recoverable at a high speed, in addition to Passware’s previously announced live memory analysis solution. Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, law enforcement organizations, government agencies,

What is the future of digital forensics? Chime in on the forum. Forum member joakims has provided an open-source example of how data can be hidden within NTFS system files. Interpreting shellbags using TZWorks can yield confusing results. Bypassing Android

A recording of the recent webinar Using Geolocation Artifacts and Timeline Analysis to Solve the Case: A Digital Forensics Case Study presented by Jad Saliba of Magnet Forensics is now available here. If you would like to discuss the webinar

Digital forensics is changing, and you should be prepared for more of it in the future, not less. The increase of cloud computing has, in some ways, reduced the instances of hard drive analyses, but the explosion in mobile devices

IntaForensics have been operational since 2006 as a specialist service provider of digital forensics services. Our client base includes several large and small Police forces for whom we provide outsourced digital forensics, Criminal Legal defense solicitors and Litigation solicitors. Due

This article describes common approaches used for the recovery of cleared Skype histories and deleted chat logs, and discusses methods and techniques for recovering evidence from cleared and damaged SQLite databases. It is difficult to underestimate popularity of Skype. Hundreds

Forensic Services Director (Executive) (Warwickshire & London Operations) (£60k + Share Option + Flexi Time + Private Health + Pension) IntaForensics are currently seeking a Board Executive to run and develop our Warwickshire and London operations. The successful candidate will

Using Geolocation Artifacts and Timeline Analysis to Solve the Case: A Digital Forensics Case Study http://info.magnetforensics.com/Digital-Forensics-Case-Study-Webinar/ Date: Wednesday December 11, 2013Time: 11:00am GMT (6:00am EST)Duration: 60 mins In this webinar, Jad Saliba of Magnet Forensics will take you through a

File History is a new backup service introduced in Windows 8. By default this feature is off and to turn it on, user has to select a backup location – either a network drive or external storage media. Thus, it

Every rootkit employs a wide range of masquerading techniques to prevent its detection. Anti-virus and anti-malware tools must perform what is called, in forensic terms, “live box analysis”, performing a real-time scan of a live system. No wonder rootkits can