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Yesterday, the 11th of February 2014, was the eleventh annual ‘Safer Internet Day’, a time when the general public, and particularly those who care for children and other vulnerable people, can learn how to stay safe online. What is Safer

Andrew, you’re currently studying Digital Forensics at Bloomsburg University. Could you tell us more about the course and what drew you to it? Digital Forensics is the acquisition and analysis of any digital medium for the purpose of finding and

Key release updates include enhanced tools for investigation of pictures; additional support for volume shadow copies, support for an expanded range of mobile chat and social networking artifacts; as well as support for analysis of Kindle Fire tablets. Magnet Forensics,

Effective January 15th, 2014, three new hardware modules designed to increase the value and performance of the Tableau TD3 Forensic Imaging System began shipping. Released in 2011, the Tableau TD3 quickly has become the market leader in standalone forensic duplication,

Dorset Police has said that “no decisions have been made” on whether its digital forensics section will be transferred to a neighbouring force. The force is currently leading a collaboration programme to see how Dorset, along with Avon and Somerset,

A Rye private investigator who has received $23,000 from the state since 2006 to do computer forensic investigations for indigent defendants pleaded guilty last week to misrepresenting some of her investigative certifications on her company’s website. Judith Gosselin, owner and

Almost everyone who uses the Internet has a web-based email account. Many people have two or more, so the likelihood of a forensic investigator coming across a case involving webmail communication is very high. While law enforcement examiners can ask

In mid January 2014, reports began emerging of a cybersex ring that had recently been under investigation in the Philippines. Crime agencies across the UK, USA, Australia and the Philippines themselves have been working together since 2012 on a case

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