Is Your Computer Forensics Investigation A Symphony Or A Circus?

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

JOB VACANCY: Forensic Analysts – London, UK

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

Extracting Evidence from Destroyed Skype Logs and Cleared SQLite Databases

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

JOB VACANCY: Forensic Services Director – £60k London, UK

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

Webinar: Geolocation Artifacts and Timeline Analysis in Digital Forensics

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

Article: Windows 8 File History Analysis

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

Understanding Rootkits: Using Memory Dump Analysis for Rootkit Detection

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

DFRWS Europe – 7-9 May 2014

DFRWS USA has a long history of being the foremost digital forensics research venue and has decided to hold a sister conference to bring the same opportunities to Europe. The first annual DFRWS EU conference will be held from May

Article: OS X Mavericks Metadata

Apple recently released the newest version of their desktop operating system, Mac OS X Mavericks. As a free update to all supported Apple desktops and laptops, a wide adoption rate was expected, and in fact it was estimated that within

Nuix and ADF Solutions partner to deliver scalable digital forensic workflows

Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, and ADF Solutions, the market leader in media exploitation and digital forensic triage tools, today announced they have formed a technology, sales and marketing partnership to combine their strengths in digital forensic

Google and Microsoft agree steps to block abuse images

Leading search engine companies Google and Microsoft have agreed measures to make it harder to find child abuse images online. As many as 100,000 search terms will now return no results that find illegal material, and will trigger warnings that

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forumsIs it possible to establish when an image was viewed in Firefox? A guitar pick and a sharp blade is all you need to open a NAS drive. Forum

Bitcoin Forensics Part II: The Secret Web Strikes Back

In an earlier article Jad Saliba of Magnet Forensics talked about Bitcoin, Tor and some of the hidden websites only accessible via Tor, such as Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI on October 1st. Well, just over

Nuix appoints Stuart Clarke as Director of Investigations Services

Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, today announced it has appointed Stuart Clarke as Director of Investigation Services. Clarke will be responsible globally for developing the Nuix Investigator product suite and collaborating with customers and partners to ensure

Bitcoin Forensics – A Journey into the Dark Web

There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st. As many of you already know, Tor is a