New committee formed to develop eDiscovery process standards

A 66-year-old governing body with 162 member nations that deal with a wide range of issues has announced that they are forming a new committee who will have the task of developing standards for eDiscovery processes. The International Standards Organisation

Passware Kit 12.3 Extracts Facebook, Google Passwords from Computer Memory

Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, law enforcement organizations, government agencies, and private investigators, announces that Passware Kit Forensic v.12.3 can recover passwords for Facebook and Google from computer memory

AD Triage 2.1 Available Now From AccessData

AD Triage from AccessData is an easy-to-use forensically sound triage tool for the on-scene preview and acquisition of computers that are live or have been shut down. Built on FTK technology, AD Triage is ideal for users who are inexperienced

FTK 4.2 Available Now from AccessData

FTK® from AccessData is a digital investigations platform built for speed, analytics, and scalability. Known for its intuitive interface, e-mail analysis, customizable data views and stability, FTK® lays the framework for seamless expansion, so your computer forensics solution can grow

Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+) 5.2.1 Available Now

Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+) from AccessData is a stand-alone mobile forensics software solution that is also available on a preconfigured touch-screen tablet for on-scene mobile forensics triage. Mobile Phone Examiner Plus created images integrate seamlessly with Forensic Toolkit® (FTK)

What are ‘gdocs’? Google Drive Data

As “the Cloud” (a varied mix of internet based services ranging from web-based email accounts, on-line storage and services that synchronise data across multiple computers) becomes more relevant and the dominance of the PC or tablet as the exclusive “home”

Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm

A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people’s movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites. A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an “extreme-scale analytics” system created by Raytheon, the

Forensics Europe Expo: a focal point for the forensics industry

The debut edition of Forensics Europe Expo takes place 24-25 April 2013 at London’s Olympia venue. But what’s the thinking behind the show’s launch, and what can visitors expect to gain from attending? Event director Phillip Hunter provides the details…

Paraben Releases Device Seizure 6.0

Paraben has announced the release of Device Seizure 6.0. This major release of the first forensic tool for mobile phone examinations adds physical support for iPhones, more physical support for Androids, and many more exciting features. Some highlights to the

Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) review

Reviewed by BitHead When this review started at the beginning of August 2012, Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) was a project of Jad Saliba of JADSoftware. At that time the version was 5.41. The interface was simple, and IEF was an

Bad Sector Recovery

by Dmitry Postrigan Hard drives are built in a way so that they never return unreliable data. This means that if a hard drive cannot guarantee 100 percent accuracy of the data requested, it will simply return an error and

Adroit Photo Forensics 2013: Faster, More Accurate Photo Evidence Recovery

Digital Assembly has updated Adroit Photo Forensics 2013 to version 3.0b. This update has greatly improved both the accuracy and speed of our patented SmartCarving™ algorithm. SmartCarving™ recovers fragmented photo evidence that no other product can recover. In addition, we

Major Update To Computer Forensics Tool Registry Recon Released

Arsenal Recon, creators of computer forensics solutions built by computer forensics experts, announce major advancements to their signature product Registry Recon. Registry Recon is the only computer forensics tool that probes Microsoft Windows Registry data whether it was active, backed

Forensic Artifact: Malware Analysis in Windows 8

by Joseph Orekoya I read and heard from different sources that Windows 8 was secure but I am a big time skeptic, so I had to prove it to myself. To be sure of the fact that Windows 8 is