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The network, and the connected nature of things is what allows us as penetration testers to attempt to compromise the security of a company without going anywhere near it. There are other aspects to full scale penetration testing as I’ve

Previously, in Forensic Focus, we addressed the issue of evidentiary authentication of social media data. General Internet site data available through standard web browsing, instead of social media data provided by APIs or user credentials, presents slightly different but just

Let's say we're looking at a cyber-crime scene comprised of several still powered on computers as well as confiscated smartphones. When the forensic investigator arrives, what does his workflow look like? Mobile devices are typically the most volatile of all

A recording of this week’s webinar “Finding Evidence in an Online World – Trends and Challenges in Digital Forensics” is now available here and on YouTube here. Sincere thanks to Jad Saliba for agreeing to re-record the presentation yesterday as

AccessData Group, the largest digital forensics technology company in the U.S. by revenue, today announced that it will introduce Version 2 of its Cyber Intelligence & Response Technology (CIRT 2) security platform at Black Hat USA 2012, July 21-26 in

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER – PLACES ARE FREE BUT LIMITED! Learn about the methods and techniques used to recover Internet-related evidence left behind on hard drives and RAM by registering for a free Forensic Focus webinar delivered by Jad Saliba

This article describes the various types of digital forensic evidence available on users’ PC and laptop computers, and discusses methods of retrieving such evidence. A recent research conducted by Berkeley scientists concluded that up to 93% of all information never

The other day, talking to one of the analysts in Dallas, a question emerged about analyzing Parallels’ virtual machine hard drives. To my surprise, I did not find many help on this issue on-line and did not find tools that

PenTest, like forensics, is almost as much an art as it is a science – you can only be taught so far, technical techniques and tools are all very well, but you really need a mind that can think sideways

A growing number of enterprises—and their IT staffs—are becoming increasingly concerned about the range of threats posed by electronic attack. Couple that with the high incidence of business litigation, and the high regulatory barriers, present in the US and EU,

Irish firms are failing to treat the threat of computer crime as seriously as they should, a new survey has revealed, with a lack of funding in information security and insufficient employee awareness of threats identified. According to the survey

Belkasoft releases Belkasoft Evidence Center 2012 version 4.1 featuring deeper EnCase v7 integration and more than 210 supported artifact types. The company’s flagship forensic tool, Belkasoft Evidence Center, now supports new EnCase v7 EX01 evidence files as well as E01,

John, can you tell us something about your background and why you decided to teach digital forensics? First, thanks for the opportunity to discuss our program. We’re really proud of what we’ve accomplished here and believe we’re contributing to the

Learn about the methods and techniques used to recover Internet-related evidence left behind on hard drives and RAM by registering for a free Forensic Focus webinar delivered by Jad Saliba of JADsoftware, developers of Internet Evidence Finder (IEF). Jad will

In an earlier article, many moons ago, I stated my opinion that Forensics and Security were opposite sides of the same coin. I’ve felt very strongly that my skills as a Security Consultant have only been strengthened and expanded by

With a strong commitment to helping thousands of its customers in law enforcement, military, government and corporate organizations retrieve Internet evidence from the broadest range of artifacts, JADsoftware has unveiled v5.5 of its industry leading data recovery software, Internet Evidence