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The French Gendarmerie Nationale has equipped its national N-TECH force with Cellebrite’s Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for its mobile forensic investigations. The Gendarmerie Nationale, in charge of public safety in France, is using the UFED to extract information from

Paraben is pleased to announce the release of P2 Commander v2.0. Here are some feature highlights: * New memory dump parser* Added support for Exchange 2010 (.EDB)* Added support for Chrome history, cookies, auto fill items, keywords, and login analysis*

Control-F will be running another of its 3 day Flasher Box Forensics training courses on 17-19th January at Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire (UK). With only 4 places remaining – email [email protected] or phone +44(0)20 8133 8750 to secure a seat…This 3

A simple app to decode the data held within Google Analytics Cookies. The data can be identified by “__UTM” starting each section. The data holds: records, the number of visits to a website, the first, last and current visit dates;

Forensic Focus is always keen to publish articles, papers or blog posts of interest to the digital forensics community. Articles are published not only online but also included in the monthly newsletter (sent to over 12,00 subscribers) and promoted via

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 4.4 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB) has announced that its next application deadline for its Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner (DFCP) designation is December 2, 2011. The DFCB currently accepts applications four times a year. To obtain detailed certification information and

An independent survey amongst 1,000 people in the UK to gauge attitudes about the use of mobile forensic technology shows that the majority of the British public are comfortable with police using the latest forensic technology to help solve crimes.

A new version of SQLite Forensic Reporter, Universal SQLite database examination tool is now available, Version 1.2 includes more features to analyse, extract and report on information from any SQLite database (not corrupted or encrypted). Useful for Computer & Phone

Backbone Security has announced the release of Version 3.11 of the Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) which now contains 1,000 steganography applications…Developed in Backbone’s Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), SAFDB is the world’s largest commercially available hash set exclusive

The 10th International Workshop on Digital-Forensics and Watermarking will be held Oct. 23-26, 2011 at the ACH Casino Resort, Atlantic City. The event, organized by NJIT Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yun-Qing Shi, is a forum for researchers and

Guidance Software says its computer forensics tool is now capable of automated collection of data on endpoint devices, including computers and smartphones, based on a security information and event management (SIEM) alert. The Guidance product, EnCase Cybersecurity version 4.3, can

Forensic Focus is always keen to publish articles, papers or blog posts of interest to the digital forensics community. Articles are published not only online but also included in the monthly newsletter (sent to over 12,00 subscribers) and promoted via

Paraben announced today that it will give anyone who registers for Paraben’s Forensic Innovations Conference (PFIC) this November 5-9, in Park City, Utah, a free Porn Detection Stick or $100 toward any other Paraben product. There are a limited number

A Metropolitan police unit claims to have saved the economy more than £140m in the past six months and is on course to exceed its four-year “harm reduction” target, the force said on Sunday. The Met said the central e-crime

In today’s world, the age-old question “Does size really matter?” has possibly inspired nearly as much spirited debate as religion, politics and the meaning of life, at least when it comes to the destruction of devices containing digital data. Shredding