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by Harold Burt-Gerrans In Part 3, I introduced the concept of consolidating duplicates by tracking Metadata at a DocID level and coding and/or document actions at a Document Level. For ease, I’m duplicating part of the example charts here as

Cybercrime provides its own unique challenges. Every case of fraud, workplace harassment, insider threats, identify theft, data exfiltration, IP theft, network intrusions, malware and ransomware attacks have the potential to devastate not only individuals, but corporations of all sizes. In

A new webinar, Atola TaskForce Demo, is available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Read More

by Chirath De Alwis and Chamalka De Silva Recent advancements in technology have helped many people to have a better quality of life. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as ‘drones’, are one such technological advancement that can help society

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. How can you find login information when the user profile no longer exists? Can you help pronie2121 with a device seizure acquisition problem? How do you verify

By Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Our first article in this two-part series focused on the technology associated with crimes against children: mobile peer-to-peer software; cryptocurrency used to buy and sell child sexual abuse material (CSAM); the virtual worlds where abuse

What is it? TikTok, an emerging app is rapidly gaining popularity. It recently unseated Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat as the top free app in Apple’s App Store . As of Nov. 6 2018, according to industry research firm App Annie,

Morteza Safaei Pour shares his research at DFRWS EU 2019. Morteza: Hello and good morning – my name is Morteza Safaei Pour, from CTI Lab Florida Atlantic University. Today I’m going to talk about comprehending the IoT cyber threat landscape,

We have collected thousands of pattern lock codes for Android using our Burner Breaker technology and we have discovered the top gesture codes used to UNLOCK Android devices. For example, the most popular pattern lock code is 3 2 5

A new webinar, Timesaving Forensic Techniques For Your Next Case, is available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Read More

Mobile forensics is a fast-changing field — devices and apps are constantly changing, and so are the tools used by mobile forensic examiners and investigators. Two new and/or updated on-demand, online training courses are now available from MSAB to help

by Stephen Stewart, CTO, Nuix Preface: This article is all about the data discussed in Part 1 of this blog series. No political statements are being made. The Mueller Report is a great window into the relative value of data,

Magnet Forensics is proud to introduce Magnet OUTRIDER — a new and easy way for officers and investigators to check devices for digital contraband. OUTRIDER is an intuitive preview tool that quickly scans smartphones and computers to determine if there

by Harold Burt-Gerrans At the end of Part 2, I put forth an argument that de-duplication should always be done globally to bring the data set down to just unique documents. And now that you’re convinced (or should have been)

With faster extraction speeds, a sleek new design, and many enhanced capabilities. MSAB is excited to announce the introduction of the new MSAB Kiosk Mk III, the latest version of our market-leading frontline mobile forensic tool. The Kiosk has been

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Celebrating its 31st year, the Crimes Against Children Conference ran from 12-15 July 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The conference kicked off with opening remarks by Lynn M. Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the