Investigating Kik Messenger In Oxygen Forensic® Detective

Kik is a free instant messaging app, which works on iPhones, Androids and Kindles. As of May 2016, Kik Messenger had approximately 300 million registered users, and was used by approximately 40% of United States teenagers. Of its 15 million

Now Released: XRY 8.1, XAMN 4.4 and XEC 5.2

With significant advances in extraction and decoding speeds, first-to-market support for the official iOS 13 release, new mobile app extraction capabilities and much more. Today’s release of new versions of XRY, XAMN and XEC gives mobile forensic examiners, investigators and

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members help a student with ISO 17025 data sets. Why do some files have Last Accessed metadata, but no other metadata? Can you explain why a

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 26, 2019

Andrea Fortuna talks about analysing Windows recycle bin artifacts. Cerbero release Cerbero Suite 3.4. Lenny Zeltzer discusses malware analysis on the SANS blog. Cellebrite’s Joanna Shemesh talks about how their tools solve encryption challenges on Apple and Android devices.

Brett Shavers: I Took Belkasoft Evidence Center For A Spin Around the Block

Brett Shavers from DFIR.training reviewed Belkasoft Evidence Center (BEC). The review was dedicated to the latest version of BEC as an all-in-one digital forensic solution, which supports mobile and computer forensics as well as memory, cloud, and remote investigations. Among

What’s New In BlackBag’s Latest Release Of BlackLight 2019 R2

BlackLight 2019 R2 is packed full of powerful features you need to complete your investigations more quickly. This release includes new methods to find and export data how and where you need it. From partnerships to connect BlackLight with other

Interview With Guillermo Román Ferrero, Incident Response Expert

Guillermo, how did you become interested in digital forensics? I started studying digital forensics when I was still at university with a specific course on the matter. I found it very interesting to be able to investigate what an attacker

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 23, 2019

Antonio Sanz provides a writeup of Defcon DFIR CTF: Memory Forensics. Salt4n6 talks about the forensic implications of Swipe to Type. Devon Ackerman reports how 281 people have been arrested for their participation in Business Email Compromise schemes. Cellebrite’s Shahar

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 19, 2019

MSAB share a white paper detailing four critical success factors in mobile forensics. Cellebrite’s Joanna Shemesh talks about how digital intelligence can help solve the problem of knife crime in England. SalvationDATA share a case study showing how to retrieve

BlackBag Now Provides Law Enforcement Agencies With AI-Based Image Recognition

BlackBag assists law enforcement agencies with AI based image recognition technology to help with child abuse investigations in the latest release of BlackLight. The significant advances in neural networks and AI based computer recognition allows machines to accurately recognize and