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Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss the existence and utility of a forensic seed bank. Can you help Fra93 to check if a PDF file has been manipulated? How would

Magnet AXIOM 3.5 is now available. Andrea Fortuna discusses how to generate a Volatility profile for a Linux system. SANS talk about understanding the forensic science in digital forensics. MSAB release XRY 8.0.2. Amped describe how Amped FIVE is helping

Did you know that Passware Kit can create a snapshot of a password recovery process at any time and resume it on a different computer? Running a password recovery attack, especially for multiple files or drives, might be a long

BlackBag Technologies announces a new partnership with industry-leading vehicle forensics company, Berla. In today’s investigations, it is now commonplace to have multiple digital devices associated to one case. As such, consolidating acquired devices is critical when reconstructing a sequence of

John Walsh speaks about child protection investigations at Cellebrite’s TechDay. Amped share how to use Amped FIVE's color deconvolution filter to show relevant elements from color-mixed images.

Harlan Carvey discusses what ‘program execution‘ really means. Brett Shavers shares how the lessons he learned in the Marine Corps inform his digital forensics career. Anuj Soni shares how to perform code analysis with Ghidra. Cellebrite share a case study

Oxygen Forensic Detective offers various methods of data extraction from Huawei devices. First, Huawei devices can be connected via USB cable for logical or physical acquisition depending on the model and Android OS version. However, with constantly growing device security

Nicole, you started out in chemistry and biological sciences before moving from orthopedics to digital forensics. What prompted you to pivot into the cyber world? I actually get asked that question quite frequently, as my background has a little bit

Oxygen Forensics talk about the allegations that Huawei has been spying on US users. Harlan Carvey follows up with a second post on ‘chasing the DFIR cure.’

Cyan Forensics are partnering with NCMEC, America’s National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to help detect child abuse material. Greg Masi shares a list of folder type identifiers.

by Jade James Oxygen Forensics specialise in mobile device, cloud, drone and IoT data extraction. Oxygen pride themselves in giving law enforcement, federal agencies and enterprises access to data at top speeds, providing advanced digital forensic data extraction and analytical

Harlan Carvey asks how our customers determine the accuracy of digital forensic investigations. Cellebrite announce a webinar about finding digital evidence in human trafficking investigations. Amped show how to magnify images for use in investigations.

Don’t miss your chance to meet the team behind the Amped Software products, exchange ideas, ask questions, discuss product improvements and meet other expert Amped users from around the world. When and where?The Amped User Day will be held on

The Crimes Against Children Conference is under way in Texas – follow along with the updates on Twitter. Farrell Fritz talks about metadata and its potential role in litigations. Is this the first wedding at an industry conference?

Scott, can you tell us a little about yourself, your role at HealthFirst and how you came to work in digital forensics? I have worked in cyber defense for the last two decades and have witnessed the changing threat landscape

Amber Schroader demonstrates Windows 10 artefacts that can be recovered with Paraben’s software. Cyan Forensics release Cyan Examiner 2.0.