13th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025
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Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....

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Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

12th August 2025

Hannah Bailey shares her journey from frontline policing to founding Blue Light Wellbeing, explaining why culturally-aware mental health support is crucial for DFIs and frontline workers....read more

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

12th August 2025

Level up your DFIR skills in under 20 minutes with Oxygen Tech Bytes’ expert-led, on-demand webinars....read more

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

11th August 2025

Neal Ysart shares how The Coalition of Cyber Investigators tackles OSINT integrity, complex investment fraud, and the rise of AI-driven scams....read more

Belkasoft’s Customer Survey: Your Chance To Win A License

2019 was full of events, improvements, and upgrades for Belkasoft Evidence Center. To a great extent, our customers’ feedback was the source of these advancements. Owing to it, Belkasoft Evidence Center 2020 has become what it is now.2020 is approaching.

Wickr Messenger Extraction And Decryption In Oxygen Forensic Detective

Wickr Messenger allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted and content-expiring messages, and make end-to-end encrypted video conference calls. Wickr is regularly mentioned in various Internet sources as a secure messaging app. Let’s have a look at these secure features and

Walkthrough: Quin-C Social Analyzer Widget From AccessData

Hello. This is Sven from the technical team here at AccessData. This video will feature the Social Analyzer widget. So let’s get started. Go to Quin-C and open the grid, just to see how many items we have in our

Walkthrough: Quin-C Social Analyzer Widget From AccessData

Hello. This is Sven from the technical team here at AccessData. This video will feature the Social Analyzer widget. So let’s get started. Go to Quin-C and open the grid, just to see how many items we have in our

How To Conduct A Live Forensic Scan Of A Windows Computer

Learn how to conduct a Windows live scan with ADF Solutions Digital Evidence Investigator. Two USB ports are required to complete a scan, one for the Collection Key and one for the Authentication Key, once the scan has started the

How To Conduct A Live Forensic Scan Of A Windows Computer

Learn how to conduct a Windows live scan with ADF Solutions Digital Evidence Investigator.  Two USB ports are required to complete a scan, one for the Collection Key and one for the Authentication Key, once the scan has started the Authentication

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members advise on producing E01 images in reverse sector order. How would you convert an AD1 image to a dd? Can you help roncfluey to image

How To Use The Griffeye Intelligence Database

Beginning with version 19, Griffeye Analyze DI Pro and Core will start using the new Griffeye Intelligence Database, or GID, to replace the legacy intelligence manager. In this video, we’re going to discuss the changes that the GID brings to

How To Use The Griffeye Intelligence Database

Beginning with version 19, Griffeye Analyze DI Pro and Core will start using the new Griffeye Intelligence Database, or GID, to replace the legacy intelligence manager. In this video, we’re going to discuss the changes that the GID brings to

Hunting For Attackers’ Tactics And Techniques With Prefetch Files

by Oleg Skulkin Windows Prefetch files were introduced in Windows XP, and since that time they have helped digital forensics analysts and incident responders to find evidence of execution. These files are stored under %SystemRoot%\Prefetch, and are designed to speed

How To Decrypt BitLocker Volumes With Passware

Decrypting BitLocker volumes or images is challenging due to the various encryption options offered by BitLocker that require different information for decryption. This article explains BitLocker protectors and talks about the best ways to get the data decrypted, even for

Hunting For Attackers’ Tactics And Techniques With Prefetch Files

by Oleg Skulkin Windows Prefetch files were introduced in Windows XP, and since that time they have helped digital forensics analysts and incident responders to find evidence of execution.  These files are stored under %SystemRoot%\Prefetch, and are designed to speed

How To Decrypt BitLocker Volumes With Passware

Decrypting BitLocker volumes or images is challenging due to the various encryption options offered by BitLocker that require different information for decryption. This article explains BitLocker protectors and talks about the best ways to get the data decrypted, even for