This quarter’s edition of our legal update starts with a look at improving digital forensics experts’ credibility, as well as the reliability of the evidence they find — all while dealing with rapidly advancing technology. Two recent academic papers, plus … Read more
cloud forensics
Forensic Focus Legal Update December 2020: Refining Search & Seizure; New Laws & Guidance
The fourth quarter of 2020 has seen some significant legal developments when it comes to digital evidence. In this issue (which also happens to be the anniversary of the inaugural Forensic Focus Legal Update), we highlight:
- Search warrant reform
How To Extract Credential Data Using KeyScout
Hello, this is Keith Lockhart from Oxygen Training, and this video is going to discuss the KeyScout application.
The KeyScout application is one of the tools available in the tool suite concept of the Forensic Detective product. KeyScout is a … Read more
Remote Forensics Of Windows 10 Mobile Devices
by Oleg Afonin, Elcomsoft
Microsoft has developed Windows 10 as the one OS for all types of devices from servers to wearables. Desktops, laptops, two-in-ones, tablets and smartphones can (and do) run a version of Windows 10. There are countless … Read more
Current Challenges In Digital Forensics
What is the most urgent question facing digital forensics today? That in itself is not a question with a straightforward answer. At conferences and in research papers, academics and forensic practitioners around the world converge to anticipate the future of … Read more
Peering Through The Cloud
by Shahaf Rozanski
Obscured by clouds
With there now being more mobile phones on the planet than people and smartphones set to achieve saturation in just 10 years, unlocking the data held on them has increasingly needed to be used … Read more
The Future of Mobile Forensics: November 2015 Follow-Up
by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov
Mobile forensics is a moving target. In our recent article, “The Future of Mobile Forensics”, we described acquisition techniques that used to be state-of-the art back then. Weeks later, some things had changed … Read more
Investigating and Prosecuting Cyber Crime: Forensic Dependencies and Barriers to Justice
Abstract
The primary goal of this paper is to raise awareness regarding legal loopholes and enabling technologies, which facilitate acts of cyber crime. In perusing these avenues of inquiry, the author seeks to identify systemic impediments which obstruct police investigations, … Read more
Analysis Of iOS Notes App
As part of my third year studying Digital Security,Forensics & Ethical Hacking at GCU, I took part in a group research project to study the artifacts created when using the notes app on an iPad Mini, and if they could … Read more
What are ‘gdocs’? Google Drive Data – part 2
Following up from the recent post on Google Drive, designed to give a high level introduction to the product, this post will delve a bit deeper into the technical issues relating to the data stored and also the best approach … Read more