Joshua, you recently transitioned from a U.S. Army career to the private sector. Tell us a little more about what first drew you to digital forensics.
I got started in digital forensics in 2007, while working as a Special Agent … Read more
cloud forensics
Warren Kruse, Vice President of Cyber Investigations, Consilio
Warren, tell us about your role.
I am Vice President of Cyber Investigations for Consilio, a global Legal Consulting and Services company. I assist clients of all sizes dealing with data forensics, electronic discovery and cyber review challenges.
What are … Read more
Forensic Focus Legal Update July 2021: Reliability And Credibility Of Digital Evidence
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
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