digital forensics

What Changes Do We Need To See In eDiscovery? Part III

by Harold Burt-Gerrans Duplicative Documents At the end of Part 2, I put forth an argument that de-duplication should always be done globally to bring the data set down to just unique documents. And now that you’re convinced (or should

Crimes Against Children Conference 2019 Recap Part I: Technology

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus  Celebrating its 31st year, the Crimes Against Children Conference ran from 12-15 July 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The conference kicked off with opening remarks by Lynn M. Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the

How To Boot Scan A Mac With APFS And FileVault 2

Hi, I’m Rich Frawley and I’m the Digital Forensic Specialist with ADF Solutions. Today we are going to conduct a boot scan of a MacBook Air that has APFS and FileVault 2 enabled. At this point you have decided on

What Changes Do We Need To See In eDiscovery? Part II

by Harold Burt-Gerrans Let’s continue from where we left off last time, discussing standardization. If you missed it, Part 1 was all about establishing standards. Now a bit about following standards. This will sound funny to those who know what

Walkthrough: Talon Ultimate From Logicube

Welcome to Logicube’s tutorial on the Talon Ultimate. Featuring Logicube’s advanced technology, the Talon Ultimate provides high-performance forensic imaging at a price point that fits budget-constrained organisations without sacrificing state-of-the-art features and benefits. The Talon Ultimate achieves speeds of up

How To Use Text Analytics With Rosoka Integration

Hi, I’m Rich Frawley and I’m the Digital Forensic Specialist with ADF Solutions. Today we are going to explore the text analytics capabilities built into ADF’s digital forensic software with the integration of Rosoka.  Rosoka brings the power of automated

Four Critical Success Factors In Mobile Forensics

by Mike Dickinson, Deputy Executive Officer at MSAB The purpose of this paper is to encourage mobile forensic practitioners to consider a wider number of critical factors surrounding their choice and use of mobile forensic tools. Specifically, the quality of

How To Acquire Data From A Mac Using MacQuisition

Written by: Justin Matsuhara, Solutions Engineer, BlackBag Technologies Stephanie Thompson, Solutions Engineer, BlackBag Technologies Depending on the digital forensic imaging tool you have available, creating a forensic image of a Mac computer can be either an anxiety-creating situation, or as

SANS DFIR Summit 2019 – Recap

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Held in Austin, Texas each summer, the SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Summit is known for offering in-depth but accessible digital forensic research — and for its laid-back, fun atmosphere. This year’s summit,

How To Acquire Video Data With MD-VIDEO From HancomGMD

Due to the rapidly growing need for securing safe environments around the world, digital surveillance systems have become ubiquitous. A significant number of new surveillance systems are installed each year, and the importance of acquiring actionable data from these systems

Walkthrough: How VFC 5 Can Exploit Windows Live ID (Inc PIN)

What is Virtual Forensic Computing? Virtual computing transforms investigation of the digital crime scene. Having access to the ‘digital scene of crime’ can offer huge benefits to an investigator. Whether investigating fraud, murder, child abuse or something else, seeing the