electronic discovery Archives

ICDF2C 2018 – Recap

19th May 20209th October 2018

This article is a recap of some of the main highlights from the ICDF2C conference 2018, which took place in New Orleans, LA, USA from the 10th-12th September. The program began on Monday 10th September with the usual welcome registration.… Read more

Word Forensic Analysis And Compound File Binary Format

12th May 202018th September 2018

by Arman Gungor Microsoft Word forensic analysis is something digital forensic investigators do quite often for document authentication. Because of the great popularity of Microsoft Office, many important business documents such as contracts and memoranda are created using Word. When… Read more

Investigating and Prosecuting Cyber Crime: Forensic Dependencies and Barriers to Justice

22nd February 202327th October 2015

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

Bitcoin Forensics Part II: The Secret Web Strikes Back

12th May 202014th November 2013

In last week’s post, we talked about Bitcoin, Tor and some of the hidden websites only accessible via Tor, such as Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI on October 1st. Well, just over a month later and… Read more

Bitcoin Forensics – A Journey into the Dark Web

12th May 20206th November 2013

There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st. As many of you already know, Tor is a… Read more

What are ‘gdocs’? Google Drive Data – part 2

12th May 202019th February 2013

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

What are ‘gdocs’? Google Drive Data

12th May 202028th January 2013

As “the Cloud” (a varied mix of internet based services ranging from web-based email accounts, on-line storage and services that synchronise data across multiple computers) becomes more relevant and the dominance of the PC or tablet as the exclusive “home”… Read more

Collecting and Processing Bloomberg Data

12th May 202012th September 2012

A few years ago, Bloomberg data may have been relatively unusual, however today we see Bloomberg chat and email data being collected quite frequently. Not a surprise really considering some of the headlines relating to certain Banks and Financial institutions… Read more

689 Published Cases Involving Social Media Evidence (with full case listing)

22nd February 202316th April 2012

The torrent of social media evidence continues to grow. In November 2011 we, at X1 Discovery, searched online legal databases of state and federal court decisions across the United States to identify the number of cases from 2010 and through… Read more

Learning from Other’s Mistakes: Issues Arising from Electronic Discovery

12th May 202027th June 2011

First published May 2005 by Setec Investigations http://www.setecinvestigations.com Computer forensics and the associated electronic evidence and electronic discovery are relatively new to the litigation game. The use of such information is growing steadily and it has become impossible for legal… Read more