EnCase Archives - Forensic Focus

Alberta Law Enforcement Unit Leverages OpenText EnCase To Significantly Improve Case Efficiency

6th August 2021

Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) turns to OpenText EnCase Forensic to close cases faster and prosecute more offenders. When child exploitation materials are uploaded to the Internet, websites often report those uploads to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in… Read more

Enfuse 2019 – Recap

19th May 202018th December 2019

by Mattia Epifani The Enfuse Conference, organized by OpenText, took place from the 11th-14th of November 2019 at the Venetian Conference Center in Las Vegas. More than 1,000 attendees from 40 countries were present, coming from different fields like digital… Read more

Bruteforcing Linux Full Disk Encryption (LUKS) With Hashcat

12th May 202022nd February 2018

by Patrick Bell This walk-through will show you how to Bruteforce LUK volumes using hashcat, how you can mount a LUK partition, and how we can image it once it’s decrypted. Scenario: You’ve got a Macbook in. MacOS has been… Read more

Forensic Software in Child Protection Cases

12th May 202028th October 2013

According to recently released statistics from ICAC, an agency whose aim is to make the internet safer for children, only 2% of reported child protection cases are investigated in the United States each year. Often the media seize every opportunity… Read more

Introduction to Penetration Testing – Part 2 – The Discovery Phase – Passive Reconnaissance

12th May 20203rd July 2012

PenTest, like forensics, is almost as much an art as it is a science – you can only be taught so far, technical techniques and tools are all very well, but you really need a mind that can think sideways… Read more

EnCase file copying and Windows Short File Names

12th May 202019th July 2011

First published May 2010 By Lee Hui Jing, EnCe Edited by Sarah Khadijah Taylor ABSTRACT A couple of months ago, one of my clients, an Investigating Officer from a Law Enforcement Agency, had requested me to extract some of the… Read more

Computer forensics software, an introduction

12th May 202027th June 2011

First published September 2004 by Jamie Morris, Forensic Focus In common with many other professions, the field of computer forensic investigation makes use of tools to allow practitioners to carry out their tasks effectively and efficiently. This article describes some… Read more