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Devon & Cornwall Police’s Steve Slater on Implementing RASSO Changes in Digital Forensics Units

24th October 2022

Christa: Welcome back to the Forensic Focus Podcast. I’m Christa Miller here with my co-host, Si Biles, and this week we’re with Steve Slater, Head of Digital Forensics at Devon and Cornwall Police in the United Kingdom to talk about

Fighting the Threat of Human Trafficking with Detego’s Digital Forensic Solutions

7th October 202215th December 2021

Even as the world continues to evolve, humanity’s struggle against the threat of crime goes on. Human trafficking is one of the most horrifying, yet complex, areas in the criminal landscape. For centuries, this crime has threatened societies around the

Falcon-NEO Digital Forensic Imager From Logicube

30th April 202129th April 2021

The first review of the Logicube Falcon®– NEO was performed in July 2018 and having successfully used the same unit in both an IT and forensic investigative environment since, it is time to update that assessment to include the many

Forensic Focus Legal Update September 2020: Evidence, Experts, And Due Diligence

22nd February 202328th September 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic slowed many of the gears in justice systems the world over, as courts postponed jury trials, experimented with virtual juries and hearings, and weighed prison conditions against public safety. But not even the passing of venerable United

Recap: Techno Security And Digital Forensics Conference Myrtle Beach 2019

19th May 202025th June 2019

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus The oldest of the trio of Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conferences, the Myrtle Beach event marked its 21st year this June 2-5. More than 900 people representing the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa converged

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.

Walkthrough: Oxygen Forensic Detective Latest Features

14th May 20205th October 2018

Within Oxygen, you’re able to not only connect one device, but several devices, and image them simultaneously. Oxygen’s extractor runs independently of Oxygen Detective, and that’s what allows you to run several different extractions at the same time, and there

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

SSD and eMMC Forensics 2016

12th May 202020th April 2016

What Has Changed in 2016 in the Way SSD Drives Self-Destruct Evidence. Demystifying eMMC, M.2, NVMe, and PCI-E. by Yuri Gubanov, Oleg Afonin © Belkasoft Research 2016 This publication continues the series started with an article on SSD forensics we

Webmail Forensics – Digging deeper into Browsers and Mobile Applications

12th May 20201st February 2014

Almost everyone who uses the Internet has a web-based email account. Many people have two or more, so the likelihood of a forensic investigator coming across a case involving webmail communication is very high. While law enforcement examiners can ask

Analysis Of iOS Notes App

12th May 20202nd November 2013

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

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

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”

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

Retrieving Digital Evidence: Methods, Techniques and Issues

12th May 202011th July 2012

by Yuri Gubanov yug@belkasoft.com Belkasoft Ltd. http://belkasoft.com Abstract This article describes the various types of digital forensic evidence available on users’ PC and laptop computers, and discusses methods of retrieving such evidence. Download article in PDF format Introduction A recent

Mobile Phone Forensic Challenges

12th May 202017th May 2012

Introduction A great number of the mobile phones used worldwide every second require special knowledge and skills from forensic experts. More often it is not enough to be an experienced expert in computer forensics to understand all the peculiarities and