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Forensic Focus Legal Update December 2019 – Part II: Search And Seizure

22nd February 202320th December 2019

by Christa Miller In cooperation with the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, Forensic Focus offers a quarterly roundup of the latest legal developments around digital forensic evidence. Comprising major… Read more

Investigating Nonconsensual Intimate Image Sharing

12th May 202017th December 2019

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Nonconsensual intimate image sharing – also known as image-based sexual abuse, nonconsensual pornography, or its original slang, “revenge porn” – has been around since at least the 1980s, but didn’t become a widespread social problem… Read more

Crimes Against Children Conference 2019 Recap Part I: Technology

25th May 202018th October 2019

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… Read more

How To Perform Remote Acquisition Of Digital Devices With Belkasoft Evidence Center

12th May 202029th July 2019

Remote acquisition of digital devices is a useful option for modern-day organizations, both commercial and government. The main reasons for this are as follows: As entities grow, their IT environments tend to become more complex, distributed, and dispersed. Cost-efficiency may… Read more

Techno Security & Digital Forensics 2019 – San Antonio Sept 30 – Oct 2

19th May 202011th July 2019

From the 30th of September to the 2nd of October 2019, Forensic Focus will be attending the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference in San Antonio, TX, USA. If there are any topics you’d particularly like us to cover, or… Read more

Industry Roundup: Image Recognition And Categorization

12th May 20208th July 2019

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus The need for image recognition and categorization has never been more in demand thanks to the spread of extremist propaganda, child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and other illicit activity across the internet. Because of the… Read more

Fighting Crime With Data: Law Enforcement In The 21st Century

12th May 20205th July 2019

by Paul Hamrick, Nuix Executive Summary Law enforcement investigations have long been influenced by developments in technology; after all, new technologies create new ways for criminals to profit and new sources of evidence. Law enforcement needs to keep up with… Read more

How To Use Cross-Case Search With Belkasoft Evidence Center

12th May 202027th June 2019

by Yuri Gubanov Diving deeper may be the key to the eventual success of a digital forensic investigation. This is true not only when it comes to a single given case, but also when it comes to intersections between different… Read more

Email Forensics: Investigation Techniques

12th May 202015th February 2019

by Chirath De Alwis Due to the rapid spread of internet use all over the world, email has become a primary communication medium for many official activities. Not only companies, but also members of the public tend to use emails… Read more

Techno Security & Digital Forensics 2019 – San Diego March 11-13

19th May 202010th December 2018

From the 11th to the 13th of March 2019, Forensic Focus will be attending the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference in San Diego, CA, USA. If there are any topics you’d particularly like us to cover, or any speakers… Read more

Reducing The Mental Stress Of Investigators

22nd February 20236th August 2018

by Eric Oldenburg, Griffeye We recently met up with Eric Oldenburg, Griffeye’s new Law Enforcement Liasion in North America, and heard about his new role. Here, he explains how reducing mental stress for investigators is a driving force for him,… Read more

Apple iPhone Forensics: Significant Locations

12th May 202028th May 2018

by Patrick Siewert, Principal Consultant, Pro Digital Forensic Consulting I recently attended a conference of civil litigators in Virginia. During the cocktail hour and after a very interactive CLE presentation on “Leveraging Data in Insurance Fraud Investigations”, I was talking… Read more

The Necessity Of Developing A Standard For Exchanging A Chain Of Custody Of Digital Evidence Data

22nd February 202325th January 2018

by Jasmin Cosic, Miroslav Baca & Peter Grd Abstract Today there is no criminal investigation that does not contain a digital dimension. A large number of criminal offenses, whether official investigations conducted by judicial bodies or corporate investigations, contain digital… Read more

The Investigative Challenges Of Live Streamed Child Abuse

12th May 20202nd May 2016

Among the challenges facing digital forensic investigators today, the instantaneous nature of online communication is arguably one of the most persistent. Trying to investigate whether a crime has occurred, and if so to bring its perpetrators to justice in a… Read more

Investigation and Intelligence Framework (IIF) – an evidence extraction model for investigation

12th May 202029th November 2014

Authors Alan, Kelvin, Anthony and Zetta (VXRL) Disclaimer This framework was first introduced in DFRWS EU 2014 (the first DFRWS conference in Europe) at Amsterdam held in May and later presented at Hacks in Taiwan 2014 (HITCON) which is a… Read more

Authenticating Internet Web Pages as Evidence: a New Approach

22nd February 202313th July 2012

By John Patzakis [1] and Brent Botta [2] Previously, in Forensic Focus, we addressed the issue of evidentiary authentication of social media data (see previous entries here and here). General Internet site data available through standard web browsing, instead of… Read more