ransomware Archives - Forensic Focus

CyberResponderCon: Investigating Ransomware

13th September 2022 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm USA/Herndon, VA Many conferences focus on preventing ransomware. CyberResponderCon is focused solely on DFIR and how to investigate it. Save the date to join us to learn best practices from responders… Read more

How Better Processes and Information Can Improve Digital Forensic Science: January’s Research Roundup

As digital forensics moves toward a more established presence within the forensic sciences, 2022 starts off on an existential note thanks to a set of papers exploring digital forensic expertise and process, and the language used to describe both. Technical… Read more

Magnet Forensics Introduces Magnet AUTOMATE Enterprise

New solution will automate evidence recovery and processing, keep cyber investigations running 24/7/365 to reduce recovery time Magnet Forensics recently announced the release of Magnet AUTOMATE Enterprise, a solution that is transforming how organizations respond to security events by automating… Read more

How Human Factors Confound and Enrich Digital Forensics: The November-December Research Roundup

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Human complexity lies at the heart of so much of digital forensics – both the artifacts that offer insights into people’s motives, means, and opportunity to commit wrongdoing, and the investigations that reveal them. Our research roundup for the end… Read more

Short Bitcoin Heist: Topological Data Analysis For Ransomware Investigations

Hi, I’m Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora, and I’ll be presenting our ransomware detection work on the Bitcoin blockchain by using topological data analysis. This is joint work with professors Gel and Kantarcioglu from the University of Texas at Dallas. I’m an… Read more

How To Help Small Governments To Respond To Ransomware Attacks

by Christa Miller Ransomware has captured a large share of mainstream media coverage in recent months, due in no small part to attacks that have crippled small local and county governments in the United States. One coordinated attack in particular… Read more