ransomware Archives - Forensic Focus

Chainalysis Report – Ransomware Payments Reach Record High In 2023

14th February 2024

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis published figures in February indicating that ransomware demands hit a record high of $1bh in 2023, after declining in the previous year. This is, they say, likely to be a conservative estimate, and they continue to… Read more

CyberResponderCon: Investigating Ransomware

18th May 202217th May 2022

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

14th February 2022

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

11th February 2022

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

17th January 2022

Binary code 1's and 0's superimposed on a modernized Vitruvian man pose

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

4th January 2022

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

12th May 20209th December 2019

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