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Streamlining Digital Forensics through Google Glass Eyes
The world of digital forensics involves the use of a very diverse array of tools, some highly specialized and technical and others pretty simple, as we all know, and these tools are constantly evolving...
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Forensics Europe Expo 2014 – Recap
Forensic Focus attended the Forensics Europe Expo at Kensington Olympia on the 29th & 30th of April. This article is a recap of some of the main highlights and over the next few weeks we will also...
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Carving out the Difference between Computer Forensics and E-Discovery
Over the past few years, it has been noticed that computer forensics and E-discovery have been a buzz word in the computer security arena and in legal societies. Although both of them refer to the...
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DFRWS EU 2015 – Dublin 23rd – 26th March
On Monday 23rd of March 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending DFRWS EU – the European Digital Forensic Research Workshop – at University College Dublin, Ireland. If there are any topics you would...
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Capturing RAM Dumps and Imaging eMMC Storage on Windows Tablets
Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 While Windows desktops and laptops are relatively easy to acquire, the same cannot be said about portable Windows devices such as...
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Acquiring Windows PCs
by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev and Yuri Gubanov In our previous article, we talked about acquiring tablets running Windows 8 and 8.1. In this publication, we will talk about the acquisition of Windows...
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The Future of Mobile Forensics
by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev & Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 Most would agree that the golden age of mobile forensics is over. There is no longer an easy way to get through the passcode...
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Project Spartan Forensics
by James Gratchoff & Guido Kroon, University of Amsterdam Project Spartan is the codename of the new Microsoft Edge browser and successor to its previous, Internet Explorer. This research paper...
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SADFE 2015 – Malaga 30th September – 2nd October
From the 30th of September until the 2nd of October 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending the 10th International Conference on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE) in Malaga,...
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Investigating and Prosecuting Cyber Crime: Forensic Dependencies and Barriers...
Abstract The primary goal of this paper is to raise awareness regarding legal loopholes and enabling technologies, which facilitate acts of cyber crime. In perusing these avenues of inquiry, the author...
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The Future of Mobile Forensics: November 2015 Follow-Up
by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov Mobile forensics is a moving target. In our recent article, “The Future of Mobile Forensics”, we described acquisition techniques that used to be...
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Forensic Analysis Of Third Party Applications: Instagram
by Nor Zarina Binti Zainal Abidin Abstract Forensic analysis of mobile phones’ third party applications is a new area that needs to be explored. There are a lot of third party applications available in...
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DFRWS EU 2016 – Lausanne 29th – 31st March
From the 29th to the 31st of March 2016, Forensic Focus will be attending the European Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS EU) in Lausanne, Switzerland. If there are any topics you’d...
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Beyond Keywords: Is Keyword Search Becoming Obsolete In The New Age Of...
by James Billingsley Keyword searching is the primary tool investigators use to identify relevant evidence in a data set. However, poorly chosen keywords can miss important items or return too many...
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BitLocker: What’s New in Windows 10 November Update, And How To Break It
BitLocker is a popular full-disk encryption scheme employed in all versions of Windows (but not in every edition) since Windows Vista. BitLocker is used to protect stationary and removable volumes...
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SSD and eMMC Forensics 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...
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DFRWS EU – Recap
This article is a recap of some of the main highlights from DFRWS EU which took place at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, from the 29th-31st of March 2016. Conference Highlights The conference...
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The Investigative Challenges Of Live Streamed Child Abuse
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...
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SSD and eMMC Forensics 2016 – Part 2
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 In the first part of this article,...
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Current Challenges In Digital Forensics
What is the most urgent question facing digital forensics today? That in itself is not a question with a straightforward answer. At conferences and in research papers, academics and forensic...
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