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Despite being overshadowed by social media giants, Reddit is an underrated gem in the realm of OSINT. Reddit stands out for its vast assortment of third-party tools that grant access to previously deleted content. With millions of… Read more
Announcing The Recipients Of The 2023 Magnet Forensics Scholarship Awards
Magnet Forensics announced today that five recipients will receive the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Award—providing an opportunity to advance their careers in digital investigations and expand their contributions to public safety.
This is the fifth year of the Magnet Forensics Scholarship… Read more
Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 29 2024
A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:
Potent youth cybercrime ring made up of 1,000 people, FBI official says
A senior FBI official recently disclosed the existence of a substantial and elusive cybercrime ring comprised of around… Read more
Passware Kit Mobile 2024v2 Unlocks Unisoc-Based Devices: Samsung, HTC, ZTE, And Others
Unisoc, the third-leading player in the mobile processor market following MediaTek and Qualcomm, is gaining traction as a cost-effective solution for low-end Android devices, attracting manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, and ZTE.
Passware introduces GPU-accelerated passcode recovery and data extraction… Read more
Forensic Focus Digest, May 24 2024
Read our digest of the latest content on the Forensic Focus website, including news, interviews, podcasts, articles, press releases, and more.… Read more
Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 22 2024
A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:
BreachForums seized by FBI for 2nd time
In a significant move against cybercrime, the FBI has once again seized control of BreachForums, a notorious online platform linked to cybercriminal activities.… Read more
Lana Ramjit, Director Of Operations, Clinic To End Tech Abuse
FF: Lana, tell us about your background and how you became Director of Operations at the Clinic To End Tech Abuse.
My professional training was in traditional computer science (doctoral work in distributed systems at UCLA and computer science undergraduate… Read more
Accelerating Evidence Analysis: An Investigator’s Take On The Advantages Of Media Acquisition From Detego Global
The rapid proliferation of digital devices in the modern world has profoundly impacted the digital investigation landscape. Studies show that digital evidence is crucial in around 90% of all criminal cases today*. Throughout my career as a Forensic Examiner, I’ve witnessed how… Read more
The Differences Between Full Disk And Triage Acquisition
In digital forensics, data acquisition is a key first step in the investigation process. For acquiring data from either physical or virtual machines, there are two high-level approaches: full disk acquisition and triage acquisition. Each has its advantages and disadvantages,… Read more
Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 15 2024
A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:
The REPORT Act Is Now Federal Law – Here’s What It Means for Child Safety
In the current Congressional session (2023-2024), we have seen many bills introduced that relate to… Read more
Investigating Video: The Vital First Steps
David: Hi everyone and hope you’re all okay. It’s the afternoon here in the UK, late afternoon over in Italy and going to be evening time over in the East and then morning over for you guys in the States… Read more
Forensic Focus Digest, May 10 2024
Read our digest of the latest content on the Forensic Focus website, including news, interviews, podcasts, articles, press releases, and more.… Read more
Oxygen Forensic® KeyDiver
Jordan: Hello everyone, Jordan Portfleet here with the Oxygen Forensic training team. Today’s topic is going to be KeyDiver. Now, what is KeyDiver, you ask? Well, the time has come to introduce our new brute force module, the Oxygen Forensic… Read more
Detego Global Announces Webinar To Demonstrate The Powerful New Features Of Detego v4.16
Detego Global is hosting a free webinar on 15 May at 11 am BST to showcase the groundbreaking features of its latest release, Detego v4.16. This update promises to transform how investigators approach digital forensics and incident response.
In the… Read more
Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 08 2024
A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:
Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin pleads guilty in US, TASS reports
Alexander Vinnik, accused of laundering over $4 billion via bitcoin, was arrested in Greece in 2017. After a conviction in… Read more
UK Parliamentary Legislation Introduced Against Deepfakes
On April 16th, the UK government announced plans to introduce legislation through an amendment to the existing Criminal Justice Bill, targeting the creation of deepfake pornographic content. This move comes in the wake of the Online Safety Act which criminalised… Read more