Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
National Cyber Crime Conference 2023
About the National Cyber Crime Conference The National Cyber Crime Conference is one of the premier training events for law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, and forensic examiners in the world. The first NCCC was held in 2012. Working together with our remarkable team of instructors, keynotes, exhibitors, and partners we have [...]
Harmony Mobile blocks the download of malicious files to mobile devices!
Prevention and Protection Harmony Mobile provides and prevents malware from infiltrating employees’ devices by detecting and blocking the download of malicious apps in real-time. Complete Protection - Protecting corporate data across the mobile attack surface: apps, networks and OS. Simple Management - Scalable and easy-to-manage security for any type of [...]
Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.15.4
This version introduces the following key features: Analysis of iFlight drone logs Import of iVe backups of vehicles Huawei Health cloud extraction Import and parsing of MD-Next extractions Analysis of Windows RAM images Extraction of Google Chrome browser via Android Agent A number of artifacts were introduced and updated in [...]
Ohio Finally Makes Strangulation a Felony
On Tuesday, a new law took effect in Ohio that makes strangulation a felony offense. Up until that time, Ohio was the only state in the U.S. that failed to recognize the potentially deadly crime as a felony. The law was signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine in early January, [...]
Passware Kit 2023 v2
Passware Kit 2023 v2 extends full disk encryption support by introducing an option to detect and decrypt containers created by Steganos. Additionally, it allows brute-force attacks on the PIM parameter of VeraCrypt, which increases the chances of successful password recovery. Passware T2 Add-on has been updated to support instant reset [...]
Household Dust as a Forensic Tool?
North Carolina State University-led study found it is possible to retrieve forensically relevant information from human DNA in household dust. When perpetrators clean crime scenes, dust isn’t something they usually think of. The thought to use "dust" just might confirm individuals who have been in a space but left no [...]
Grayshift Introduces VeraKey for Mobile Access and Extraction of Digital Evidence for eDiscovery and Corporate Investigations
Grayshift, LLC, a leading and trusted provider of mobile digital forensics solutions, today announced the availability of VeraKey, a new solution for mobile device access and extraction of digital evidence for eDiscovery matters and corporate investigations. VeraKey is built on a consent-based approach to accessing the device, enables organizations to [...]
What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Lack of data protection policies can become a big problem!
What is Data Loss Prevention? Data loss prevention (DLP) is a cybersecurity methodology that combines technology and best practices to prevent the exposure of sensitive information outside of an organization, especially regulated data such as personally identifiable information (PII) and compliance related data: HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS, etc. In recent [...]
Advances in DNA Testing and Analysis Lead Police to Suspect in 1997 Bank Robbery and Murder
A suspect was arrested Thursday in the 1997 killing of a bank teller during a robbery in Thousand Oaks, after advances in DNA science led to new analysis of evidence left at the scene. Kevin Ray James, 55, of San Bernardino, was arrested on suspicion of murdering Monica Leech, a [...]
VNR 7.2 update is now available
Rusolut has released a new update for the Visual NAND Reconstructor (VNR) software. VNR 7.2 has improved the speed of work with the Markers table element. The new algorithm of data processing, sorting and assembling in Markers table works up to 100x faster that in VNR 7.1. The speed of [...]