The amount of data being generated by mobile devices has exploded, resulting in exponentially more work for forensic examiners. To make matters more difficult, increased security features being introduced to iOS and Android devices (including encryption and locked bootloaders) are preventing examiners from recovering the crucial evidence they need. In this recorded webinar, we demonstrate … Continued
Every forensic examiner is familiar with hex and text viewers; they are the cornerstone of the most basic forensic examination. If all your tools and scripts fail or don’t support a given artifact, you can always fall back to a hex viewer to dig into an artifact to uncover any evidence within. New with IEF … Continued
Our latest artifact update for IEF includes support for native Android applications. As the mobile market continues to narrow-in on two primary operating systems – Android and iOS – it’s becoming increasingly important for investigators to recover data from these built-in system apps. In February, we added support for a similar set of native iOS … Continued
Recently, we released a new free tool that allows investigators to acquire the memory of a live PC. Customers using our IEF Triage module will already be familiar with this tool, as it’s used to acquire evidence from live systems. In realizing that others could benefit from our RAM capture tool, we decided to release … Continued
The usage of location-based mobile dating applications like Tinder and Grindr has exploded over the last year. This new class of mobile app allows singles to identify, chat with, and meet other singles located in their immediate vicinity. As the popularity of these apps continues to grow, they will become increasingly important sources of evidence … Continued
Smartphones have taken over the world, and mobile users spend the majority of their on-device time emailing, browsing the web, using social media, and chatting with others using various applications. In our latest white paper, The Rise of Mobile Chat Apps: Recovering Evidence from Kik Messenger, WhatsApp & BBM, we’ll zero-in on the importance of … Continued
Learn how digital evidence played a vital role in a real-life Distributed Denial of Service attack. Darren Sabourin, former RCMP Officer, and Jad Saliba explain how Internet evidence was used to: Determine a user’s actions Show clear intent Obtain a criminal conviction Designed for digital forensics professionals who investigate network-based attacks, this webinar demonstrates techniques … Continued
HERE’S OUR GUIDE TO FINDING IMPORTANT BUSINESS APPLICATIONS & OS ARTIFACTS FOR YOUR DIGITAL FORENSICS INVESTIGATIONS! Sometimes when conducting digital forensics examinations, investigators can lose sight of the fact that they’re investigating the actions of a person, not a computer. Almost every event or action on a system is the result of a user either … Continued
This is the fifth and final blog post in a series about recovering Business Applications & OS Artifacts for your digital forensics investigations. What are Shellbags? While shellbags have been available since Windows XP, they have only recently become a popular artifact as examiners are beginning to realize their potential value to an investigation. Shellbags … Continued
In the first half of this IP forensics webinar, Heather Mahalik from SANS Institute offers tactical considerations for examining smartphone, cloud and computer artifacts in the event of intellectual property theft. She explores the challenges of investigating an IP theft case with the emergence of BYOD and cloud storage providers in the enterprise space. In … Continued
