Author Archives: Forensic Focus

The SV Strike is the only stand-alone pincode/passcode/pattern breaking tool built as a forensic device and now has a new low price. The SV Strike is capable of acquiring 6 digit pincode/passcodes on the most popular phones. More than just a simple brute force “box.” Created and built in the United States, this new technology gives the forensic investigator the go-to tool for breaking into iPhones and Androids. With easy to view videos and instructions, the SV Strike will replace foreign devices with questionable abilities. While hacker tools were able to break into certain phones, they were not built for law enforcement purposes. The SV Strike combined the need to access phones quickly, with need for accurate reporting features. Current phones supported include Android phones with USB OTG capability and iOS devices through 8.0. Continue reading What Can The SV Strike Do For You? Unlock Thousands Of Phones!→

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums.

D1g14n6 is trying to extract data from an SSD that’s been encrypted with FileVault2.

Forum members discuss how to extract GPS data from Mercedes’ in-car navigation systems.

How would you ascertain whether a specific user has accessed a USB stick on a workstation?

What would you use to bypass a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i lock screen?

Is it possible to get text message data from AT&T with a subpoena?

Do you have any suggestions for this beginner forensics student? Add them in the forum.

Are there digital forensics jobs available that allow reduced hours?

Forum members discuss jump list examination. Continue reading Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up→

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) fall into the category of wireless communications that hold a considerable amount of evidence that can be used in an investigation. People’s whereabouts are recorded in “second-by-second” detail on their TomTom navigation system and retrieving this type of information can provide powerful digital evidence for your case. Continue reading TomTom Triplog Decryption: Provided by Cellebrite Advanced Investigative Service→

Drew, you’re VP of Product Development at BlackBag Tech. Tell us a bit about your work. What does your day-to-day role entail?

I manage a team of developers who work incredibly hard creating the outstanding products our customers have come to expect from us. With my team working from several different locations (Austin, San Jose, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., to name a few), that’s no easy task!

My team and I are focused on feedback from customers regarding their needs, and the user experience is the determining factor in what features and functionality you see brought to life in every one of our releases. In order to accomplish that, we work closely with our QA, Support, and Analyst groups to fully understand any concerns from our customers, as well as new feature and functionality requests that would make an examiner’s job a little easier.

Read More Continue reading Interview With Drew Fahey, VP of Product Development, BlackBag Technologies→

On the Forensic Focus forum, tootypeg recently posted a call for collaborators on a project about standardisation in digital forensics; specifically, standardisation of witness statements / reports.

Tootypeg is looking to identify and define a panel … Continue reading Collaborators Sought For Standardization Panel→

Nuix surveyed over 200 digital forensic investigators around the world to discover how they used keyword searches and other analytical investigation techniques. How do your experiences match up with others in the field? Download this report to find out. Continue reading Global Report: Making The Case For Visual Analytics In Digital Investigations→

It was one of the world’s largest and most secure paedophile networks – an online space where tens of thousands traded horror.

The website dealt in abuse; video and images of children, swapped and boasted about on a dark-web forum, accessible only through an encrypted browser.

Membership was tightly managed. Quiet accounts raised suspicion and could be suddenly terminated. Those who stayed had to upload new material frequently. More than 45,000 people complied.

But what those thousands never realised, even as heavy users began to disappear, was that the site was being run by police.

Read More (The Guardian) Continue reading The Takeover: How Police Ended Up Running A Paedophile Site→

Liam, you’re the Director of Semantics 21. Tell us a bit about the company and what prompted you to set it up.

Semantics 21 is a UK-based forward-looking digital forensics company, which specialises in the research and development of intelligent algo… Continue reading Interview With Liam Owens, Director, Semantics 21→

Reviewed by Cheryl A. Purdy, MBA, A+, CCNA, CCAI, ACE, AME

Executive Summary

Registry Recon, developed by ArsenalRecon, is a powerful computer forensics tool used to extract, recover, and parseregistry data from Windows systems. The process of manually scouring Windows Registry files proves to be extremely time consuming and leaves gaping holes in the ability to recover critical information. What makes this tool superior to others is its capability to examine registry files not only from the current installation of a Windows operating system, but former installations as well. In addition, this application can be used to quickly and efficiently determine external devices that have been connected to the computer. The company’s slogan is, “Computer forensics tools by computer forensics experts.” This tool certainly affirms the slogan!

Read More Continue reading Review Of Registry Recon→

Global technology company Nuix was recognized last week as a leading cybersecurity breach investigation technology when the Cyber Security Awards named Nuix Investigation & Response Forensic Product of the Year. The independently run Cyber Security… Continue reading Nuix Wins Forensic Product Of The Year At Cyber Security Awards 2016→