Episode 32 – The Mecca for Digital Forensicators
This week we discuss the British Cybercrime Challenge, the investigation carried out inside government… [more]
Forensic 4cast Live – Rerun
We did it! The first live broadcast of Forensic 4cast went out earlier today. In case you missed it (whether… [more]
Lessons from Data Recovery – Part 1 (Repost)
I originally posted this entry over on the Disklabs computer forensic forum (http://www.computer-forensics.co.uk/computer-forensics-forums/forum.php)… [more]
How to do the Worst Job Possible
Occasionally we all see forensic reports that are as close to perfect as they could be. Where procedures… [more]
Episode 31 – They try to send me off to DC but I say R-M-O
Today we cover Paul Sanderson's blog post on forensic practitioners, how the current financial situation… [more]
News
We did it! The first live broadcast of Forensic 4cast went out earlier today. In case you missed it (whether by accident or by design) you can watch it below. If you’ve already seen it once and want to watch it again I have the number of a really good therapist… Watch live video from [...]
When I announced the live episode of 4cast a couple of people asked if we were going to have a chat room/IRC channel. I’m happy to say that we now have that set up. For you geeky types (which is pretty much everyone) the IRC channel can be reached by using the following settings in [...]
Last episode we had a first for our little podcast, we had our first female on the show. We struck a blow for chauvinism worldwide… well… maybe not, but it was good to have Cindy on the show. She was awesome and is welcome back anytime. This coming Sunday (August 15) we’re going to have [...]
Read More Posts From This CategoryMethodologies & Best Practice
Occasionally we all see forensic reports that are as close to perfect as they could be. Where procedures and presentation are clear and concise and where the author has conducted research relevant to the investigation. Sadly this isn’t once of those instances… This is a real report prepared by a real defence ‘expert’. Any references [...]
A few weeks ago I posted a picture of Martin Westman just before he jumped out of a plane while hex-dumping a phone. He has been in touch and sent a link to the Youtube video. I asked Martin if he has any more plans to do things like this in the future and he [...]
If my work with Volume Shadow Copies has taught me one thing it is that I don’t know anything. I have often said the more I learn, the less I know. Everything that we learn about computer investigations leads to more learning. It never ends. Anyone that thinks they know everything there is to know [...]
Read More Posts From This CategoryTechnical Articles
I originally posted this entry over on the Disklabs computer forensic forum (http://www.computer-forensics.co.uk/computer-forensics-forums/forum.php) but also thought a lot of people would benefit from it being repeated here too. I’ve been working at Disklabs for a few weeks now. I’ve mostly been confined to the digital forensics lab but I’ve been able to poke my head [...]
Lee Whitfield gives insight into Microsoft Volume Shadow Copies and shows how to extract meaningful data by manually deconstructing these files.
Lee provides a brief overview of what he found interesting from his Mac forensic training.
Read More Posts From This CategoryProduct Reviews
F-Response TACTICAL is now available but is it as good as its predecessors?
Read More Posts From This CategoryPodcast Episodes
This week we discuss the British Cybercrime Challenge, the investigation carried out inside government institutions, PI Laws, Cindy Murphy’s article on mobile device investigations, and Ken Pryor’s post on the SANS forensic blog.
Today we cover Paul Sanderson’s blog post on forensic practitioners, how the current financial situation is affecting forensics, tips for graduates trying to get into the field, the SANS Forensic Summit, and the Forensic 4cast Awards.
Episode 31 - They try to send me off to DC but I say R-M-O [77:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe Forensic 4cast Awards, AccessData merges with CT summation, Google may face prosecution over wiretapping laws, and we talk about what to do if you child porn on your company server.

