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Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attacks: Potential For Progressing Hindered Digital Forensic Analysis
by Asanka Sayakkara, Nhien-An Le-Khac & Mark Scanlon Abstract Digital forensics is a fast-growing field involving the discovery and analysis of digital evidence acquired from electronic devices to assist investigations for law enforcement. Traditional digital forensic investigative approaches are often hampered by the data contained on these devices being encrypted. Furthermore, the increasing use of IoT devices with … Continue reading
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by Quan Le, Oisín Boydell, Brian Mac Namee & Mark Scanlon Abstract Current malware detection and classification approaches generally rely on time consuming and knowledge intensive processes to extract patterns (signatures) and behaviors from malware, which are then used for identification. Moreover, these signatures are often limited to local, contiguous sequences within the data whilst … Continue reading
by Felix Anda, David Lillis, Nhien-An Le-Khac & Mark Scanlon Abstract In today’s world, closed circuit television, cellphone photographs and videos, open-source intelligence (i.e., social media/web data mining), and other sources of photographic evidence are commonly used by police forces to identify suspects and victims of both online and offline crimes. Human characteristics, such as … Continue reading
by Scar de Courcier This article is a recap of some of the main highlights from the Techno Security & Forensic Investigation Conference 2018, which took place in Myrtle Beach, SC from the 3rd-6th June 2018. Under the sunny skies of South Carolina, the digital forensic community got together at the beginning of June this year … Continue reading
by Patrick Siewert, Principal Consultant, Pro Digital Forensic Consulting I recently attended a conference of civil litigators in Virginia. During the cocktail hour and after a very interactive CLE presentation on “Leveraging Data in Insurance Fraud Investigations”, I was talking with a few attendees about the different types of data available to them in their … Continue reading
by Scar de Courcier One of the most frequent questions I’m asked by digital forensics students is about resources: where can they go to continue learning, where can they find out more about the industry, what are the best blogs and social accounts out there for DFIR people? The below is by no means an … Continue reading
by Andrey Fedorov The purpose of this article is to find additional information about the capabilities, specifics, and USPs of the ADR512 Android Data Recovery program. A full description of this software can be found here. Developers from 512 BYTE, who created the software, invited specialists from digital forensics lab Gross to test it. Let’s … Continue reading
