Geotags: Friend or Foe?

by David Benford Director, Blackstage Forensics David Benford I recently wrote a research paper, “Geotag Data: The Modificatio...

Computer forensics to die out by 2020

Somewhat contrary to expectations, I was interested to see that a search for "computer forensics" using Google's Insights for ...

Is the NTSB a model for incident response?

by Sean McLinden Recently, the events surrounding the defacement of the HBGary Web site and publication of sensitive data were being bante...

Interview with Ben Findlay, North Yorkshire Police Hi Tech Crime Unit

"Many people are familiar with the concept and importance of validating and verifying (V&V) results (and the difference between t...

Challenges of Smart Phone Forensics

by Rob Adams "Mobile devices have become an essential component of our daily lives. These devices keep us connected and act as so muc...

"I'm here! Now what?"

by Ken Pryor "Working for a small police department in a rural area, my opportunities to do digital forensic work on real cases are mu...

Test Images and Forensic Challenges

A list of sample images and forensic challenges is now available at: http://www.forensicfocus.com/images-and-challenges Additions are encour...