Water and electrical devices do not mix, especially if the device contains valuable data. When you’re on scene in a water emergency, the decisions you make in handling potential digital evidence can have huge impacts down the line in your department’s ability to recover evidence and use it to make a case. We’d like to …
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The 6 to 18 month backlog to process digital evidence at almost every state crime lab and RCFL is forcing law enforcement agencies to consider alternatives, especially for high-profile and time-sensitive cases. Private labs and digital forensics services are available to help, but law enforcement needs to be aware of the differences in working with …
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Digital devices have become so ubiquitous that virtually every crime scene now includes one or more pieces of digital evidence in the form of a mobile phone, laptop, desktop, tablet or other device. Performing a proper forensic analysis on this type of evidence can take time, but it’s often decisions and actions taken during the …
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Law enforcement and prosecutors face a daunting 6 – 18 month backlog to process digital evidence through an RCFL or state computer forensics lab. Unfortunately, the grim reality of public budgets and the explosive growth of digital evidence means that this backlog is not going away any time soon. The only question is how your …
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Digital forensics software has come a long way in providing tools to help digital forensic examiners do their jobs more efficiently. However, when you’re performing hundreds or thousands of examinations per month, you still find yourself doing a lot of repetitive, manual work. The experts at Flashback Data have created a nifty productivity tool to …
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If you’re looking to hire a digital forensic examiner to address the backlog in your crime lab, we have a few tips to help you avoid making a bad hire. We’ve been in the business for 17 years, have hired over 50 examiners, and have interviewed hundreds more. Here are our top 3 things to …
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At work, a “copy”, “ghost” or “mirror” of your data can help you collaborate with coworkers or quickly recover a lost or corrupted file. In a courtroom, any of these three terms can get you into trouble. WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU COPYING, GHOSTING OR MIRRORING? The trouble arises from what exactly is being copied. Most …
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I used to carry a camera only on vacation. Now I carry the most powerful camera I have ever owned all the time…on my phone. I used to store my photos in a box in my attic. Now all my photos stay on my phone forever. If a physical photo is worth a thousand words, …
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“JTAG” and “chip-off” processes are a well-known last resort when standard forensic tools can’t recover data from a locked or damaged mobile device. While these terms may be well-known, the actual processes are extremely technical and involve an understanding of circuit board and memory chip architectures. Here is what you need to know about each …
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Check out Flashback Data’s president Damon O’Connell talking about Flashback Data’s services at Channel Con 2017.