The National Crime Agency’s Warning The UK’s (NCA) has warned parents to carefully consider the risks before publicly sharing photographs of their children on social media. While sharing family milestones has become commonplace, advances in artificial intelligence have created new opportunities for criminals to exploit publicly available images. AI-powered image generation and editing technologies have […]

Introduction MEGA is a cloud storage and file-sharing service that emphasizes privacy and end-to-end encryption. Since its launch in 2013, MEGA has become one of the world’s most widely used secure cloud storage platforms, allowing users to upload, synchronize, store, and share files across computers and mobile devices. From a digital forensic perspective, MEGA can […]

Introduction One of the most common questions asked during digital forensic investigations is “How long does digital evidence last?” The answer is highly dependent upon the type of evidence, the device involved, user behaviour, operating system processes, storage technology, and external factors such as cloud retention policies. Digital evidence may persist for: Some artefacts remain […]

Yes. Incognito or private browsing mode can often be partially reconstructed during a digital forensic examination, despite its purpose of reducing local browsing traces. Incognito mode primarily prevents the browser from storing information in the normal user profile after the session closes, but numerous artefacts may still exist elsewhere on the device. What Incognito Mode […]

Introduction Many computer users assume that deleting a file permanently removes it from a computer, mobile phone, or storage device. In reality, deleting a file often only removes the reference to that file within the operating system, while the underlying data may remain intact on the storage media. Digital forensic specialists use a variety of […]