I appreciate your interest in DFIRScience. This site started in 2008 (initially as CybercrimeTech) to document open-source software for digital forensic investigations. Since then, we have evolved into creating tutorials to answer questions from practicing digital forensic investigators.

Email us and we will answer any questions as soon as possible. We are usually active on Twitter.

Goals

Our main goal is to make computing, information security, and digital forensic investigation knowledge accessible to everyone. Infosec and digital forensic knowledge are especially expensive to access. Regardless of budget, we want every investigator to have access to helpful information and tools.

Our ultimate goal is for the revenue generated from this site to support us working full-time to build low-cost digital forensic laboratories for countries in need. We have worked with countries worldwide to increase their digital investigation capacity and capabilities, usually funded by short-term grants. Most countries, however, need long-term support to use resources to their maximum potential. If you are interested in helping us achieve this goal, please support us.

Whoami

This site is mainly the work of Joshua I. James. He is a trainer, lecturer, and consultant for digital investigations. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at UCD focusing on AI in digital investigations. He currently runs DFIR.Science in his free time. If you want to see more DFIR content, please support us.

Collaborate

If you would like to contribute or collaborate email us with “COLLABORATE” in the subject.

Consulting

For questions about consulting or running a training course, please email us and put “CONSULTING” in the subject.

DFIR Students

If you are an undergrad/graduate student working on a paper, thesis or dissertation and would like help on topics and structure, please email us and put “THESIS REVIEW” in the subject.

Support Us

If you are looking to join the DFIRScience community, please see our Patreon page. Supporters get priority answers, extra content and can even book a face-to-face chat/skype session to discuss any topic you need. We will help build digital forensic laboratories for countries in need with enough community support.

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Revenue Disclosure

We strive to be community-supported. We sometimes use affiliate links related to products or services that we use and recommend. We will make the sponsorship or affiliate links clear on the post or page if any content is sponsored. Currently, revenue is generated from the following sources:

  • Brave Rewards - if you view this website using Brave browser, we may receive BAT. We do not show tracking ads on DFIR.Science. You can also send us a tip by clicking the triangle in the address bar and selecting “Send Tip.” Thank you!
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  • Community sponsorship through Patreon.
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  • Consulting. Please consider us if you need digital forensics, network security, or online investigation work.

In the future, we hope to move to the community-sponsorship model on Patreon to remove ads from our content.

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