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We are pleased to announce that we have been selected for an article in the CORDIS section “Results in Brief”. The project coordination team, represented by Patrick Leczek, shows which goals the project followed and how EXFILES researched and developed...

The end of the EXFILES project marks the final press release of our partner NFI. The head of the NFI’s Digital and Biometrical Traces division explained why the project is important for forensic researchers and law enforcement agencies and what...

The main objective of EXFILES project was to improve Law Enforcement Agencies techniques and methods, to extract digital evidence from modern encrypted smartphones used by criminals based on a holistic approach (both software and hardware).

A discussion organised by the Department of Information Security and Department of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy into the ethical and legal challenges around privacy, mobile technology and cybersecurity, and privacy With a panel including Prof. Peter Fussey, Dr Eliza...

In this episode we welcome Rebecca Roache, a British philosopher and Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London and Jonathan Seglow, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy also at at Royal Holloway.

Dr. Thomas Gremsl was appointed as independent Ethics Advisor of EXFILES to continuously monitor the ethics issues that might arise in this project and how they are handled. Dr. Thomas Gremsl completed the diploma course in Catholic religion and history,...

In this episode, we continue our in-depth look at the EXFILES project. Today we speak with Olivier Thomas, a partner in EXFILES, he along with his team of 10 cyber security experts are responsible for hardware solutions in EXFILES. He...

In this episode, we look at the EXFILES project once again. Today we speak with Nicolas from the National Forensic Lab for the French Gendarmerie. He talks about the challenge of extracting forensic evidence from locked phones and how the...

In this episode we look at the EXFILES project once again. We speak with project partner Renaud Feil from Synacktiv in Paris about developing methods to access locked phones. There is no easy solution, but in EXFILES, partners across Europe...

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The EXFILES project gives investigators the tools and methods to perform forensics on encrypted mobile devices. The consortium is made up of Law Enforcement Agencies, high-tech SMEs, research organisations and universities. In this episode we speak with Nico from one...

Today Marcel Moritz joins our ethics conversation. He manages Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in a EU funded project which addresses complex forensic tools for law enforcement agencies. He joines us today from The University of Lille where is is...

We are excited to present the first EXFILES podcast! In this episode we take a first look at the EU-funded EXFILES project. This effort gives investigators the tools and methods to perform forensics on encrypted mobile devices. The consortium is...

With CYBER INTELLIGENCE we’d like to end our round of partner introductions. Thank you for following! If you would like to find out more about the roles that the different EXFILES partners play in the project, feel free to contact...

The third IT security company contributing to EXFILES is Synacktiv from France.

The second company focused on security issues paricipating in EXFILES is Texplained.

It’s time to present our consortium partners specialized in security. The first one is Riscure based in the Netherlands.

Among the LEAs in EXFILES is one partner from Norway, namely the National Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS).

The second university participating in EXFILES is the quite recently founded University of Lille.

The EXFILES consortium does not only comprise public institutions or Law Enforcement Agencies, but also two renowned universities. One of them is Royal Holloway from the UK.

Forensics is an essential part of EXFILES.

A big research partner in EXFILES is the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).

Today we would like to introduce you to an important public body from Spain.

In EXFILES the Bundeskriminalamt (Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office) teams up with several other Law Enforcement Agencies against criminals using mobile devices for illegal activities.

The EXFILES consortium is made up of several Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) from all over Europe. One of them is the Gendarmerie Nationale and more specifically its Forensic Laboratory IRCGN.

The EXFILES project is led by CEA-Leti (technical leader).

In the upcoming days and weeks we are going to present you the partners behind EXFILES. Those who work together to achieve the project’s main goal, which is to provide law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with new tools to extract digital...

Technological advances and development of sophisticated functions in mobile devices led to new usages and dependencies. Mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases, intrusions, intellectual property theft, security threats, and more. The data stored in these devices...

Technological advances and development of sophisticated functions in mobile devices led to new usages and dependencies. Mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases, intrusions, intellectual property theft, security threats, and more. The data stored in these devices...

Encrypted mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases; the data stored in these devices may contain critical evidence.

Technological advances and development of sophisticated functions in mobile devices led to new usages and dependencies. Mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases, intrusions, intellectual property theft, security threats, and more. The data stored in these devices...

On 1st of July 2020 the European cooperative research project, EXFILES, has started. While the ubiquity of the mobile phone in our society is largely beneficial, they can also be used for criminal activities. To make matters worse, the device...