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Network Forensics

Analyzing network logs and artifacts for forensic purposes

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Jan 28, 2026

What forensic methods can reliably link a device to online criminal activity despite VPNs and CGN?

Forensic investigators can often even when perpetrators or by combining network log correlation, endpoint and volatile-memory analysis, metadata/artifact recovery, VPN-appliance and ISP log examinatio...

Jan 12, 2026

What technical methods do forensic analysts use to link an IP address to a specific device or user, and what are their documented error rates?

Forensic analysts link IP addresses to devices or users using network-level evidence (packet captures, router logs), ISP subscriber records, active traceback techniques (packet marking/flow correlatio...