Drone Forensics, The Path of NIST →

...meanwhile, in National Institue of Standards and Technology (NIST) newa, comes a terrific piece on the latest efforts to provide assurance by NIST to the Drone Forensics community, with a compendium of tools and data, not the least of which is a grouping of Computer Forensic Reference Datasets, or CFReDS, of which, encompass digital evidence simulations (all available on a no-fee basis).

'A forensic image is a complete data extraction from a digital device, and NIST maintains a repository of images made from personal computers, mobile phones, tablets, hard drives and other storage media. The images in NIST’s Computer Forensic Reference Datasets, or CFReDS, contain simulated digital evidence and are available to download for free. Recently, NIST opened a new section of CFReDS dedicated to drones, where forensic experts can find images of 14 popular makes and models, a number that is expected to grow to 30 by December 2018.' via the National Institue of Standards and Technology

Miscreant Gang Runs Drone Intercept Targeting FBI Agents

via Patrick Tucker, the Technology Editor over at DefenseOne, posted a particularly troubling new piece on May 3rd, detailing an incident in which our Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were attacked by a criminal gang's drone swarm. Obviously, a complicating tactic executed by the gang for law enforcement, and for the victim of that gang - a hostage being held nearby. I am certain that LE is thinking anti-drone countermeasures right about now... Read Patrick's well-wrought article over at DefenseOne.