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For The Love of Digital Forensics: Elf, Katz and Zbikowski

One of the first things you learn as a digital investigator is … the magic of digital forensics. For this we have the concept of magic numbers, and which are identifiers of different file types. These magic numbers are a special gifts for digital investigators, as they make the job of finding things a whole lot easier [here]. So let’s have a bit of fun with 10 trivial facts on these magic…