r/dfir
4k members
r/dfir is a subreddit with 4k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses forensics, dfir, windows, analysis, and incident response.
A subreddit to discuss and share news, content, whitepapers, research, tutorials, webinars, or anything else regarding Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)
Popular Themes in r/dfir
#1
Solution Requests
: "An Open Source DFIR Platform: Parsing, Visualizing, Correlating evidences and empowering investigators with collaboration tools"
17 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "DFIR process best practice"
17 posts
#3
News
: "AI + Digital Forensics (X-Post)"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "TrickBot modules no longer present"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Built a UEFI-Based Disk Cloning Utility"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "🚀 After 5 Years of Development – Releasing My Platform “UTI” to the Public"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dfir
#1
Forensics
: "Introduction to MFTECmd - NTFS MFT and Journal Forensics (X-Post)"
66 posts
#2
Dfir
: "Dfir Home Labs (X-Post)"
58 posts
#3
Windows
: "I built an open-source tool that uses AI to automate Windows forensic triage — just upload an E01/ZIP and get a report"
21 posts
#4
Analysis
: "Email Header Analysis and Forensic Investigation (X-Post)"
14 posts
#5
Incident Response
: "Free Incident Response Training with Brian Carrier"
14 posts
#6
Security
: "DFIR Home Labs (X-Post)"
13 posts
#7
Forensic
: "Email Header Analysis and Forensic Investigation (X-Post)"
12 posts
#8
Incident
: "An Open Source DFIR Platform: Parsing, Visualizing, Correlating evidences and empowering investigators with collaboration tools"
10 posts
#9
Memory
: "Linux Memory Forensics - Memory Capture and Analysis (X-Post)"
9 posts
#10
Malware
: "Malware Analysis Sandbox"
9 posts
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Yearly
+1k members(29.8%)
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Last updated: June 3, 2026