r/dfir
5k members
r/dfir is a subreddit with 5k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses forensics, dfir, windows, incident response, and incident.
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
Advice Requests
: "DFIR process best practice"
20 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I built an open-source tool that uses AI to automate Windows forensic triage — just upload an E01/ZIP and get a report"
19 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Tool release: decrypt VMware vTPM-encrypted .vmem/.vmsn for memory forensics (Volatility-ready)"
4 posts
#4
News
: "AI + Digital Forensics (X-Post)"
4 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "New linux artefact, missing in volatility"
2 posts
#6
Ideas
: "Built a UEFI-Based Disk Cloning Utility"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dfir
#1
Forensics
: "Introduction to MFTECmd - NTFS MFT and Journal Forensics (X-Post)"
74 posts
#2
Dfir
: "Gulp - open-source incident response & log analysis platform with a multi-timeline UI (Dfir / blue team)"
64 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
Incident Response
: "Gulp - open-source Incident Response & log analysis platform with a multi-timeline UI (DFIR / blue team)"
18 posts
#5
Incident
: "Possible alternatives to Incident Response"
17 posts
#6
Analysis
: "Email Header Analysis and Forensic Investigation (X-Post)"
14 posts
#7
Response
: "Possible alternatives to Incident Response"
13 posts
#8
Security
13 posts
#9
Forensic
: "Email Header Analysis and Forensic Investigation (X-Post)"
12 posts
#10
Memory
: "Linux Memory Forensics - Memory Capture and Analysis (X-Post)"
9 posts
Member Growth in r/dfir
Yearly
+1k members(34.2%)
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Last updated: August 29, 2026