20th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 20 2025
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Read the latest digital forensics news – SANS releases DFIR Summit playlist, UAC launches v3.2.0, Neal Ysart discusses the Coalition of Cyber Investigators, and more....

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Wrapping Up The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session – What We’ve Covered

Wrapping Up The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session – What We’ve Covered

20th August 2025

Explore S21 Transcriber: a fully offline, court-ready tool with free 30-day access and training....read more

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Retail Under Siege: Fighting Back Against Ransomware With Next-Gen Forensics

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Retail Under Siege: Fighting Back Against Ransomware With Next-Gen Forensics

19th August 2025

Retailers face rising cyber threats—join Exterro's Sept 4 webinar to learn fast, modern forensic response strategies and protect your brand....read more

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

18th August 2025

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up....read more

NIST Tests Forensic Methods For Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

by Richard Press Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. They might smash, shoot, submerge or cook their phones, but forensics experts can often retrieve the evidence anyway. Now, researchers at the National Institute of

What’s Happening In Forensics – Feb 13, 2020

Heather Mahalik shares some tips for unlocking extra data in iPhone extractions. Ian Barwise talks about what it’s like to be a digital forensic examiner, and looks at some subsets of the career path. Joseph W. Shaw II discusses why

The Rise Of Evil HID Devices

Arthur Villeneuve and Franck Bitsch discuss their research at DFRWS EU 2019. Arthur: Good morning. My name is Arthur, this is Franck. We are going to talk about malicious HID devices. We represent what is HID devices just after. We’re

The Rise Of Evil HID Devices

Arthur Villeneuve and Franck Bitsch discuss their research at DFRWS EU 2019.Arthur: Good morning. My name is Arthur, this is Franck. We are going to talk about malicious HID devices. We represent what is HID devices just after. We’re working

What’s Happening In Forensics – Feb 12, 2020

Amped Software demonstrate how to investigate which camera model took a picture using EXIF metadata and JPEG quantization tables. The call for presentations and workshops is open for DFRWS USA 2020. Ed Michael reminds us about the importance of taking

Amped Replay Update 15666: Further Intuitive Annotation And Enhancement Tools

Amped Software announced the release of another update to Amped Replay, the enhanced video player for investigators, frontline officers, first responders, security personnel and CCTV operators to conduct a quick first level analysis of their video, with easy conversion, correction,

Cut Your Imaging Time In Half With FTK® Imager 4.3

When it comes to forensics, speed is king and the latest release of FTK® Imager, version 4.3 is all about speed; cutting imaging time in half.The faster you preserve the data, the quicker analysis can begin. To achieve this speed

Digital Forensic Challenges In Major Case Law And Global Legislation

Christa: Hello and welcome to the Forensic Focus podcast. Monthly we interview experts from the digital forensics and incident response community on a host of topics ranging from technical aspects to career soft skills. I’m your host, Christa Miller. With

Digital Forensic Challenges In Major Case Law And Global Legislation

Christa: Hello and welcome to the Forensic Focus podcast. Monthly we interview experts from the digital forensics and incident response community on a host of topics ranging from technical aspects to career soft skills. I’m your host, Christa Miller. With

Learn Real-World Scenarios With Basic Forensic Investigations Training

Staying up to date with the most current topics and real-world scenarios in forensics is daunting and overwhelming. That’s why BlackBag’s Basic Forensic Investigations course is a must for investigators, regardless of prior use of BlackBag’s tools.BlackBag’s team of expert

What’s Happening In Forensics – Feb 4, 2020

ElcomSoft’s Vladimir Katalov discusses Apple vs. law enforcement. Gerald Beuchelt talks about deanonymising Tor circuits. DFRWS announce a Women In Forensic Computing workshop day ahead of the main EU conference in March.

What’s Happening In Forensics – Feb 3, 2020

Jessica Hyde shares a brief guide to getting started in digital forensics. Haniah Shafi discusses Android Auto and Apple CarPlay forensics. Matthew Seyer releases a tool to help investigators reformat and filter JSONL.

Shining A Light On Spotlight

Mark Scanlon discusses his student's research at DFRWS EU 2019. OK, good morning, how are you doing? My name is Mark Scanlon, I’ve been speaking to some of you guys already. I’m from University College Dublin. This work was primarily