Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 06 2025

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Read the latest DFIR news – starting a digital forensic business, Hashcat v7.0.0, GenAI incident response guidance, cross-border investigation challenges, and more....

Halfway Through The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session

Halfway Through The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session

We are halfway through the S21 Transcriber Spotlight — catch up on the latest demos and see how investigators are using the tool in real casework....read more

Safeguarding ICAC Investigators: Detego Global’s Commitment To Mental Well-Being

Safeguarding ICAC Investigators: Detego Global’s Commitment To Mental Well-Being

Protecting children online shouldn't come at the cost of investigators' mental health—see how Detego Global is changing the game....read more

Semantics 21 Wants Your Help To Rename LASERi-X

Semantics 21 Wants Your Help To Rename LASERi-X

Semantics 21 is renaming their groundbreaking CSAM forensics tool—and your idea could win your team a free year of access....read more

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 13, 2019

Josh Hickman discusses the challenges of extracting data from the Wickr messaging app. Andrea Fortuna talks about browser fingerprinting. Adam Harrison shares his unofficial write-up of the Defcon DFIR CTF. Criminals have managed to use artificial intelligence to replicate the

How To Acquire Data From A Mac Using MacQuisition

Depending on the digital forensic imaging tool you have available, creating a forensic image of a Mac computer can be either an anxiety-creating situation, or as easy as “1-2-3-START”. There are several things you must identify ahead of attempting a

How To Acquire Data From A Mac Using MacQuisition

Written by: Justin Matsuhara, Solutions Engineer, BlackBag Technologies Stephanie Thompson, Solutions Engineer, BlackBag Technologies Depending on the digital forensic imaging tool you have available, creating a forensic image of a Mac computer can be either an anxiety-creating situation, or as

Chrome Nuts And Bolts: ChromeOS / Chromebook Forensics

Jessica Hyde discusses her research on Google Chrome at DFRWS EU 2019. Jessica: Hey, everyone. Good morning. So we’re going to be talking about forensics of Chromebooks, as Hans just mentioned. Just a little bit about me, I work as

Chrome Nuts And Bolts: ChromeOS / Chromebook Forensics

Jessica Hyde discusses her research on Google Chrome at DFRWS EU 2019. Jessica: Hey, everyone. Good morning. So we’re going to be talking about forensics of Chromebooks, as Hans just mentioned. Just a little bit about me, I work as

Register For Webinar: Griffeye Brain In Analyze DI Pro

Join us for this highly anticipated webinar and learn about Griffeye’s new and advanced AI technology: Griffeye Brain. When dealing with masses of previously unseen images and videos, investigators are often forced to work in the dark without really knowing

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 10, 2019

Craig Ball talks about how career changes can bring about personal existential doubts. Oxygen Forensics show how to use KeyScout, a utility which uncovers and extracts user data and passwords. Harlan Carvey provides a brief history of DFIR time and

Register For Techno Security TX And Get 30% Off Registration Fee

Techno Security TX will be held in San Antonio from the 30th September to the 2nd of October 2019. There will be four tracks running throughout the conference: digital forensics, investigation, information security, and audit/risk management. Find out more and

Webinar: Field Forensics For The Front Line

A new webinar, Field Forensics For The Front Line, is available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Read More

Field Forensics For The Front Line

Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.Rich: Good morning everybody, thank you – or good afternoon. Thank you for attending, hope you’re having a great day; for some of you

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 06, 2019

Vladimir Katalov shares some tips for iOS acquisition on Windows. SalvationDATA share a DVR forensics case study. Oleg Afonin discusses iOS 12.4 file system extraction.

Nuix Increases Its Investigations Focus And Investment

Nuix (www.nuix.com) today announced it has expanded the capabilities for investigative teams to quickly cull through data and collaborate to uncover hidden insights and relationships in connected data within the Nuix lab solution for digital investigations.The Nuix lab solution gives

SANS DFIR Summit 2019 – Recap

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Held in Austin, Texas each summer, the SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Summit is known for offering in-depth but accessible digital forensic research — and for its laid-back, fun atmosphere. This year’s summit,

SANS DFIR Summit 2019 – Recap

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Held in Austin, Texas each summer, the SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Summit is known for offering in-depth but accessible digital forensic research — and for its laid-back, fun atmosphere. This year’s summit,