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

Passware Exposes Suspects’ Photo Stream to Computer Forensics

Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, law enforcement organizations, government agencies, and private investigators, announces version 2 of its flagship encrypted electronic evidence discovery product – Passware Kit Forensic 2015.

Interview with Nikola Radovanović, CEO, HddSurgery

Nikola, please tell us about HddSurgery. What first gave you the idea to develop tools for data recovery and computer forensics? I would not call it an idea, it was more a need for such tools. We have data recovery

Nikola Radovanović, CEO, HddSurgery

Nikola, please tell us about HddSurgery. What first gave you the idea to develop tools for data recovery and computer forensics? I would not call it an idea, it was more a need for such tools. We have data recovery

New AccessData UTK® Bundle

When it comes to incident response, the quick collection and triage of digital devices is crucial to identify where evidence may be contained. This expedites device processing and evidence identification to ultimately reduce case backlogs. AccessData’s Ultimate Toolkit® (UTK®) include

Webinar: Being Your Own Cybersecurity “Expert Witness”

Date: March 26, 2015Time: 1:00pm EST (US) / 5:00pm GMT (UK)Duration: 60-75 minutesPresenters: Spencer Wilcox, CISSP, Excelon; Herbert Joe, Certified Forensics Consultant, Yonovitz & Joe, LLP; Andrew Neal, TransPerfect With data breaches and data leakage incidents becoming front page news,

How to Use EnCase and IEF Together

When it comes to computer forensics, investigators often rely on a variety of tools to find the evidence they need. The real challenge is understanding how to use these tools together to make your investigations more efficient while still maximizing

Review: Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+) – Part 1

Reviewed by Si Biles, Thinking Security That mobile devices are going to be used in any criminal activity is almost a given now – although post Snowden, at least the more intelligent crook might give some pause to consider the

Thailand warns women who post ‘underboob’ photos face five years in jail

Thailand’s military government warned women on Monday against posting photos of the lower half of their breasts – a current social media trend – saying their actions could violate the country’s computer crime laws. Thailand’s computer crimes act 2007 bans

DFRWS EU 2015 – Dublin 23rd – 26th March

On Monday 23rd of March 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending DFRWS EU – the European Digital Forensic Research Workshop – at University College Dublin, Ireland. If there are any topics you would particularly like us to cover in-depth, or

Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+) – Part 1

Reviewed by Si Biles, Thinking Security Sadly, at the time I put the finishing touches to the first part of this review at the start of 2015, Paris has been rocked by terrorist attacks resulting in the deaths of 17

DFRWS EU 2015 – Dublin 23rd – 26th March

On Monday 23rd of March 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending DFRWS EU – the European Digital Forensic Research Workshop – at University College Dublin, Ireland. If there are any topics you would particularly like us to cover in-depth, or

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss how to construct a Huffman table in order to display a block of a JPEG image. What are your tips for getting started in malware

Nevis encryption-detection software updated to version 1.5.0

The National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC) has released a new version of Nevis, their free encryption-detection software. Nevis runs over seized media to flag any encrypted files or encryption-related files, outputting a report to allow investigators to quickly identify any