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

Anti-paedophile police fight child porn ‘epidemic’

The internet trade in images that show child sex abuse is now “an epidemic”, according to the head of the global initiative to combat the problem. Police officers from around the world serve on the Virtual Global Taskforce. Its chairman,

Webinar: Investigating Child Exploitation Cases with IEF

A recording of last month’s webinar "Investigating Child Exploitation Cases – Getting to Critical Internet Evidence Faster with IEF" presented by Jad Saliba and Jamie McQuaid of Magnet Forensics is now online. View the webinar and read a full transcript

Interview with Martino Jerian, Founder and CEO, Amped Software

Martino, please tell us about your role as the Founder & CEO at Amped Software, and what led you to found the company. Amped Software was derived from my master thesis of Electronic Engineering at the University of Trieste, Italy,

Coming apart at the SIEMs …

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)1 systems are all the rage at the moment – and with good cause. As you are all aware, one item of data2 does not a case make, it is the combination & correlation between

Nina van der Knaap, PhD Student (eLaw), Leiden University

Nina, you’re currently doing a PhD in eLaw and teaching at the Cyber Security Academy (Cyber Forensics & Cybercrime and Law Enforcement). Could you tell us how you became interested in this area? I am a forensic criminologist and I

Martino Jerian, Founder and CEO, Amped Software

Martino, please tell us about your role as the Founder & CEO at Amped Software, and what led you to found the company. Amped Software was derived from my master thesis of Electronic Engineering at the University of Trieste, Italy,

Mac Memory Forensics – WeChat Analysis in a live system

Rapid growth of the usage of OS X has inspired forensic researchers to analyze devices such as the iPad, iPhone and Mac deeply. Therefore, OS X forensics, starting from Jonathan Zdziarski in 2008, became a very hot topic. However, most

X-Ways X-Tension for C4All users (forum topic)

C4All is a program used by law enforcement and others to categorize pictures and videos. This X-Tension is for Users of C4All. The guides that are included describe how to best use the X-Tension with the Strategy hash sets ,

Town receives device to help track online child predators

The Town of Rocky Mount Police Department was presented with a “Cop in a Box” at the Altavista Moose Family Center in Altavista on Wednesday last week. The “Cop in a Box” laptop computer includes a U.S. Department of Justice-certified

Making it easy or hard: Computer forensics expert testimony

Every time I am preparing for testimony at deposition or trial, I ask the attorney I am working for whether I should make it “easy” or “hard.” Even very experienced attorneys examining a technical witness often ask the wrong question.

Computer Forensics & Mobile Forensic Analysis Combined in P2 Commander

Paraben Corporation has announced the release of P2 Commander v3.6. This new version adds the ability to analyze mobile device data acquired using Device Seizure into this comprehensive forensic analysis tool. Also added to this version is support for Outlook

EnCase Training Passport – Certification and Success Through Affordable Training

Guidance Software’s EnCase products are industry standard for corporations and government agencies that need to conduct digital investigations. Capable of addressing every digital investigation scenario, EnCase products are used for e-discovery, cybersecurity, computer forensic investigations, information assurance and other mission

Survey: Reducing Backlogs in Digital Forensics

The number of crimes that require digital forensics expertise is increasing, and alongside it the amount of data that must be analysed is growing exponentially. However, the number of experts is not growing in line with these elements, leading to

Interview with Advanced Laser Imaging, London, UK

ALI use laser imaging technology to assist law enforcement agencies with their investigations. Could you tell us more about this service? It’s basically using laser scanning within all sorts of contexts. The London bombings was probably one of the first

Advanced Laser Imaging, London, UK

ALI use laser imaging technology to assist law enforcement agencies with their investigations. Could you tell us more about this service? It’s basically using laser scanning within all sorts of contexts. The London bombings was probably one of the first