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

iPhone factory reset removes all traces of everything, forever

Felons wanting to best forensic investigators need only perform a factory reset of all current model iPhones, say forensic security experts. Apple’s decision to encrypt data on the iPhone is responsible for this state of affairs because a factory reset

EnCase 7.09.04: Extracting Passwords from OS X Keychains

EnCase 7.09.04 is now available and contains several enhancements to make your investigations more efficient and comprehensive. Today’s digital investigators face a constant struggle to maintain comprehensive investigative skill sets, while continuously improving efficiency in the face of overwhelming growth

This Guy Was Fired And Sued, So He Launched An eDiscovery Startup

Living well is the best revenge. No one personifies that better than Abtin Buergari, founder and CEO of Washington, D.C., startup, Modus eDiscovery. This is the fantastic rags-to-riches story of a man who grew up in poverty and was working

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Webinar: Working with Legal – How to Bridge the Gap between Forensic Collection/Analysis & Legal Review Do you struggle with translating and transferring forensically collected data to your legal team? If so, then join AccessData for a free webinar that

Your prints are all over your photos, say UAE scientists

Where once snappers would labour in dark rooms with chemicals and film to bring images to life, today even amateur photographers can capture an image and send it around the world within seconds. The sheer number of pictures taken, preserving

Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures (book excerpt)

The following is an excerpt from the book Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures written by David Watson and Andrew Jones and published by Syngress. In this section from chapter 3, learn about the areas that must be considered when setting

Forensics Europe Expo, Olympia, London, 29-30 April 2014

Forensics Europe Expo is the premier dedicated international forum for the entire forensics sector and supply chain, bringing together over 160 conference delegates with over 3000 attendees and 70+ international exhibiting companies. The Digital Forensics Conference, part of the wider

Interview with Feike Willem Dillema, Co-Founder, TraceMiners

Feike, you’re currently a Co-Founder and Partner at TraceMiners. Could you tell us more about the role and what TraceMiners does? TraceMiners is a Dutch company that creates efficient forensic software that streamlines the discovery, extraction and sharing of digital

Feike Willem Dillema, Co-Founder, TraceMiners

Feike, you’re currently a Co-Founder and Partner at TraceMiners. Could you tell us more about the role and what TraceMiners does? TraceMiners is a Dutch company that creates efficient forensic software that streamlines the discovery, extraction and sharing of digital

Webinar: Working with Legal – Bridging the Gap

Webinar: Working with Legal – How to Bridge the Gap between Forensic Collection/Analysis & Legal Review Do you struggle with translating and transferring forensically collected data to your legal team? If so, then join AccessData for a free webinar that

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014: Data Acquisition from My Windows Phone

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, enabling data acquisition from My Windows Phone cloud. The new release enables investigators to acquire the content of Windows Phone mobile devices stored in Windows cloud