21st August 2025

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 20 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 20 2025

20th August 2025

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....read more

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

Bitcoin Forensics – A Journey into the Dark Web

There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st. As many of you already know, Tor is a

Forensic Software in Child Protection Cases

According to recently released statistics from ICAC, an agency whose aim is to make the internet safer for children, only 2% of reported child protection cases are investigated in the United States each year. Often the media seize every opportunity

Oxygen Forensics and Passware Partner to Deliver Complete Discovery Solution

Oxygen Forensics announces the availability of a new edition of Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013. The Passware Edition of the company’s flagship mobile forensic product delivers investigators a complete evidence discovery solution providing integrated recovery of passwords protecting encrypted files discovered

Analysis Of iOS Notes App

As part of my third year studying Digital Security,Forensics & Ethical Hacking at GCU, I took part in a group research project to study the artifacts created when using the notes app on an iPad Mini, and if they could

Digital forensics training expert Rob Attoe joins Nuix

Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, today announced it has appointed Rob Attoe as Senior Vice President of Investigations Training and Services. United States-based Attoe will be in charge of building and delivering training course content for Nuix

Forensic Software in Child Protection Cases

According to recently released statistics from ICAC, an agency whose aim is to make the internet safer for children, only 2% of reported child protection cases are investigated in the United States each year. Often the media seize every opportunity

ForGe – Computer Forensic Test Image Generator

by Hannu Visti Creating test material for computer forensic teaching or tool testing purposes has been a known problem. I encountered the issue in my studies of Computer Forensics at the University of Westminster. We were assigned a task to

ForGe – Computer Forensic Test Image Generator

Introduction Creating test material for computer forensic teaching or tool testing purposes has been a known problem. I encountered the issue in my studies of Computer Forensics at the University of Westminster. We were assigned a task to compare computer

Child internet porn ‘getting worse’ and victims ‘younger’

The level of sexual abuse and violence carried out on children whose suffering is posted on the internet “seems to be getting worse”, [UK] MPs have heard. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre director Peter Davies said victims appeared “to

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums Forum user EricZimmerman shares some imager speed test results. What are ‘advanced forensics concepts‘ within the digital forensics realm? Forum users discuss digital evidence storage ideas. Forum member

Interview with Carole Phillips, Trustee, BulliesOut

There has been increased coverage of cyber bullying in the media recently. How large a problem is cyber bullying? Is it really growing as fast as the media seem to suggest? When the tragic deaths of young people such as

HEA STEM (Computing): Teaching Computer Forensics Workshop

HEA STEM: Teaching Computer Forensics is the 8th workshop on Teaching Forensics, the last 4 of which have been held at Sunderland. The workshops have been successful at bringing academics together to discuss the particular challenges in teaching computer forensics,

Carole Phillips, Trustee, BulliesOut

Carole, you're currently a trustee for BulliesOut. How did you become involved with the charity? I first heard of BulliesOut through being involved in the charity Children in Wales and contacted the CEO, Linda James, via LinkedIn. We met as

Magnet Forensics Releases IEF v6.2, Featuring the New Dynamic App Finder

Latest version of IEF uniquely addresses the challenge of identifying, recovering and analyzing mobile chat data. Magnet Forensics, the global leader in the development of digital forensic software for the recovery and analysis of Internet evidence from computers, smartphones and

Streamlining Digital Forensics through Google Glass Eyes

The world of digital forensics involves the use of a very diverse array of tools, some highly specialized and technical and others pretty simple, as we all know, and these tools are constantly evolving as the digital landscape itself changes