14th August 2025

Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR
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Magnet Forensics explores how AI is revolutionizing speed and accuracy in DFIR....

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Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

14th August 2025

Gain full filesystem access to the latest Samsung Galaxy devices with MD-NEXT....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

13th August 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....read more

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

12th August 2025

Hannah Bailey shares her journey from frontline policing to founding Blue Light Wellbeing, explaining why culturally-aware mental health support is crucial for DFIs and frontline workers....read more

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

Interview with John Huperetes, Senior Forensics Instructor

John Huperetes is a sub-contractor to the US Department of Defense and any views herein do not represent those of his contractor or of the DoD. John, please tell us about your current role. I am contracted to be “senior

John Huperetes, Senior Forensics Instructor

John Huperetes is a sub-contractor to the US Department of Defense and any views herein do not represent those of his contractor or of the DoD. John, please tell us about your current role. I am contracted to be “senior

Arsenal Image Mounter now available on GitHub

Arsenal Image Mounter is now available on GitHub under a dual license. Arsenal Imager Mounter is the image mounter/physical disk driver used by Registry Recon to mount forensic images as physical disks and includes a complete virtual SCSI adapter which

Interview with Benjamin Fung, Associate Professor, McGill University

Your research focuses on designing intelligent systems for the purpose of crime investigation. How did you become interested in these topics? After joining the Computer Security team at Concordia in 2007, I had a lot of opportunities to interact with

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

How much does having a disability affect working in forensics? Chime in on the forum. Are Facebook private messages retrievable? Forum members discuss the best way to clean flash drives. To triage or not to triage? That is the question.