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14th August 2025

Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR

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

14th August 2025

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

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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

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

Interview with Jim Grady, President, Cellebrite USA

25th May 202031st July 2013

Jim, please tell us a bit about yourself and your background before joining Cellebrite. I´ve been involved in the wireless industry as an executive for over 20 years, both on the carrier side and the vendor side. Prior to Cellebrite,

UK ‘losing fight’ against internet crime, warn MPs

25th May 202030th July 2013

The UK must do more to stop online fraud and deter state-sponsored cyber-espionage or risk losing the fight against e-crime, MPs have warned. The Home Affairs Select Committee said much low-level internet-based financial crime was falling into a “black hole”

Interview with Dr Richard Overill, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, KCL

25th May 202029th July 2013

Your paper “The ‘Inverse CSI Effect’: Further Evidence from E-Crime Data” has recently been published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. Could you give us a brief overview of the topic, and your main findings? I’m

Jim Grady, President, Cellebrite USA

19th May 202028th July 2013

Dr Richard Overill, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Informatics, King’s College London

19th May 202027th July 2013

Richard, you’re currently a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at KCL – can you tell us more about your role and how you entered academia? Like much, perhaps most, of my life, it was purely serendipitous! I had finished the

Scientist banned from revealing codes used to start luxury cars

25th May 202027th July 2013

A British-based computer scientist has been banned from publishing an academic paper revealing the secret codes used to start luxury cars including Porsches, Audis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis as it could lead to the theft of millions of vehicles, a judge

UK government to ‘drain the market’ of online child sex abuse

25th May 202022nd July 2013

The government plans to “drain the market” of child sexual abuse images online by launching a campaign with the police and internet companies to pursue both the publishers and those who access the material, David Cameron has said. The prime

Through Google Glass — Preparing Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Education

25th May 202019th July 2013

Google Glass, the voice-controlled glasses that act as a wearable computer, recently became available to a handful of initial testers. After participating in an application process and submitting a proposal on how I would use the product, I was selected

“Oh no, the suspect ran CCleaner to get rid of the evidence!”

25th May 202017th July 2013

“I recently received a few questions about the effects of running Internet history sanitation tools such as CCleaner, when examining a computer looking for internet related artifacts. CCleaner is freely available online and commonly used to ‘sanitize’ user activity. From

Lima wins SC Magazine “Best Buy” 2013 award for Digital Forensic Case Management

25th May 202016th July 2013

In 2009, Lima became an essential part in the Digital Forensics industry, becoming integral for a vast number of digital forensic organisations aligning organisation to international standards ISO9001, ISO27001, ISO17025 and more recently ISO27037. Earlier this year, IntaForensics listened to

German cybercops working to keep the Internet safe with digital forensics

25th May 202012th July 2013

Criminals value the unlimited freedom and anonymity that they get on the Internet. But cybercops and digital forensic experts are working to change that. We are used to seeing police officers doing street patrols. And the Internet is no different

How Important Are Facebook Artifacts?

25th May 202010th July 2013

In March 2013, Facebook reportedly had just over 1 billion users worldwide. Founded in February 2004, it can be considered one of the grandfathers of social networking. Nearly ten years later and even with hundreds of other social networking sites

Digital forensics professionals to get global certification

25th May 20208th July 2013

Non-profit certification body (ISC)² is preparing to launch what it believes is the world’s first qualification designed to assess the skill set of experienced digital forensics professionals. The Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) will be launched in 25 September in

CSA to help plug gaps in standards on digital forensics in the cloud

25th May 20205th July 2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the formation of a new working group that will closely examine incident handling and forensics in cloud environments. The CSA is a not-for-profit organisation tasked with promoting the use of best practices for providing

Computer forensics expert reveals ‘hidden’ source for digital evidence

25th May 20205th July 2013

Sometimes, when a computer forensics expert is dissecting a suspect’s computer, the most important question to answer is this: “Am I looking at the original hard-drive, with all of its incriminating evidence, or has that drive been swapped out surreptitiously

Magnet Forensics Adds Mobile Device Support with IEF Advanced v6.1

25th May 202026th June 2013

Building on our commitment to assist thousands of customers, in the world’s top law enforcement, military, government and corporate organizations, recover data from a broad range of Internet-related communications, Magnet Forensics has launched a new edition of its industry-leading forensic