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

Major Update To Computer Forensics Tool Registry Recon Released

Arsenal Recon, creators of computer forensics solutions built by computer forensics experts, announce major advancements to their signature product Registry Recon. Registry Recon is the only computer forensics tool that probes Microsoft Windows Registry data whether it was active, backed

Forensic Artifact: Malware Analysis in Windows 8

by Joseph Orekoya I read and heard from different sources that Windows 8 was secure but I am a big time skeptic, so I had to prove it to myself. To be sure of the fact that Windows 8 is

Internet Evidence Finder (IEF)

Reviewed by BitHead (discussion thread here). When this review started at the beginning of August 2012, Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) was a project of Jad Saliba of JADSoftware. At that time the version was 5.41. The interface was simple, and

What are ‘gdocs’? Google Drive Data

As “the Cloud” (a varied mix of internet based services ranging from web-based email accounts, on-line storage and services that synchronise data across multiple computers) becomes more relevant and the dominance of the PC or tablet as the exclusive “home”

Ortiz says suicide will not change handling of cases

U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office doubled down in defense of its handling of the case against the late Aaron Swartz last night, but his loved ones say she needs to reflect on her official “bullying,” while legal experts said they

Job Vacancy: X-act Forensics – Cell Site Analyst, Midlands, UK

X-act Forensics Ltd are currently recruiting for a cell site expert/analyst. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful independent forensic company with a great reputation. Applicants must have previous experience of 2G and 3G networks, call data record

Net.Hunter: Handheld Packet Capture Appliance for Security/Forensics

Net.Hunter is a handy Handheld Packet Capture device ideal for many applications including those within the Security and Forensic sector. In the past, testing was restricted to high end and costly rack mounted devices based in laboratories. Nowadays, mobility is

Belkasoft Evidence Center 5.2 Speeds Up Evidence Collection, Supports QQ 2012

Belkasoft has updated its flagship forensic product, Belkasoft Evidence Center 2013, to version 5.2, greatly reducing the time required to collect digital evidence from larger hard drives. The new release introduces a brand-new core engine, bringing much greater performance to

Bad Sector Recovery

Bad Sector Recovery Hard drives are built in a way so that they never return unreliable data. This means that if a hard drive cannot guarantee 100 percent accuracy of the data requested, it will simply return an error and

Forensics Firsts: Dropbox Decryption and Web Video Recovery in IEF

With a strong commitment to helping thousands of its 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 (formerly JADsoftware) has unveiled v5.8 of its industry-leading

e-Discovery Support Engineer needed in Washington D.C.

Phacil, an award-winning, ISO 20000:2011 registered Government Contractor, is seeking an e-Discovery Support Engineer in Washington D.C. with an active Top Secret clearance. The Company provides diversified services to both the civilian and defense markets, including Information Technology, Engineering and

Reconnoitre Released by Sanderson Forensics

Sanderson Forensics are pleased to announce the release of Reconnoitre. Reconnoitre is a forensic application designed to make working with files within a Volume Shadow Copy as easy as working with a file in any image. Simply: 1. Create a

Computer crime law in Thailand: how bad can it get?

It has been five years since the enactment of Thailand’s controversial Computer Crime Act, a law that experts say has had a detrimental impact on free expression and innovation in the country. In 2007 Thailand enacted the Computer Crime Act,

Forensic Artifact: Malware Analysis in Windows 8

Windows is the most used operating system worldwide. I have met a lot of IT guys in my country and also other computer elites. My discovery was that 90 percent of them use Windows. I felt maybe that was just

US Army Computer Crimes Detectives Deliver Digital Justice

No other environment within the modern era has evolved as rapidly and as exponentially as the Internet. Traversing this virtual jungle, a global community of users takes advantage of almost unlimited access to news, information and services by the simple

Belkasoft Publishes Q1 2013 Roadmap, Announces New and Updated Forensic Tools

During the first quarter of 2013, Belkasoft plans several incremental updates to its major forensic suite, Belkasoft Evidence Center. The updates will feature a new core engine, bringing much greater performance to users of last-generation multi-core CPU’s. Introducing multi-tasking and