13th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025
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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....

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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

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

12th August 2025

Level up your DFIR skills in under 20 minutes with Oxygen Tech Bytes’ expert-led, on-demand webinars....read more

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

11th August 2025

Neal Ysart shares how The Coalition of Cyber Investigators tackles OSINT integrity, complex investment fraud, and the rise of AI-driven scams....read more

Internet Evidence Finder™ Adds Picture and Video Analysis

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 Internet-related communications, Magnet Forensics (formerly JADsoftware) has unveiled v5.7 of its industry-leading forensic

Digital investigation company First Response launches in London

First Response (Europe) Limited today announced their launch as one of the United Kingdom’s leading IT investigation companies. First Response brings together the collective experience of more than 30 years in digital investigations, being launched by industry veterans John Douglas,

Some Pitfalls of Interpreting Forensic Artifacts in the Windows Registry

Presenter: Jacky Fox, student at UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Transcript Pavel Gladyshev: Welcome to University College Dublin. My name is

Commit a crime abroad? A Canadian firm may find you

Law enforcement technology is more than guns and cars, especially after the arrests are made. The global market for this technology is huge, especially for major police forces, such as London’s Metropolitan Police and the New York Police Department. Police

Forensic Analysis of Windows 7 Jump Lists

Forensic Analysis of Windows 7 Jump Lists Abstract The release of Microsoft Windows 7 introduced a new feature known as Jump Lists which present the user with links to recently accessed files grouped on a per application basis.  The records

Guidance Software Releases EnCase® Forensic v7.05

Guidance Software Inc. has announced the release of EnCase® Forensic version 7.05. This latest version of the industry-standard forensics software features key enhancements that enable investigators to work with data sets earlier and faster in order to both begin and

Webinar: Pitfalls of Interpreting Windows Registry Artifacts

In this webinar, Jacky Fox, student at UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, presents the results of her dissertation on Windows Registry reporting – focusing on automating correlation and interpretation. After the webinar Jacky will be available in the

Marshall University and West Virginia State Police Receive Award

Marshall University and the West Virginia State Police have received a United States Attorney’s Award for Innovation in Justice for their collaborations on digital forensics, DNA testing and investigations. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin presented the award to Marshall University President

Why SSD Drives Destroy Court Evidence, and What Can Be Done About It

by Yuri Gubanov yug@belkasoft.com, Oleg Afonin aoleg@voicecallcentral.com Belkasoft Ltd. http://belkasoft.com Abstract Solid State drives (SSD) introduced dramatic changes to the principles of computer forensics. Forensic acquisition of computers equipped with SSD storage is very different of how we used to

Registry Recon Provides Unprecedented Access to Windows Registry Data

Arsenal Recon – www.ArsenalRecon.com – makers of computer forensics solutions built by computer forensics experts, today announced the release of their flagship solution, Registry Recon. Registry Recon is a powerful computer forensics tool that aggressively searches for Microsoft Windows Registry

Phone texts don’t die: they hide

The computer forensics expert who recovered the text messages that brought down parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper has warned that any messages or files you think you have deleted from your smartphone are still there if someone really wants to find

Dutch police should have more powers to hack into computers: minister

The police should be given greater powers to hack into private computers in their efforts to combat cyber crime, according to a concept briefing for parliament by justice minister Ivo Opstelten. In the briefing, obtained by website nu.nl, Opstelten writes