3rd September 2026

“The Skills And Resilience To Do One Of The Hardest Jobs In Policing” — Why This DFIR Recruitment Language Gets The Evidence Wrong
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Does recruiting for “resilience” risk putting responsibility in the wrong place? Paul Gullon-Scott looks at what the evidence says about digital forensic well-being, workload and organisational support, and why the language we use matters....

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Forensic Focus Digest, September 04 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, September 04 2026

4th September 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore practical ways to tackle forensic backlogs with Atola Technology, learn best practices for AI-assisted investigations with Cellebrite, and more....read more

Belkasoft Named A Major Player In The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

Belkasoft Named A Major Player In The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

3rd September 2026

Belkasoft has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment - a milestone that reflects the maturity of Belkasoft X and the company's continued innovation in AI-powered digital forensics....read more

Cellebrite Genesis: Turn Digital Evidence Into Actionable Leads In Minutes

Cellebrite Genesis: Turn Digital Evidence Into Actionable Leads In Minutes

3rd September 2026

See how Cellebrite Genesis uses agentic AI to help enterprise investigative teams cut through complex digital evidence, uncover connections, and move from data to actionable leads in minutes....read more

New Modules Offer Increased Capabilities & Value for the Tableau TD3 Imager

Effective January 15th, 2014, three new hardware modules designed to increase the value and performance of the Tableau TD3 Forensic Imaging System began shipping. Released in 2011, the Tableau TD3 quickly has become the market leader in standalone forensic duplication,

Computer investigator pleads guilty to misrepresenting credentials

A Rye private investigator who has received $23,000 from the state since 2006 to do computer forensic investigations for indigent defendants pleaded guilty last week to misrepresenting some of her investigative certifications on her company’s website. Judith Gosselin, owner and

Operation Endeavour: The Tip of the Iceberg?

In mid January 2014, reports began emerging of a cybersex ring that had recently been under investigation in the Philippines. Crime agencies across the UK, USA, Australia and the Philippines themselves have been working together since 2012 on a case

Operation Endeavour: The Tip of the Iceberg?

In mid January 2014, reports began emerging of a cybersex ring that had recently been under investigation in the Philippines. Crime agencies across the UK, USA, Australia and the Philippines themselves have been working together since 2012 on a case

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums.Is there a piece of software that will load an FTK filelist CSV and display it as a tree? Forum members discuss the difficulties with playing or converting .stream

US National Computer Forensics Institute provides training for cops

Ever since the news of the massive data breach of Target Corporation, people across the country have been watching the details unfurl. Consumers want to know if their accounts are affected, IT and security professionals are waiting to learn precisely

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014 6.0 Targets Gang Crime with Evidence Cross-Analysis

Oxygen Forensics releases a major update to its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, implementing advanced cross-analysis of evidence collected from multiple mobile devices. Version 6.0 implements new visualization options to chart all connections and communications between

DigitalFIRE Mutual Legal Assistance Study

Please help DigitalFIRE Labs understand the current state of Mutual Legal Assistance Requests relating to digital evidence, and be entered for a chance to win a FIREBrick write-blocker or an Amazon gift card. The survey on Mutual Legal Assistance Requests

Passware Enhances FileVault2 Decryption, 2x faster GPU Performance

Mac FileVault2 passwords now recoverable at a high speed, in addition to Passware’s previously announced live memory analysis solution. Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, law enforcement organizations, government agencies,

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

What is the future of digital forensics? Chime in on the forum. Forum member joakims has provided an open-source example of how data can be hidden within NTFS system files. Interpreting shellbags using TZWorks can yield confusing results. Bypassing Android