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

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forumsIs it possible to establish when an image was viewed in Firefox? A guitar pick and a sharp blade is all you need to open a NAS drive. Forum

Bitcoin Forensics Part II: The Secret Web Strikes Back

In an earlier article Jad Saliba of Magnet Forensics talked about Bitcoin, Tor and some of the hidden websites only accessible via Tor, such as Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI on October 1st. Well, just over

Bitcoin Forensics Part II: The Secret Web Strikes Back

In last week’s post, we talked about Bitcoin, Tor and some of the hidden websites only accessible via Tor, such as Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI on October 1st. Well, just over a month later and

Nuix appoints Stuart Clarke as Director of Investigations Services

Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, today announced it has appointed Stuart Clarke as Director of Investigation Services. Clarke will be responsible globally for developing the Nuix Investigator product suite and collaborating with customers and partners to ensure

OS X Mavericks Metadata

Apple recently released the newest version of their desktop operating system, Mac OS X Mavericks.  As a free update to all supported Apple desktops and laptops, a wide adoption rate was expected, and in fact it was estimated that within

Bitcoin Forensics – A Journey into the Dark Web

There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st. As many of you already know, Tor is a

Bitcoin Forensics – A Journey into the Dark Web

There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st. As many of you already know, Tor is a

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

Oxygen Forensics and Passware Partner to Deliver Complete Discovery Solution

Oxygen Forensics announces the availability of a new edition of Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013. The Passware Edition of the company’s flagship mobile forensic product delivers investigators a complete evidence discovery solution providing integrated recovery of passwords protecting encrypted files discovered

Analysis Of iOS Notes App

As part of my third year studying Digital Security,Forensics & Ethical Hacking at GCU, I took part in a group research project to study the artifacts created when using the notes app on an iPad Mini, and if they could

Digital forensics training expert Rob Attoe joins Nuix

Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, today announced it has appointed Rob Attoe as Senior Vice President of Investigations Training and Services. United States-based Attoe will be in charge of building and delivering training course content for Nuix

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