11th August 2025

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

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Forensic Focus Digest, August 08 2025

Forensic Focus Digest, August 08 2025

8th August 2025

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the balance between expertise and efficiency in digital forensics, tackle the challenges of multi-jurisdictional investigations, and learn how transforming organisational culture can improve mental health in the field....read more

The Balance Between Digital Forensic Examiners And Digital Evidence Technicians: Expertise Vs. Efficiency

The Balance Between Digital Forensic Examiners And Digital Evidence Technicians: Expertise Vs. Efficiency

7th August 2025

Can digital forensic labs cut backlogs without cutting corners? Debbie Garner explores how tiered workflows using both examiners and technicians can strike the right balance....read more

More Than Software: Amped Training Teaches You The Science Of Forensic Video And Image Analysis

More Than Software: Amped Training Teaches You The Science Of Forensic Video And Image Analysis

7th August 2025

Push past button-clicking—Amped Software training teaches the science behind forensic video analysis....read more

Dell Ships New Ruggedized Notebook for Forensic Evidence Gathering

Dell on March 24 started shipping a new ruggedized laptop with special features designed specifically for forensic evidence collection by law enforcement or scientific specialists. The Mobile Digital Forensic package, based on the company’s location-based Digital Forensics product, is aimed

Fragmentation of the digital forensics community

"I started in the digital forensics community about five years ago, and I already feel old, and I am a Johnny-come-lately. This post may come off as a “Hey, you kids, get offa my lawn!” rant. Rather than a rant,

Evaluating Mobile Telephone Connection Behaviour – Part 2

by Sam Raincock "Within the UK, details of past telephone connections are stored by the network providers. The minimum storage is advised by the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations. However, each network provider is able to disclose different types of

Biles’ Hierarchy of Disaster Recovery Needs

"It doesn’t take long if you watch the IT News before you come across a good example of bad BCP/DRP – my favourite this month was Vodafone but this is just a retelling of an old story. The fact that

Solid-state drives and forensic data recovery

Computer crime investigations are facing a major upheaval as the shift towards a new type of hard drive technology allows criminals to cover their tracks and outsmart digital forensic specialists, Australian researchers have found. The new drives found in many

Mike’s Forensic Tools

A few new applications have recently been released as part of Mike’s Forensic Tools. As with all MFT Software these are free to use: MFT Hex ChomperA simple tool to parse a block of Hex and identify and flag any

EuroForensics 2011: Forensic Sciences Conference and Exhibition

EuroForensics 2011 is the most extensive forensic sciences event in Turkey, as well as the greater Euro-Asian Region. Our event will be held in Istanbul Harbiye Military Museum and Culture Center between 24 and 26 March, 2011. Some of the

Geotags: Friend or Foe?

by David Benford, Blackstage Forensics "I recently wrote a research paper, “Geotag Data: The Modification of Evidence on the Apple iPhone”, based around the possibility of modifying geotag evidence on the Apple iPhone. A test was performed as part of

Is the NTSB a model for incident response?

by Sean McLinden "Recently, the events surrounding the defacement of the HBGary Web site and publication of sensitive data were being bantered about on a number of forensic, security and incident response sites. As is typical for these kind of

Cyber Crime 101 – Life After Law Enforcement with Eric Huber

by Joe Garcia "In this episode, I talk with Eric Huber about what awaits Digital Forensics & InfoSec practitioners getting ready to retire from Law Enforcement. Also, Lee Whitfield has announced that nominations are open for the 2011 Forensic4Cast awards.

Facebook confession snares rapist

An illegal immigrant who confessed on his Facebook page that he had raped a woman has been jailed for four years. John Ssewagudde attacked the 28-year-old at her flat in the Shettleston area of Glasgow last June. The Ugandan-born 21-year-old

UK cyber crime costs £27bn a year

Cyber crime costs the UK economy £27bn a year, the government has said. The figures, published for the first time, are a mid-range estimate and the real cost could be much higher. They are made up of £21bn of costs

Digital Forensic Investigations: Just how good are they?

I note with interest that John Douglas (Finnbarr) is giving this talk to the BCS IRMA ( Information Risk Management and Assurance ) group. It’s certainly open to BCS members, and possibly to other affiliated organisations – worth dropping a

Nigeria: Expert Canvasses Forensic Protection of Votes

In order to make sure that the results from the forth-coming elections are secured, valid and credible, especially with the use of the Direct Data Capture Machines, an IT expert has advocated the roles of computer forensics in protecting electronic