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

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

How to perform a forensic PC investigation (with OSForensics)

When you have a technical interest in Windows or PCs in general, there are few things as fascinating as a good computer forensics package. This is partly because they’re an excellent way to check exactly how someone is using a

Backbone’s Digital Steganography Database Exceeds 900 Applications

Backbone Security has announced the release of Version 3.8 of the Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) which now contains more than 900 steganography applications…Developed in Backbone’s Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), SAFDB is the world’s largest commercially available hash

Digital Forensics Awards

That time of year is upon us once again. It is awards season and, as such, the nominations for the 2011 Forensic 4cast Awards are now open. Please visit: http://forensic4cast.com/2011/02/11/forensic-4cast-awards-2011-nominations-are-open/ to nominate someone deserving.

Vere Software’s Free Online Investigation Basics Webinar Series Returns

Vere Software is pleased to announce the return of its popular, free “Online Investigations Basics” webinar series. Designed to help investigators maximize their online evidence collection skills, the monthly webinars will feature investigative techniques and issues such as: Tracing IP

DFRWS Call For Papers – Ends 27 Feb 2011

DFRWS brings together leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators interested in advancing the state of the art in digital forensics from around the world. As the most established venue in the field, DFRWS is the preferred place to present both

Interview with Ben Findlay, North Yorkshire Police Hi Tech Crime Unit

"Many people are familiar with the concept and importance of validating and verifying (V&V) results (and the difference between the two), but it would be fantastic if this could be engineered into the software (perhaps through some form of fundamentals

“I’m here! Now what?”

by Ken Pryor"Working for a small police department in a rural area, my opportunities to do digital forensic work on real cases are much fewer and farther between than those who work in large departments or in the private sector.

Challenges of Smart Phone Forensics

by Rob Adams "Mobile devices have become an essential component of our daily lives. These devices keep us connected and act as so much more than the cell phones and portable music players of the 1990's. It is common today

Legal-IT Collaboration: An Oxymoron No Longer?

"At a recent corporate client meeting held to determine whether an in-house legal e-discovery tool would be a good fit, the first item on the agenda was the cost. Before getting started, however, we had to stop the meeting so