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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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

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 02 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 02 2026

2nd September 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - SANS AI frameworks for DFIR, AI hackathon tools, investigator well-being, macOS unlock artifacts, cross-platform log analysis, Apple Health forensics, and more....read more

AccessData FTK 4.0: initial impressions

In this post, I will provide some initial impressions and findings. I do not endeavor to write a white paper, or to employ an industry standard, scientific methodology to evaluating the tool (if for no other reason than because I

Firefox Cache Format and Extraction

In the forensic lab where I work, we frequently investigate malware-infected workstations. As our user population started shifting from Internet Explorer to Firefox, we observed that one of our favorite forensic tools, Kristinn Gudjonsson’s log2timeline, wasn’t able to provide as

Forensics PhD studentship at Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian University Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies Research Group are looking for PhD students. Projects are eligible for funded Glasgow Caledonian University PhD Scholarships. The scholarship covers Home/EU tuition fees and a stipend of £14,600 per annum for three years.

AccessData FTK 4.0: initial impressions

Introduction In this post, I will provide some initial impressions and findings.  I do not  endeavor to write a white paper, or to employ an industry standard, scientific methodology to evaluating the tool (if for no other reason than because

Interview with Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO, JADsoftware

Jad, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? It all started when I was a teenager and first got exposed to computers and software. I immediately was drawn to understanding how

Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO, JADsoftware

Jad, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? It all started when I was a teenager and first got exposed to computers and software. I immediately was drawn to understanding how

IAAC: Digital Evidence, Digital Investigation and E-Disclosure

Organisations and individuals currently have little idea how to collect and preserve evidence from computers and the Internet. As a result criminal prosecutions become difficult, businesses fail to get redress in the civil courts or are unable to make proper

Firefox Cache Format and Extraction

Introduction In the forensic lab where I work, we frequently investigate malware-infected workstations.  As our user population started shifting from Internet Explorer to Firefox, we observed that one of our favorite forensic tools, Kristinn Gudjonsson’s log2timeline, wasn’t able to provide

Belkasoft Offers Free Licenses to Law Enforcement and Academia

Effective immediately, Belkasoft will be issuing free licenses to its flagship forensic product, Belkasoft Evidence Center 2012. Eligible government and law enforcement agencies worldwide will qualify for a one time free six-month license of its Evidence Center Pro edition. In

Italy police break up global online pedophile network

Italian police have broken up a pedophile network spanning at least 28 countries that used social media websites to swap pornographic images and videos of child abuse. Ten people have been arrested in Italy, the United States, France and Portugal,

Forum topic: Encase 7 – Refund

"As one of several in my office we've tried to give Encase 7 a fair shout. But after 6 months or more we have lost all faith in it as a usable product – reduced functionality from V6, ludicrous processing

DFCB Announces Deadline for Applications

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB) has announced that its next application deadline for its Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner (DFCP) designation is March 9, 2012. The DFCB currently accepts applications four times a year. To obtain detailed certification information and

Cranfield MSc Forensic Computing Open Day

Information for anyone that might be interested in the full-time version of the MSc in Forensic Computing at Cranfield University – you can now register for an Open Day on the 27th March 2012 to find out more about the

SC Suite v4.6 Released

A new version of SC Suite is available. What’s new: File Fragmenter v1.0, this research tool creates sample sets of data from known good data for research and/or validation purposes. Allows you to create test data to see how a

viaForensics releases 10 Android YAFFS2 images

The YAFFS2 file system is widely used in Android devices, but to date has not been supported by the leading open source forensic toolkit, The Sleuth Kit, commonly known as TSK. viaForensics has undertaken development to integrate YAFFS2 file system

Eleventh Circuit Rules Defendant Cannot Be Compelled to Divulge Passphrase

Barely three weeks after I penned Another Judge Rules Encryption Passphrase not Testimonial Under Fifth Amendment Analysis, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a defendant’s “decryption and production of the hard drives’ contents would trigger Fifth Amendment protection because it