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30th October 2026

How A MacBook With A Broken Screen Helped Convict A UK Property Fraudster: Belkasoft X Case Study
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A broken MacBook, an iPhone, and a £113,000 fraud case - discover how Belkasoft X helped uncover crucial digital evidence that brought a UK property fraudster to justice....

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Forensic Focus Digest, 30 Oct 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, 30 Oct 2026

30th October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore end-to-end digital investigations with Magnet Forensics, meet Matt Goeckel, AI researcher at Cellebrite, learn about the Cellebrite Autumn 2026 Release, and more....read more

Preparing Digital Multimedia Evidence For Court: What To Consider Before Presentation

Preparing Digital Multimedia Evidence For Court: What To Consider Before Presentation

29th October 2026

Effective courtroom presentation starts with careful preparation - discover how Amped Replay helps forensic professionals prepare clear, accurate and properly documented digital multimedia evidence for court....read more

Explore Cellebrite’s Autumn 2026 Release: Discover What’s New

Explore Cellebrite’s Autumn 2026 Release: Discover What’s New

29th October 2026

Discover how the Cellebrite Autumn 2026 Release is transforming digital investigations with faster access to evidence, AI-powered insights and seamless collaboration....read more

Marshall digital forensics program first to be accredited

The digital forensics program at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center has become the first graduate or undergraduate program in the United States to receive accreditation from the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission. The accreditation will help the center

SC Suite v4.7 Released

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 4.7 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in everyday tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the development

IACIS Receives Accreditation

The International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) announces the receipt of accreditation by The Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board of the IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) program. This is believed to be the first such accreditation in the specific

Fonts and XML Key Evidence in Major Turkish Trial

When Mark Spencer agreed to get involved in a new case earlier this year which involved a criminal trial in Turkey, he didn’t know what he was getting into. He was given just three CDs and later a computer hard

Credit card ‘info for sale’ websites closed in global raids

Dozens of websites offering credit card details and other private information for sale have been taken down in a global police operation. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), in Britain, says raids in Australia, Europe, the UK and US are

Forensic Magazine and DFI News Launch The Evidence Conference

Vicon Business Media, Inc., publisher of Forensic Magazine® and DFI News Digital Forensic Investigator®, announce today the launch of a new conference focused on evidence collection, handling, analysis, and chain of custody. The Evidence Conference will be a comprehensive 2-day

Making E-discovery work for legal eagles

There is little argument that cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms have created a paradigm shift in enterprise technology and IT as a whole. Companies of all sizes – both public and private – seeking to reduce storage costs, improve

Sri Lanka Prone To Cyber Crime

Sri Lanka is prone to cyber crime as laws which can deal with such activities have not been implemented, officials said. Colombo Law Society IT Committee Chairman Sunil. D.B Abeyratne said that four Information Technology related Acts have not been

LawTech Europe Congress Announces their Annual Legal Conference

Central and Eastern Europe’s largest and most wide-reaching annual legal event held in Prague, covering eDiscovery, computer forensics, digital investigations, and governance has opened registration and announces its advisory board for 2012. LawTech Europe Congress has opened registration for their

Interview with Keith Cottenden, Forensic Services Director, CY4OR

Can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? I spent 22 years in the Royal Air Force Police specialising as a Counter Intelligence and Information Technology Security investigator; supporting criminal and security

Keith Cottenden, Forensic Services Director, CY4OR

Can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in digital forensics? I spent 22 years in the Royal Air Force Police specialising as a Counter Intelligence and Information Technology Security investigator; supporting criminal and security

Nigeria Hosts Sub-Regional Conference On Digital, Computer Forensics

The first digital and computer forensics conference in West Africa is to hold from April 18 – 20, 2012 in Abuja, says the Computer Forensics Institute Nigeria (CFIN). President of the council, Dr. Peter Olu Olayiwola, who announced this in

One in three lawyers plan increased e-discovery spending

Spending by organizations on electronic discovery-related services grew in 2011 and should continue to increase through 2013, new research from Robert Half Legal eDiscovery Services indicates. Nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of lawyers interviewed said their law firms and corporate legal