12th August 2025

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey
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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....

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Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

12th August 2025

Level up your DFIR skills in under 20 minutes with Oxygen Tech Bytes’ expert-led, on-demand webinars....read more

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

11th August 2025

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

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

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2010 updated to support iTunes 9.2 and iPad

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2010 has been updated to version 2.7 build 456. This update includes support for iPad, iTunes 9.2 and fixes several issues for Blackberry, Motorola and Sony Ericsson devices….The complete list of changes since v2.7 release: – Added

Australian ediscovery industry grows up

OK, so you’ve heard about the term ediscovery, and possibly know of Australia’s federal court ruling last year that meant all matters above a certain size must be dealt with 100% digitally. It’s all very well to dip into the

Unusual devices

by Sean McLinden "In 2007, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine made the news twice for a single event. The first time was the report of a car accident on the Garden State Parkway in which he was seriously injured. The

Cellebrite launches the Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) V1.1.3.8

Cellebrite has announced the launch of its Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) version 1.1.3.8. Cellebrite’s UFED System is an all-in-one mobile forensic solution with logical and physical extraction capabilities, and advanced analysis tools…Supporting over 2,500 mobile devices, the UFED family

Flash drives and acquisition

by Dominik Weber “Take a look at this”. It started simply with that. A co-worker was looking into some strange issue with an acquisition of a flash drive. It seemed that the acquisition hash changed every time the drive was

Paraben Corporation releases DS Box; a mobile device acquisition kiosk

Paraben Corporation has announced the release of the DS Box, a self-contained cellular phone and PDA data acquisition unit built into a stationary kiosk system. Designed DS Box for locations such as prisons, military bases, and regional labs, the DS

Publication: an ethical dilemma for DF research?

by Chris Hargreaves "Ethical issues in science are commonplace; examples such as cloning, climate change and genetic engineering are all subject to different ethical debates. Some subjects have clearly defined areas of potential ethical problems, for example in Psychology much

Cybercrime on the increase in the Netherlands

The number of instances of serious cyber crime in the Netherlands has reached 170 so far this year, compared with 150 cases in 2009 as a whole, internet security watchdog Govcert says in Tuesday’s Financieele Dagblad. Organised cyber crime is

Paraben Corporation offers free version of P2 Shuttle

Paraben Corporation has announced the release of P2 Shuttle FREE as the latest addition to their lineup of Enterprise-level digital forensic technology. P2 Shuttle FREE is a specialized tool that can perform a live forensic exam over a network or

Software could have covered CP accused doctor’s tracks

Software used on a doctor’s computer could have been used to cover his tracks if he was downloading CP, a court has heard. Douglas Harris, 29, deleted 16,000 files by using a window washer programme on his home computer in

Paraben Corporation releases Link2 software product (free download)

Paraben Corporation, a provider of digital forensics solutions, has announced the release of Paraben’s Link2; a link analysis tool for Digital Forensics investigations. Born out of the frustrations and feedback of investigators, Paraben Corporation developed Link2 as a simple way

USPTO Awards Key Patent to ADF Solutions for Digital Forensics

ADF Solutions, Inc., a provider of forensic triage tools for computers and peripherals, has announced that it has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pertaining to methods of searching forensic data. The patent has critical

Podcast: Review Of SANS FOR408 Course

"In this episode, I discuss a few news items and I review the SANS Forensic 408 course that I recently attended at SANS SecWest in San Diego. Also, I talk about the upcoming SANS Forensic & Incident Response Summit being

Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB) announces online applications

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB), an independent certifications organization for digital evidence examiners, today announced plans to launch a fully automated application process to keep up with the demand for this significant certification. On March 2nd, 2009, the DFCB