2nd September 2026

Semantics 21 Asks The Uncomfortable Question Every Review Team Should Be Asking
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If your forensic tool isn’t showing you every file in a case, how can you be sure you’re investigating the full picture? See how S21 VisionX keeps difficult, damaged and excluded material visible to investigators....

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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

Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference Returns To San Diego October 20–22, 2026

Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference Returns To San Diego October 20–22, 2026

1st September 2026

Join the DFIR community in San Diego, October 20–22, 2026, for the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference - three days of expert-led education, emerging technologies, hands-on insights, and valuable industry networking....read more

Belkasoft X 2.12 Introduces Offline Translation For DFIR Investigations

Belkasoft X 2.12 Introduces Offline Translation For DFIR Investigations

31st August 2026

Belkasoft previews offline translation in Belkasoft X. BelkaGPT will translate chats, SMS, and artifact text in more than 100 languages, entirely on the examiner machine....read more

An Investigation Into Computer Forensic Tools

First published June 2005 K.K. Arthur & H.S. Venter Information and Computer Security Architectures (ICSA) Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Pretoria Pretoria This material is based upon work supported by Telkom, IST and the NRF through THRIP.

Developing A Framework For Evaluating Computer Forensic Tools

First published May 2005 by Colin Armstrong Curtin University of Technology School of Information Systems WA Australia Abstract Forensic science is the application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal

The Forensic Chain of Evidence Model

First published May 2005 Improving the Process of Evidence Collection in Incident Handling Procedures by Atif Ahmad Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia Abstract This paper suggests that administrators form a new way of conceptualizing

The Essentials Of Computer Discovery

First published May 2005 by Joan E. Feldman, President Computer Forensics Inc. www.forensics.com I. INTRODUCTION Chances are good that the date you scheduled, the letter you wrote, and the inter-office message you just read have all been recorded on magnetic

Description of the FAT fsstat Output

First published May 2005 by Brian Carrier reproduced with permission from The Sleuth Kit Informer, Issue 18 Overview The output of many TSK tools is relatively easy to understand because each tool has a specific focus. For example, the outut

SpyCloud: Intel Agencies Look to Keep Secrets in the Ether

Dropbox for files, Google for mail, iCloud for well, everything. Average citizens have all kinds of options for storing their information in the cloud. Now, spies want in. Soon, our nation’s secrets may take on a slightly more nebulous form.

Interview with Scott Burkeman, Warner Scott Recruitment

"The market has been up and down in recent years, which has been characterised by the state of the wider economy. With the government cuts in public spending, there has been much uncertainty within the public sector, which has resulted

MFP: The Mobile Forensic Platform

First published May 2005 Frank Adelstein Senior Principal Scientist, ATC-NY Abstract Digital forensics experts perform investigations of machines for “triage” to see if there is a problem, as well as to gather evidence and run analyses. When the machines to

Computer Forensics 101

First published May 2005 By Susan Steen and Johnette Hassell, Ph.D. Electronic Evidence Retrieval, LLC www.electronicevidenceretrieval.com Thirty years ago computers were colossal machines utilized only by government agencies and prodigious corporations. These early machines were so large and complex that

Learning from Other’s Mistakes: Issues Arising from Electronic Discovery

First published May 2005 by Setec Investigations http://www.setecinvestigations.com Computer forensics and the associated electronic evidence and electronic discovery are relatively new to the litigation game. The use of such information is growing steadily and it has become impossible for legal

Collecting And Preserving Electronic Media

First published May 2005 by Joan E. Feldman, President Computer Forensics Inc. http://www.forensics.com The discovery process in civil litigation has always been a critical and sometimes confusing area for attorneys. Most attorneys have wondered, at one time or another, whether

Data Recovery Handling Tips & ESD Precaution

First published April 2005 by ActionFront Data Recovery Labs www.ActionFront.com Data Recovery Handling Tips & ESD Precaution Mishandling is a leading cause of hard disk drive failure. ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) A familiar form of Electrostatic Discharge, often called “static electricity”,

Beware Do-it-Yourself Data Recovery Solutions and Products

First published April 2005 by ActionFront Data Recovery Labs www.ActionFront.com Do-It-Yourself data recovery software may complicate your problems and diminish the prospects of a successful recovery. The object of many fix/doctor/repair programs is to try to make the drive, file-system

Is There a Need for Industry Control?

First published April 2005 by Nick Furneaux CSITech www.csitech.co.uk For many years if someone asked what I did for a living I would have to use an all-purpose description such as I worked in computer security or even worse I