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

Paraben’s P2 Commander v1.5 Released

Paraben has announced the release of P2 Commander v1.5. What’s New: * Added recursive sorting and searching * Added support for Vista registry file and Vista system disk in Advanced Registry and System Analyzer* Added support for Forensic Storage containers

First Vere Software Investigative Basics Webinar

“Online Sources of Information” is the first of a series of free webinars offered by Vere Software. On Thursday, September 17, starting at 11 a.m. Pacific time, long-time private investigator Cynthia Navarro will present this 60-minute webinar designed to show

Guidance Announces EnCase Certified eDiscovery Practitioner Program

Guidance Software Inc. today announced the new EnCase Certified eDiscovery Practitioner (EnCEP) program. The program certifies private and public sector professionals in the use of Guidance Software’s EnCase eDiscovery software, as well as their proficiency in eDiscovery planning, project management

AccessData and LTU technologies Announce Joint Partnership

AccessData Corporation and LTU technologies, a leading provider of imagerecognition and search technologies, have entered into a joint partnership aimed at enhancing AccessData’s image search and identification capabilities. Integrating AccessData’s Forensic Toolkit® (FTK®) with image recognition from LTU technologies will

On the digital frontline of policing

In the heart of New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Real Time Crime Centre (RTCC), Inspector Kenneth Mekeel surveys data coming in on a giant monitor the size of a cinema screen. As queries come in from officers on the street

AccessData FTK 3 Preview

On August 25 AccessData gave attendees of HTCIA International a preview of Forensic Toolkit Version 3. Matt Churchill was in attendance and has kindly given us his thoughts on AccessData’s upcoming release. Read More…

Free Online Investigation Basics Webinar Series from Vere Software

Vere Software this month introduces a new series of free webinars. Designed to help investigators maximize their online evidence collection skills, the monthly webinars will feature investigative techniques and issues such as: Online Sources of InformationTracing IP addressesMySpace Investigations BasicsOnline

Mobile phone ID fraud ‘increases’

There has been a rise in the number of mobile phone accounts being cloned or taken over by criminals, figures show. According to the UK fraud prevention service Cifas, the practice is one of the growth areas of identity theft…

Troy University gets $350,000 in federal funds to fight cybercrime

Troy University (Alabama) is getting $350,000 in federal funding to fight cybercrime. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa worked to get the federal appropriation for Troy’s Computer Forensics Institute and Lab. Shelby said Tuesday the university will use the funding

Being a CSI isn’t as glamorous as on TV!

‘Life as a real life CSI isn’t as glamorous as it looks on TV!’ says Dundalk woman Vivienne Mee who is a leading expert in computer forensics in Ireland. Dr Mee, from Mountain View, Point Road, just recently graduated from

Acpo unveils e-crime strategy

Better statistics and centralised recording of computer crime are the two main aims of Britain’s e-crime strategy unveiled last week by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo)… More (ComputerWeekly.com)

Interview with Greg Smith, Trew & Co.

An interview with mobile telephone expert witness Greg Smith of Trew & Co. is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/greg-smith-interview-290809 Greg is also the moderator of the Mobile Phone Forensics forum and posts under the username “trewmte”.

Court of Appeals ruling limits electronic searches

A federal appeals court this week ruled that government investigators cannot retain incriminating information found in electronic searches unless it is within the scope of a search warrant… More (Computerworld)

iPhone Forensics Webcasts

iPhone Forensics Demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op-HyBVN2Ek iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxSF9EOjxw

Police using specialists to catch tech-savvy criminals

While the proliferation of technology has paved the way for criminals to use digital media as a clandestine means to execute their crimes, law enforcement is keeping pace by using the services of forensic computer crime units. Both the Oakland

NZ police celebrate e-crime anniversary with new forensic tool

The New Zealand Police force has launched a new virtual evidence tool as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their e-Crime Lab. The Environment for Virtualised Evidence (EVE) application was launched at an event in Wellington today.EVE, created by the