24th September 2026

Corrobora – Cross-Artifact Consistency Analysis For Windows Digital Forensics
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Dielle De Noon explores the development and validation of two key components of her open-source Windows digital forensics framework and how they lay the foundation for future cross-artifact correlation....

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Go Beyond The Basics With XRY Kiosk From MSAB

Go Beyond The Basics With XRY Kiosk From MSAB

25th September 2026

Go beyond the basics with XRY Kiosk - extract logical, full file system, physical and RAM data through controlled, compliant workflows built for fast frontline forensics....read more

How Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Add-On Culture In Digital Forensics

How Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Add-On Culture In Digital Forensics

23rd September 2026

Investigative capability shouldn’t be split across licences, modules and bolt-ons - S21 VisionX brings visual review, prioritisation and victim identification into one intelligence-led platform....read more

Magnet Forensics Expands Collaboration With NCMEC To Strengthen Victim Identification

Magnet Forensics Expands Collaboration With NCMEC To Strengthen Victim Identification

22nd September 2026

Coming soon to Magnet Griffeye: new capabilities will enable investigators to securely share CSAM-related files, hashes and investigative information directly with NCMEC, helping streamline workflows and support faster child victim identification....read more

Goldman Sachs Programmer Found Guilty of Stealing Code

Sergey Aleynikov, 40, was found guilty in the Southern District of New York on one count of stealing trade secrets and one count of transporting stolen property. Authorities said Aleynikov stole “hundreds of thousands of lines” of source code from

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. announces MacForensicsLab Web Agent 1.0

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. announces the immediate availability of MacForensicsLab Web Agent 1.0, an automated website crawler designed to hunt CP, with a built-in skin tone analyzer to identify images of evidentiary value…MacForensicsLab Web Agent is designed for ease of use and

Trends in New Zealand computer crime and security

Results from the 2010 New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey have been released, noting an overall reduction in security incidents and costs per organisation. The Survey, funded by InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), highlights a range of trends, including

Judges reject Operation Ore appeal

The Court of Appeal has rejected claims that some individuals prosecuted under Operation Ore for incitement to distribute indecent photographs were themselves the victims of credit card fraud. Operation Ore was a major, long-running investigation by UK police into individuals

Sample search warrants and affidavits

A number of sample search warrants and affidavits is now available at http://www.forensicfocus.com/search-warrants (many thanks to the Forensic Focus member who submitted them). Please consider submitting similar sample documents for your own jurisdiction to act as examples for other investigators.

LDM Global Announces Informal Ediscovery Survey Results

LDM Global today announced the results of its 2010 eDiscovery survey, indicating heightened concern across the US and EU regarding the balance of finding responsive data in large volumes of ESI set against managing increasing budgetary constraints. The company asked

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. announces MacForensicsLab Social Agent

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. has announced MacForensicsLab Social Agent™ 1.0. Social Agent can scan Macs running the Apple Safari® web browser for evidence of social network activity and can identify social networking web pages visited by the suspect. The initial support includes

RIP Sir Maurice Wilkes

The “father” of British computing, Sir Maurice Wilkes, has died at the age of 97. Sir Maurice was the designer and creator of Edsac, a computer that ran its first program in May 1949… More (The Register)

Interview with George Chlapoutakis, Digital Forensics lecturer

Lecturer in computer science and digital forensics, and owner of SecurityBible Networks, George is also a well respected member and contributor in the Forensic Focus forums, posting under the username DarkSYN. Read our interview with him at http://www.forensicfocus.com/george-chlapoutakis-interview-291110

Project Ideas for Digital Forensics Students

Ideas for student projects suggested by Forensic Focus members (in the hope that further research will be shared with the rest of the computer forensics community) are available at the following page: http://www.forensicfocus.com/project-ideas If you decide to base your project

CarvPath 2.3.0 released

The usage of LibCarvPath in the open computer forensics architecture (OCFA) led to the discovery of a multitude of bugs that have minor impact when using LibCarvPath on a single tool basis but that became important when scaled up. This

SAFE Corporation Announces CodeScreener Online Software Plagiarism Detection

Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation has announced the release of CodeScreener, an online software service offering comparison of software source code or binary code. CodeScreener measures the correlation between two application programs, social network games, or mobile apps to

Former Guidance Software Executives Join HBGary Leadership Team

HBGary, Inc. has announced that James Butterworth and Sam Maccherola, who both previously worked at Guidance Software, have joined the company. Mr. Butterworth will serve as Vice President of Services and Mr. Maccherola will serve as Vice President of Worldwide

CP victims seek multimillion-dollar payouts

In December 2008, Virginia-based deputy sheriff Arthur Weston Staples III received a visit at home from police investigating claims he had traded CP images online. The former Vietnam vet, who had no previous offenses, was eventually sentenced to more than