1st September 2026

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

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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

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator

27th August 2026

What happens when disturbing material in a CSAM investigation has to be read, not viewed? Paul Gullon-Scott examines the psychological impact of messages, descriptions and AI prompts on digital forensic investigators....read more

How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

26th August 2026

No case should remain an island. S21 VisionX connects investigators to more than 3.7 billion contributed records, helping surface cross-case intelligence, reduce repeat review and bring critical connections forward faster....read more

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

iPhone Forensics White Paper

A new iPhone Forensics white paper by Andrew Hoog and Katie Strzempka has been released and is intended for forensic analysts, corporations and consumers who want to understand what personal information is stored on the iPhone and how to recover

Bankers in UK to see mobile calls taped

Investment bankers and traders in the UK are to have calls made on company mobile phones taped in a bid to crack down on insider trading. City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority ruled calls would be stored for six months,

Sheriff in spat with fiscal over CP

The Crown Office was forced to step in last night to prevent a paedophile walking free after a newly-appointed district procurator fiscal refused to allow a sheriff to see evidence of CP. Andrew Richardson, who only took up his role

Case could clear names of hundreds of men accused of CP

Hundreds of men who say they were wrongly accused of CP offences could have their names cleared after a case to be heard in the court of appeal tomorrow. One of the 3,700 men arrested as part of Operation Ore

Interview with Stephen Mason – Barrister, author and publisher

Stephen Mason is a Barrister, author and general editor of three books in relation to electronic evidence and electronic signatures. He is also the founder, general editor and publisher of the Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review. Read our

FBI Honors Internship Program

Each summer, a special group of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students are selected to participate in the FBI Honors Internship Program in Washington, D.C., or at select Field Office locations. The FBI Honors Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate school

UK legal professionals – interested in writing for Forensic Focus?

Forensic Focus is looking for someone within the UK legal profession who might be interested in joining the current group of Forensic Focus columnists by writing a monthly column on computer forensics/computer crime issues. This is not a paid position

A big thank you from David Benford!

"I am really pleased to say that I completed the Mizuno Amsterdam Half Marathon on Sunday 17th October 2010 in aid of the Cystinosis Foundation UK. Please may I thank everyone on Forensic Focus that sponsored and supported me. My

‘Warpigs’ VXer pleads guilty

A veteran Scottish virus writer faces a likely spell behind bars after pleading guilty to computer crime offences. Matthew Anderson aka Warpigs, 33, a franchise manager from Drummuir, Aberdeenshire, admitted his key role in a malware for profit scam at

Did Dutch Police Break the Law Taking Down a Botnet?

Dutch police took unprecedented action in taking down a botnet on Monday: They uploaded their own program to infected computers around the world, a move that likely violated computer crime laws. The program causes a computer’s Web browser to redirect

FBI Reports Digital Forensics Progress

The FBI has been quietly building up its network of computer forensics laboratories to aid law-enforcement agencies across the country, and Friday revealed some of the progress made in the 10 years since they were opened…. More (InformationWeek)

Digital Forensics and ‘self-tracking’

by Chris Hargreaves "This month's article is based very loosely around a recent 5-minute talk from Gary Wolf which explores the concept of ‘self-tracking’ (the trend for people to record aspects of their life) and how this can now be

Top cyber crime cop lied under oath, says judge

The head of the [UK] national police unit set up to tackle internet crime told lies under oath about her involvement in a plot to damage the career of a junior detective, a judge has said. Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie,

It’s not always what you find…

by Sam Raincock "In digital forensics we are often asked to determine the presence of evidence. However, what happens when we do not find anything? How do we prove something wasn’t there? Proving something is present is generally a trivial