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

Cyber crime among top UK threats

Attacks on computer networks are among the biggest threats to the UK, Theresa May has said ahead of the publication of a new National Security Strategy. Cyber terrorism was a “new and growing” danger, the home secretary said… More (BBC)

How to seduce your (potential) computer forensics employer

by David Sullivan "We all over-complicate things and this is certainly true when seeking a new job. Essentially, to be successful at a Computer Forensics interview you just need to demonstrate two things: 1. You have the technical skills needed

Voom Technologies Releases HardCopy 3P and DriveWiper 3

Voom’s portable HardCopy 3P has two destinations ports, allowing the forensic investigator to create two duplicates simultaneously, one to be analyzed and one back-up, in a forensically-sound fashion and automatically handles hidden areas of the drive (HPA’s and DCO’s). MD5

A cloud by any other name…

by Simon Biles "We are operating in a field that has only been around for, by all counts ( ok, let’s leave Babbage out of it ) not even a century, yet we seem to have run out of innovation.

Clearwell Extends E-Discovery Platform

Clearwell Systems, Inc. has announced the release of its Identification and Collection Module. Available with version 6.0 of the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform, the new module enables IT teams to easily identify and collect electronically stored information (ESI) while maintaining data

E-crime police arrest gang behind UK online bank fraud

Nineteen people suspected of stealing millions from online bank accounts have been arrested by police. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit raided a string of addresses across London on Monday. The suspects are alleged to be part of

Colombian police examine Farc rebels’ laptops

Experts in Colombia are trying to crack the codes to 15 computers and almost 100 memory sticks belonging to Colombia’s largest rebel group. They were seized on Thursday after a massive raid on a Farc jungle camp… More (BBC)

Programming for Digital Forensics

by Chris Hargreaves This month I wanted to discuss programming, specifically whether learning a programming language is useful for a digital forensic practitioner. I have been unable to find any surveys or polls capturing the proportion of practitioners who can

UK privacy lawyer challenges police view of intercept law

The claim by London’s Metropolitan Police that the interception of messages is only illegal when the message has not been listened to, read or collected by the recipient has been challenged by a privacy law expert. The Met’s Assistant Commissioner

Handyman jailed for planting CP on boss’s computer

A handyman who planted CP on his boss’s computer in a bid to get promoted has been jailed. Neil Weiner, 40, hatched the “wickedly evil and vile plot” to get caretaker Eddie Thompson sacked from Swanlea Secondary School in east

Student work experience and placements – When is time money?

by Sam Raincock "Throughout the world, there has been a recent surge in students studying computer forensics. Some courses encourage placement years or work experience to allow students to expand on their academic knowledge and obtain some practical experience. Times

What is “Information Security” anyway?

by Simon Biles "So what is "Information Security" anyway? The traditional model that is taught to all InfoSec newbies is based around the “CIA Triad” – this isn’t some weird American-Chinese governmental underground society – rather it is the “holy

State Of Cybercrime Legislation Around The World

"The Council of Europe (not to be confused with the European Union/Commission) has worked tirelessly for several years to get different countries to adopt its version of a computer crime law. More importantly, The Council of Europe has been doing

Appeals Court Guts Landmark Computer-Privacy Ruling

Bowing to the Obama administration, a federal appeals court Monday gutted its own decision that had dramatically narrowed the government’s search-and-seizure powers in the digital age. The 9-2 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nullifies Miranda-style guidelines