7th July 2026

CCTV Review Has Evolved. Have You? Introducing S21 CCTV v2.0
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Cumulative Trauma In Digital Forensics And Policing With Ben Dimmock

Cumulative Trauma In Digital Forensics And Policing With Ben Dimmock

7th July 2026

Ben Dimmock discusses psychological safety, trauma exposure, and the long-term emotional toll of working in policing and digital forensics....read more

From Hours To Minutes: How New Jersey State Police Transformed Digital Evidence Triage

From Hours To Minutes: How New Jersey State Police Transformed Digital Evidence Triage

6th July 2026

See how the New Jersey State Police ICAC Unit used ADF Pro to cut on-scene mobile device triage from hours to as little as 30 minutes, reduce unnecessary seizures by 60–70%, and keep investigations moving when every minute counts....read more

Forensic Focus Digest, July 03 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, July 03 2026

3rd July 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore digital evidence investigations with David Shipley, deepfake image analysis with Amped Software, RAID forensics with Atola Technology, Cellebrite’s journey to Genesis, and more....read more

iPhone Tool Classification article

Sam Brothers has written a new article titled iPhone Tool Classification. In this article, he explores the varying degrees of data extraction that can be performed on the iPhone with many of the available tools today and breaks down the

Passware Kit 10.1 Cracks RAR and TrueCrypt Encryption in Record Time

Passware, Inc. has announced Passware Kit 10.1. This is the first commercially available software that cracks passwords for the most difficult to decrypt file types – RAR archives and TrueCrypt hard disks – using advanced acceleration methods provided by graphic

Extreme Hex Jumping

For those of you unfamiliar with this term (that is pretty much everyone) – this is the new sport of throwing yourself out of a perfectly good aeroplane and then performing a forensic hex-dump on a mobile phone in mid-air.

To GUI or not to GUI?

by Chris Hargreaves "During the last two weeks I have spent a disproportionate amount of time staring at a command prompt. This has been for a couple of reasons, which will be mentioned later in this article. What was interesting

PeerLab review

A review of PeerLab by Jonathan Krause is now online here. Please use this thread for discussion of the review.

Forensic Focus prize awarded at Cranfield University

An annual award sponsored by Forensic Focus available to those studying at the Centre for Forensic Computing at Cranfield University was recently awarded for the first time. The prize, consisting of a trophy and cash sum, is awarded to the

PFIC 2010 registration now open

Paraben has announced that full conference registration, including labs, is open for PFIC 2010, November 7-10 in Park City, Utah. PFIC 2010 will feature new lab tracks, an added a vendor showcase room for live demonstrations, and more opportunities for

Katana Forensics Releases Lantern 1.0.6

Katana Forensics has announced the release of Lantern 1.0.6. This version delivers support for iOS4 and the iPhone 4 device. Lantern 1.0.6 also fixes extracting images from iPads, GUI and Logging enhancements. Lantern is available at www.katanaforensics.com or Teel Technologies.

Android support added to F-Response

F-Response http://www.f-response.com has added support for the Android OS to its arsenal of forensic tools. This provides examiners with the possibility of examining embedded devices such as tablets, media players, and mobile phones that use this OS. More info here

UK seeks next generation of cyber security specialists

A national competition has been launched to find the next generation of UK cyber security specialists. The Cyber Security Challenge will put entrants through a series of online and face-to-face competitions to assess their abilities. The prizes on offer include

Violating Web Site Rules Not A Crime

A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday ruled that it’s not a criminal act to violate the Terms of Service of a Web site, a decision hailed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The case, Facebook v. Power Ventures, arose because

Skills, secrecy the hallmark of officers who pursue sex criminals

Lt. Jeff Weible and his staff are fond of secrecy. Their job requires intense secrecy and special skills, mostly with computers, sometimes with acting, always with the pursuit of sex criminals in mind. His most experienced detective, Jennifer Wright, is

Micro Systemation AB Releases XRY v5.1 with iPad Support

Micro Systemation AB has announced the release of version 5.1 of its XRY Complete mobile device forensics software. This new version includes full support for the Apple iPad, along with the following devices…– Logical acquisitions from 107 new devices, including