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2nd November 2026

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AI For Investigations: 5 Myths, Debunked

AI For Investigations: 5 Myths, Debunked

2nd November 2026

Discover the truth behind five common myths about AI in investigations, with real-world insights from investigators using Cellebrite Genesis....read more

Forensic Focus Digest, 30 Oct 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, 30 Oct 2026

30th October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore end-to-end digital investigations with Magnet Forensics, meet Matt Goeckel, AI researcher at Cellebrite, learn about the Cellebrite Autumn 2026 Release, and more....read more

How A MacBook With A Broken Screen Helped Convict A UK Property Fraudster: Belkasoft X Case Study

How A MacBook With A Broken Screen Helped Convict A UK Property Fraudster: Belkasoft X Case Study

30th October 2026

A broken MacBook, an iPhone, and a £113,000 fraud case - discover how Belkasoft X helped uncover crucial digital evidence that brought a UK property fraudster to justice....read more

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

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