14th August 2025

Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR
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Magnet Forensics explores how AI is revolutionizing speed and accuracy in DFIR....

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Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

14th August 2025

Gain full filesystem access to the latest Samsung Galaxy devices with MD-NEXT....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

13th August 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....read more

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

12th August 2025

Hannah Bailey shares her journey from frontline policing to founding Blue Light Wellbeing, explaining why culturally-aware mental health support is crucial for DFIs and frontline workers....read more

UK government should build on PCeU success

Pressure from businesses to set up a national e-crime unit to police hackers and virus writers was vindicated last week when the newly formed Police Central e-crime unit, arrested nine people following an investigation into criminal gang using Trojans to

Digital trail led investigators to alleged Craigslist murderer

Digital forensics was a key factor in tracking down a man law enforcement officials say targeted women who advertised massage and other personal services on Craigslist…Investigators say digital forensics work was key to tracking down the suspect, according to Jake

Criminals pay top money for hackable Nokia phone

Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into online bank accounts, according to a fraud investigator in the Netherlands. About 10 days ago,

Dixon of Threadneedle Street plan threatens confusion

City of London police are to trial the use of specialist squads to tackle data theft and other crimes against business. Three pilot units of specialist officers will begin work next month, tackling problems ranging from data theft to terrorism…

Computer Crime: Prosecuting CP

CP charges in New York are contained in Penal Law Article 263. Today, these charges usually arise in the context of computer images and videos, which brings many twists into the investigation, charging and prosecution of CP cases… More (Legal

Sanderson Forensics announces SkypeAlyzer

SkypeAlyzer allows investigators to analyse Skype chat logs, contacts lists, SMS messages, file downloads, text messages and profiles. It is a forensics tool designed to work with both the Skype database files found in the older series of .dbb files

Microsoft supplies Interpol with DIY forensics tool

Interpol plans to distribute a Microsoft DIY computer forensics tool to its 187 member countries under an agreement announced Wednesday. Cofee, short for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a thumb drive containing more than 150 investigative applications police can

Tableau Launches New OEM Forensic Bridges

Tableau, LLC has announced two new additions to its OEM family of write blockers. The T3458is, available June 1, enables examiners to use one write-blocker for IDE, SATA, SCSI, and USB imaging. Designed for integration into high performance imaging and

US Mulls Tougher Penalties For Criminal Use Of Proxy Servers

The use of so-called “proxy” servers is a common part of surfing the Web, but using one to commit a crime could soon result in a longer time behind bars. The U.S. Sentencing Commission is set to hold a crucial

Deleted Data Drives New Data Breaches

According to a new report on data breaches from Verizon Business, cyber criminals are no longer attacking where the credit card files are, but where they once were. “Criminals are borrowing from digital forensics tools,” said Bryan Sartan, director of

David Sullivan This Week’s Guest on Talk Forensics

Talk Forensics, a new talk radio show hosted by Larry Daniel of Guardian Digital Forensics, is proud to announce David Sullivan, a Digital Forensics Recruiter from the UK, will be the guest on Talk Forensics Radio for the April 12th

Review – X-Ways Forensics Training

In response to strong demand in the 2009 survey for regular reviews at Forensic Focus, we’re kicking off the new reviews section with a report by Jonathan Krause on the X-Ways Forensics training course held in London last week. The

Philadelphia Becomes Ninth RCFL to Receive Accreditation

The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) accredited the Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (PHRCFL) in digital and multimedia evidence—the 35th laboratory to achieve this goal, and the ninth RCFL to earn this accreditation…The PHRCFL is part

How Far Is Too Far in E-Discovery?

In oral arguments last week, the Texas Supreme Court wrestled with how far courts should go in allowing electronic discovery. In Re: Weekley Homes LP raises an issue of first impression for this state’s Supreme Court: Can a trial court

Interview with Professor Tony Sammes, Cranfield University

An interview with Tony Sammes, Emeritus Professor at Cranfield University and co-author of “Forensic Computing: A Practitioner’s Guide”, is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/tony-sammes-interview-310309

How Virtualization Affects EDD Collection

Virtual servers, desktops and storage are reaching the point of ubiquity. If you haven’t already encountered your first electronic data discovery collection involving virtualization, it’s only a matter of time until you do. When you engage in collection in a