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3rd November 2026

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals
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Forensics Europe Expo returns to Excel London on 22–23 June 2027 as part of Public Protection Week, bringing forensic professionals together for expert-led insights, cutting-edge technologies and industry collaboration – register your interest today....

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How Detego Global’s AI Technology Is Transforming Child Abuse Investigations

How Detego Global’s AI Technology Is Transforming Child Abuse Investigations

2nd November 2026

Discover how AI-powered digital forensics is helping investigators accelerate child abuse investigations, identify critical evidence faster, safeguard victims, and reduce exposure to distressing content with Detego Global’s advanced technology....read more

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

Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB) announces online applications

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB), an independent certifications organization for digital evidence examiners, today announced plans to launch a fully automated application process to keep up with the demand for this significant certification. On March 2nd, 2009, the DFCB

Met lab claims ‘biggest breakthrough since Watergate’

Police scientists have hailed a new technique that recently played a pivotal role in securing a murder conviction as the most significant development in audio forensics since Watergate. The capability, called “electrical network frequency analysis” (ENF), is now attracting interest

New AccessData Mobile Phone Forensics Field Tablet Device to Be Showcased

AccessData has announced that it will be giving computer forensics investigators a sneak peek at its new “Mobile Phone Examiner Plus” (“MPE +”) touch screen field tablet. AccessData partner, Mobile Forensics, Inc (MFI), will be showcasing the product at the

Interview with Sam Raincock, SRC

An interview with Sam Raincock of SRC is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/sam-raincock-interview-300510. Many thanks to Sam for her time and her thoughtful responses, the interview is sure to be of interest to both those currently working in the field and

Passware Kit Accelerates Distributed Password Cracking

Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for corporations and law enforcement organizations, has announced Passware Kit 10, the first commercially available software to accelerate distributed password recovery using both graphics processing units (GPUs)

CodeSuite 4.0 Adds CodeCLOC™ for Measuring Source Code Changes Over Time

Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation has announced the release of CodeSuite 4.0. Several improvements have been made to the existing suite of tools including CodeCLOC for measuring how software evolves across versions of code. The CodeCLOC algorithms were developed

Sleuth Kit & Mac OS X Forensics

The Apple Examiner has posted an article written to show the power of Brian Carrier’s Sleuth Kit in creating timelines with HFS+ file systems. The Sleuth Kit includes several command line utilities that can give in-depth looks into many different

Forensic 4cast Awards

The second annual Forensic 4cast Awards will be held as part of the SANS Forensic Summit in Washington DC on Thursday July 8 2010 at 7:30pm. This event will be held in front of a live audience full of digital

Avoiding common job application errors – questions please!

I’m delighted to announce that computer forensics recruitment specialist David Sullivan has agreed to become a regular columnist here at Forensic Focus. David has asked for any questions related to his first piece, “Avoiding common job application errors”, to be

Access Data FTK v3 & Macintosh Forensics

The Apple Examiner has posted an article written by Brian Salmon showing the new features of Access Data’s latest release of FTK and how it applies to analyzing Macintosh data. The entire article can be read at http://www.AppleExaminer.com

Radio Tactics Launches Aceso v5 Mobile Phone Forensic Equipment

Radio Tactics Ltd – www.radio-tactics.com – a provider of mobile phone forensics equipment today announces the launch of Aceso v5. The Aceso v5 is an upgrade to the existing Radio Tactics Aceso device, which enables users from government and law

EnCase file copying and Windows Short File Names

By Lee Hui Jing, EnCe "A couple of months ago, one of my clients, an Investigating Officer from a Law Enforcement Agency, had requested me to extract some of the files from an image copy of a hard disk. The

To Avoid ‘Plain View,’ Investigators Need Blinders

The 1st, 4th, and 7th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal have applied the plain view doctrine to computer searches. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the doctrine in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing. This article looks at

Types of Digital Forensics Research

by Chris Hargreaves "Browsing through the forums on Forensic Focus, on numerous occasions I have come across requests for MSc project ideas. An MSc project is a research project, and that requires the identification of an area of research in