20th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 20 2025
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Read the latest digital forensics news – SANS releases DFIR Summit playlist, UAC launches v3.2.0, Neal Ysart discusses the Coalition of Cyber Investigators, and more....

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Wrapping Up The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session – What We’ve Covered

Wrapping Up The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session – What We’ve Covered

20th August 2025

Explore S21 Transcriber: a fully offline, court-ready tool with free 30-day access and training....read more

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Retail Under Siege: Fighting Back Against Ransomware With Next-Gen Forensics

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Retail Under Siege: Fighting Back Against Ransomware With Next-Gen Forensics

19th August 2025

Retailers face rising cyber threats—join Exterro's Sept 4 webinar to learn fast, modern forensic response strategies and protect your brand....read more

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

18th August 2025

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up....read more

TrueCrypt not as deniable as thought

It may not be possible after all to conceal the existence of a sensitive file on a machine. BT security expert Bruce Schneier and a group of researchers have hacked an ultra-paranoid feature in the TrueCrypt open-source disk encryption tool

Romainian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects

Authorities have arrested more than 20 people in Romania who are suspected of running online fraud schemes, according to media reports. The Tuesday arrests were confirmed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has been working with Romanian officials

Houston FBI opens big new digital crime lab

Trying to keep pace with criminals who increasingly store damaging evidence on high-tech devices, the FBI today opened a digital forensics laboratory four times the size of a facility it used to plow through the files of energy giant Enron.

How Lying Eyes was caught in cyber trap

Though it has a low profile, the Gardai’s computer forensic unit – which is based in the force’s national bureau of fraud investigation (GBFI) – is rapidly developing a reputation for excellence across European police forces. In part, this is

Computer Crime Law in Thailand could be amended

The Computer Association of Thailand may propose an amendment of the Computer Crime Law, saying the first year of enforcement was causing many problems for users. Association president Srisak Jamornmarn said a seminar on computer crime would be held on

Computer forensics – a booming business

The primary concern of forensics experts is to collect evidence that meets well-established criteria laid down by the law. “The rules of evidence are not new for computers,” says Sean Lin, a director, Information Security Audit & Control Association (ISACA).

Even computer ‘wipers’ leave a mark

When British software developers came up with a program that could wipe files from computer hard drives, they gave it a hard-core name: Evidence Eliminator. It gets the point across, but can sure sound bad if a user gets hauled

Fighting crime with a click of a mouse in Thailand

Instead of a pistol, Pol Lt-Col Panya Chaaimtet arms himself with a computer notebook. He is more agile manoeuvring a mouse, hunting for criminals on the internet, than handling a conventional weapon… Pol Lt-Col Panya and Pol Maj Mingmontri work

VidReport from Sanderson Forensics

VidReport from Sanderson Forensics (www.sandersonforensics.com) is a new forensic tool designed to ease the burden on investigators dealing with either large video files or multiple video files. VidReport allows the investigator to create reports based upon the content of a

BlackBag Technologies Relocates Silicon Valley Corporate Headquarters

BlackBag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of computer forensic and electronic discovery solutions, today announced the relocation of its worldwide headquarters to 300 Piercy Road in San Jose, California. The move follows the Company’s 5th anniversary and continued growth of

White Paper: Selecting a Computer Forensic Expert

As digital evidence continues to become more common in litigation, so has the need for computer forensic experts. In some situations the success or failure of the entire case might be driven by the findings provided to the litigating attorney

Deep inside the Serious Fraud Office’s digital forensics unit

Deep inside London’s legal quarter, a camera is fastened tightly over the latest mobile device, scrutinising every move the Serious Fraud Office is taking in its digital forensics unit. There is no room for error. If the unit’s forensic scientists

Guidance Software Launches Online Training Program

Guidance Software Inc. today announced the launch of its EnCase® On Demand training program which grants online access to the company’s courses in enterprise investigations (internal investigations, eDiscovery) and forensic investigations (law enforcement, fraud). The program’s inaugural offerings—EnCase Computer Forensics

F-Response to be bundled with X-Ways Software Technology AG’s X-Ways Forensics

Agile Risk Management LLC announces today that an agreement has been reached with X-Ways Software Technology AG to allow the reselling and bundling of Agile’s F-Response Remote Forensics software with X-Ways Forensics, X-Ways’s premier computer forensic application…X-Ways Forensics (www.x-ways.com) is

New versions of Oxygen Forensic programs

New versions of Oxygen Forensic programs have been released. Oxygen Forensic v2.17.5 for Nokia and Vertu phones: Licensing – Oxygen Forensic for Nokia and Vertu phones is now included in Oxygen Forensic Suite 2 package.Calendar – Added possibility of tasks