27th August 2026

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator
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What happens when disturbing material in a CSAM investigation has to be read, not viewed? Paul Gullon-Scott examines the psychological impact of messages, descriptions and AI prompts on digital forensic investigators....

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How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

26th August 2026

No case should remain an island. S21 VisionX connects investigators to more than 3.7 billion contributed records, helping surface cross-case intelligence, reduce repeat review and bring critical connections forward faster....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

26th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - OpenAI forensic artifacts, Apple Screen Time evidence, RAM-based location analysis, AI-assisted investigations, forensic imaging bottlenecks, and more....read more

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

24th August 2026

Cellebrite shares 10 best practices for faster, safer, and more defensible AI-assisted investigations, with a focus on governance, traceability, and human oversight....read more

Cellebrite Announces The Launch Of UFED Physical Pro

CelleBrite Ltd., has announced an expansion to its’ UFED (Universal Forensic Extraction Device) family of products with the launch of UFED Physical Pro, enabling law enforcement forensic agencies to extract any information found in the internal memory of mobile devices,

EnCase Portable Wins Cygnus Law Enforcement Group Award in Forensics Category

EnCase Portable has been selected by an independent judges panel of law enforcement professionals for the Forensics award in Cygnus Law Enforcement Group`s 2009 Innovation Awards. The panel evaluated products submitted for innovativeness, productivity, quality, contribution, ease of use and

Tiffany Gates (ManTech) On the Importance of Cyber Forensics

What is cyber forensics and how does it factor in to cyber defense? "Cyber Forensics is the art and science of extracting data from digital media whereas cyber defense uses cyber forensics to identify threats and respond to incidents. However,

A Tool For Investigating Suspicious Activity

With the hit-or-miss performance of antivirus solutions and craftiness of malware authors, determining whether a computer system is infected is getting harder. As a result of the above conundrum, I’ve been looking for some way to get more details about

SC Suite v3.8 Released.

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.8 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

Texas DPS to hire more workers for computer forensics

Texas Department of Public Safety will hire more employees to help trim a backlog of computer-related investigations. A statement today from DPS says the goal is to decrease the time it takes to conduct forensic computer examinations, especially involving alleged

WiebeTech, Digital Reconnaissance and Voom Partner on Recon Series Forensic Kits

WiebeTech, a brand of CRU-DataPort™, has partnered with Voom Technologies™ and Digital Reconnaissance, Inc.™, a premier solutions provider for the digital forensics and legal discovery industries, to introduce the Recon Series™ computer forensics field kits at the Techno Forensics and

SAFE Corporation Offers CodeSuite Certification Online

Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation (www.SAFE-corp.biz) is now offering CodeSuite Certification online for software experts. Successful completion of the course adds the trainee to SAFE’s certified expert’s webpage http://www.safe-corp.biz/services_witnesses.htm, and they will receive a $500 credit toward the purchase

BlackBag Technologies Announces SoftBlock Write-Blocking Solution for Mac

BlackBag Technologies, Inc. today announced the release and general availability of SoftBlock, the Company’s much anticipated write-blocking software application that Mac forensic examiners can easily use to mount and manage devices containing suspect data in a forensically sound manner…With a

Profile of an IT forensics professional

A snapshot look at the IT forensics profession from the perspective of Rob Lee, an IT forensics expert at Mandiant… More (Computerworld)

Computer Forensics Proves “Balloon Boy” a Hoax

The Heene family’s e-mails secured by computer forensic engineers have proven the “Balloon Boy” stunt a hoax. The e-mails sent months before the event show Richard Heene and an associate discussing a media stunt similar to the balloon incident. Now,

Simple Steganography on NTFS when using the NSRL

A short paper from Adam Hurwitz of Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. titled “Simple Steganography on NTFS when using the NSRL” is now available here.