6th July 2026

From Hours To Minutes: How New Jersey State Police Transformed Digital Evidence Triage
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See how the New Jersey State Police ICAC Unit used ADF Pro to cut on-scene mobile device triage from hours to as little as 30 minutes, reduce unnecessary seizures by 60–70%, and keep investigations moving when every minute counts....

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Forensic Focus Digest, July 03 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, July 03 2026

3rd July 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore digital evidence investigations with David Shipley, deepfake image analysis with Amped Software, RAID forensics with Atola Technology, Cellebrite’s journey to Genesis, and more....read more

Passware Kit Mobile 2026v4 Decrypts Qualcomm-Based Samsung S20

Passware Kit Mobile 2026v4 Decrypts Qualcomm-Based Samsung S20

1st July 2026

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v4 expands Samsung S20 decryption coverage, speeds up password recovery with caching and batch optimizations, and adds support for more iOS, Huawei, and Android devices....read more

UPCOMING WEBINAR – AI Is The Hot Sauce: From Data Overload To Investigative Insight

UPCOMING WEBINAR – AI Is The Hot Sauce: From Data Overload To Investigative Insight

30th June 2026

Join Cellebrite’s July 7 webinar to learn how responsible AI can help investigators connect evidence, uncover insights faster, and maintain the transparency and defensibility every case demands—register now....read more

Interview with Sean McLinden, Outcome Technology Associates, Inc.

An interview with Sean McLinden of Outcome Technology Associates, Inc. is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/sean-mclinden-interview-210709 Sean is a Forensic Focus forum regular and posts under the username “seanmcl”.

e-fense Announces Newest Version of Live Acquisition Tool

According to e-fense, live acquisition of Internet history, computer memory, images, and other data is now easier to collect with the latest release of Live Response and Aperio from e-fense, Inc. These tools are used by law enforcement and businesses

Write Blocker Review

An exclusive review of three popular forensic write blockers by David Kovar of NetCerto, Inc. is now available here. Included in the review are the Guidance FastBloc2 FE, the WiebeTech Forensic UltraDock V4 and the Tableau T35es. http://www.forensicfocus.com/write-blocker-review-230709

How to Build Your Own Digital Forensics Lab, Cheap

With the proper hardware that you probably already have and freeware available online, you can easily build your own basic computer forensics lab that will hold up in court, reduce E-Discovery costs and, most importantly, retrieve valuable evidence for all

UK IT expert’s passion for computer forensics

A former military policeman and IT security expert at Northern Rock is combining his talents in a data investigations business. Andrew Maddison, who worked at Northern Rock for eight years as head of the technical security team, has launched Orbital

SC Suite v3.4 released

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.4 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

Digital Forensic Awards – The Results

On Sunday 19th July 2009 the first annual Digital Forensic Awards were held by the Forensic 4cast Team. Over 400 votes were cast by the nominees’ peers in the digital forensic field… More (Forensic 4cast)

Poor IT job market may fuel online crime: Cisco

The ever-weakening job market could well lead to an increase in online crime as laid-off workers, especially those with computer skills, turn to scams to support themselves, Cisco Systems Inc said in a mid-year security report… More (Reuters)

Top Cybercrime Fighters Discuss Their Trade

Symantec’s workshop on cybercrime Friday brought together a panel of experts from the law enforcement side: Donna M. Peterson, unit chief of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Matthew A. Parella, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chief for the Northern California CHIP (Computer Hacking

Device Seizure v3.2 Released

Paraben has announced the release of Paraben’s Device Seizure v3.2 with TomTom and Android support…What’s New: * Added support for Android* Added support for TomTom GPS Devices* Added additional support for Sanyo CDMA phones* Added support for Samsung A950, U340,

Indian police set to use cyber forensic tools

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is setting up a modern Digital Forensics Training and Analysis Centre in Thiruvananthapuram for the State police. The facility will provide forensic expertise and training to police officers investigating cyber crimes. It will

Voom Interprets Supreme Court Ruling to Apply to Computer Forensics

According to Voom Technologies, Inc., Recent Supreme Court ruling places computer forensics under the scope of Court’s requirement for live testimony by forensic analysts. Although this controversial 5 to 4 decision was well-debated and resolved on constitutional grounds, the ramifications

Governments hit by cyber attack

A widespread computer attack has hit several US government agencies while some South Korean government websites also appear to be affected. The US Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department were all hit by the attack that

Deleting may be easy, but your hard drive still tells all

It was only a single digit in a 20-page Microsoft Word contract between two partners, but Scott Cooper earned his fee several years ago when he found it. Cooper, a computer forensics expert, learned that the numeral “1” had been