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3rd November 2026

CCTV Review Under Pressure: How S21 CCTV Helps Investigators Find What Matters Faster
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Semantics 21’s Tom Oldroyd shows how S21 CCTV uses offline AI to cut hours of CCTV, body-worn and dash cam footage down to the moments that matter, from face and vehicle search to ANPR, multi-camera sync and redaction....

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Forensics Forward 2026 (Online, November 10): A Global Day Of Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity And Law

Forensics Forward 2026 (Online, November 10): A Global Day Of Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity And Law

3rd November 2026

Registration is now open for Forensics Forward: Cybersecurity, Digital Evidence, and Justice, a one-day online symposium on November 10, 2026, featuring seven expert-led sessions exploring the latest challenges and developments in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and justice - register today!...read more

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals

3rd November 2026

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....read more

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

Adroit Photo Forensics review

A review of Adroit Photo Forensics is now online here with follow up discussion available here. Many thanks to Austin Troxell for the review.

Secret mobile phone codes cracked

A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone users. Karsten Nohl, working with other experts, has spent the past five months cracking the algorithm used to

Digital Forensics Research Challenge Results Released

The results and winners of the 2009 Digital Forensics Research (DFRWS2009) Challenge were announced at the 9th Annual DFRWS Conference. This challenge delves into gaming consoles from a forensic perspective, combining UNIX file system forensics, memory forensics, and network forensics.

More on DECAF

DECAF takes an interesting turn at decafme.org plus Cyberspeak interview at http://cyberspeak.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=561335

IntaForensics launches hunt for next generation of computer forensics experts

With the demand rising rapidly for computer forensics, Nuneaton-based computer forensics firm IntaForensics has enjoyed rapid growth. Now, the firm is launching a free 5-day intensive training course to attract the interest of local graduates…In recent years, as computers and

Protect yourself from COFEE with some DECAF

In response to Microsoft’s Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), which helps law enforcement officials grab data from password protected or encrypted sources, two developers have created “Detect and Eliminate Computer Assisted Forensics” (DECAF), a counter intelligence tool designed to

Experimental Validation Tool For Cell Phone Forensics Developed

Viewers of TV dramas don’t focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) do. NIST researchers have

Paraben’s Chat Examiner v2.0 Released

Paraben has announced the release of Chat Examiner v2.0. If your subscription is current, you can download the new version from your registration site account at http://register.paraben-forensics.com. If your subscription is not current, you can update it from your registration

viaForensics announces Android Forensics training course

viaForensics has announced their Android Forensics training course which will prepare examiners with the tools, techniques and analysis methods to investigate an Android device. This training course is for law enforcement or government employees only and coincides with the DoD

Interview with Russell May, 4N6 Investigation

An interview with Russell May of 4N6 Investigation is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/russell-may-interview-101209. Russell is a well known figure in the computer forensics world with a reputation for providing some of the best training courses available. Enjoy the interview!

SC Suite v3.9 Released.

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.9 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

HBGary Launches HBGary Federal

HBGary, Inc. today announced the spin-off of its U.S. government cybersecurity services group. The new company, known as HBGary Federal, will focus on delivering HBGary’s malware analysis and incident response products and expert classified services to the Department of Defense,

Forensic Computing PhD, UK

There is a PhD position available at the Centre for Forensic Computing, Cranfield University, UK. The broad area for the research is the investigation of the digital evidence left on hard disks by users who have communicated via the Internet.

Alabama AG wants expanded role for Troy forensics lab

Alabama Attorney General Troy King wants to expand the crimefighting work being done at the Troy University Computer Forensics Lab to include more training for local law enforcement regarding electronic evidence… More (Dothan Eagle)

Northrop Grumman Launches Cybersecurity Research Group

Government security contractor Northrop Grumman has joined with three leading cybersecurity research universities to launch a research consortium focused on fixing the most vexing problems in information security…The consortium will work on a number of projects, including dependable software analysis,