14th August 2025

Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR
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Magnet Forensics explores how AI is revolutionizing speed and accuracy in DFIR....

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Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

14th August 2025

Gain full filesystem access to the latest Samsung Galaxy devices with MD-NEXT....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

13th August 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....read more

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

12th August 2025

Hannah Bailey shares her journey from frontline policing to founding Blue Light Wellbeing, explaining why culturally-aware mental health support is crucial for DFIs and frontline workers....read more

Defining Digital Forensics

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just look up the term “digital forensics” in the dictionary? Unfortunately, as you and others have found, it is not that easy. Even better, wouldn’t it be great if we could sort out

Forensics: New Options for the Enterprise

If you think finding out who did what with your data always means calling in high-priced spooks armed with arcane software, think again. The trend is toward placing the power to handle investigations in the hands of enterprises themselves. Why?

On the Trail of Digital Secrets

From prominent murder cases to lowly divorce proceedings, the e-mail messages that people send and the Web sites they view can and will be used in court. The people who unearth this data and make it usable in the courtroom

Businesses call for police cyber crime unit

UK businesses are calling for a dedicated national police unit to deal with the growing computer crime threat posed by hackers and international gangs of criminals. Organisations must currently report any attacks on their network or data to local police

Standards and Controls in Computer Forensics

The use of appropriate standards and controls is essential during forensic analyses if the resulting conclusions are to be considered scientific and used for prosecutorial purposes. No forensic examiner can rightly state that he or she provided quality analytical results

Forensic Analysis of Computer Programs

The practice of Reverse Engineering of computer programs has grown out of its obscure and nefarious origins and entered the realm of Computer Forensics. On an increasing basis Computer Forensic Examiners are encountering critical evidence of sophisticated cyber crimes contained

Indiana State Police Forensics Field Triage Program a Success

Approximately two years ago, the Indiana State Police instituted a unique program in which examiners conduct on scene computer forensics. The goal of the Computer Forensics Field Triage program is to utilize departmental resources efficiently to improve cyber crime investigations

WinHex, X-Ways Forensics, X-Ways Investigator 14.4 released

WHAT’S NEW? * Ability to extract e-mail messages and attachments from AOL PFC files. (forensic license only) Note that if these files have no extension, only a signature check will identify them as PFC files. * Can now extract embedded

Computer cop receives award

The New Britain police department’s computer crime expert was stumped. The state police’s lab couldn’t help. Even the FBI didn’t have the answer. But Lt. James Wardwell kept searching, trying to find some way to infiltrate a stack of erased

NZ IT practices inadequate for forensic evidence

The second annual New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey has revealed New Zealand organisations are ill-equipped to preserve computer forensic evidence. The University of Otago conducted survey – which aims to raise the level of security awareness and determine

Court systems ill-equipped to understand e-crime

Computer forensics investigator Bryan Sartin says court systems are ill-equipped to understand e-crime, even at a basic level. Here he describes a recent case of a hacker who stole customer information from a retail system. The case didn’t play out

Mobile Phone Forensic Course Available From Guidance Software

Guidance Software, Inc. today announced the availability of its introductory level mobile phone forensic course. The hands-on course introduces investigators to Neutrino™, the company’s mobile phone acquisition tool, and demonstrates how the product is used to perform comprehensive analysis and

Bloggers Held Under New Thailand Computer Crime Law

If you thought Germany’s new computer crime laws were strict, try posting an offensive comment on the Web in Thailand. According to the independent newspaper Prachatai, at least one person is being detained in the Bangkok Remand Prison for crimes

Understanding IM as Evidence

Instant messaging is an increasingly popular medium that’s sometimes an important link in the prosecution’s case. As with every new communication tool, it brings new challenges for criminal procedure. This multilayered technology provides the convenience of e-mail coupled with the

Justice in the Wild Wild Web

The Internet can often seem like a threatening place where users are susceptible to fraud, identity theft and sexual predators, but law enforcement at all levels of government have been attempting to change that perception. “At the turn of the

Digital detectives discern Photoshop fakery

Spotting inconsistencies in pictures is a major aspect for computer forensics. “One helpful aspect of digital files is that they leave records, whether you know it or not,” says Nasir Memon, a computer science professor at Polytechnic University in New