1st October 2026

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 Decrypts Samsung Galaxy Watch
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Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 expands mobile forensics with Samsung Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 passcode recovery and data extraction, new Samsung and Unisoc device support, Enpass for Android decryption, and faster workflows with immediate passcode recovery....

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Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

1st October 2026

Discover what agencies should expect from a digital forensics partner and how MSAB puts transparency, accountability and long-term commitment at the heart of its work....read more

Semantics 21’s CCTV Review Tool Is Built For Footage That Cannot Wait

Semantics 21’s CCTV Review Tool Is Built For Footage That Cannot Wait

30th September 2026

Turn CCTV footage into usable evidence faster with S21 CCTV, an intuitive offline solution that helps investigators review, analyse, enhance, redact and report on time-critical video evidence without unnecessary complexity....read more

Berla Introduces iVe 5.0, Adding Support For More Than 38,500 Additional Vehicles

Berla Introduces iVe 5.0, Adding Support For More Than 38,500 Additional Vehicles

30th September 2026

Introducing iVe Generation 5 from Berla: Discover how expanded coverage for more than 38,500 additional vehicles, new acquisition capabilities, modular hardware, and integrated guidance are advancing vehicle forensics....read more

HBGary and BitSec Forensics Announce Strategic Partnership

HBGary yesterday announced a strategic partnership with BitSec Forensics, a computer forensics and information security consultancy with expertise in computer forensics, information security, electronic discovery, and cyber incident response. As part of this new partnership, BitSec Forensics will use HBGary’s

Police want new remote hard drive search powers

Cyber cops want new laws to allow remote searches of seized hard drives in the hope they will help reduce long digital forensics backlogs – of up to two years for some forces. It would mean specialised officers in London

XBox Forensics

A forensics toolkit for the Xbox gaming console is described by US researchers in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. The toolkit could allow law enforcement agencies to scour the inbuilt hard disk of such devices and

Computer forensics agent honored for meritorious service

Federal prosecutors call Jimmy Weg of Helena “The Legend.” A federal court judge calls him “Professor Weg.” And now, Montana Department of Justice Criminal Investigator Jimmy Weg can add “award winning computer forensic examiner” to his title. A surprised Weg

Solving Crimes With Computer Forensics

When detectives are called out to crime scenes, they are doing much more than studying fingerprints and talking to witnesses. More and more, their investigations are taking them to computer labs where incriminating evidence is often found on every day

Interview with Jan Collie

An interview with UK-based computer forensics investigator Jan Collie is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/jan-collie-interview-240409

Plan to monitor all UK internet use

Communications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics. The home secretary scrapped plans for a database but wants details to be held and organised for security

Don’t Mess With System Metadata

Why do people who know better than to traipse through crime scenes blithely muck about with digital smoking guns? With computers, it seems we must trip over the corpus delecti and grab the knife before we realize we’re standing in

New generation of cyber-sleuths on the trail of electronic crime

Until recently, crime scene investigations typically involved searching for minute specs of blood, or threads of fabric linking a suspect to a victim. Or, detectives would wade through mountains of paperwork, trying to link evidence in bank statements, letters and

2009 Data Breach Investigations Report

The 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report by the Verizon Business RISK team has been released and is available as a PDF file here.

UK government should build on PCeU success

Pressure from businesses to set up a national e-crime unit to police hackers and virus writers was vindicated last week when the newly formed Police Central e-crime unit, arrested nine people following an investigation into criminal gang using Trojans to

Digital trail led investigators to alleged Craigslist murderer

Digital forensics was a key factor in tracking down a man law enforcement officials say targeted women who advertised massage and other personal services on Craigslist…Investigators say digital forensics work was key to tracking down the suspect, according to Jake

Criminals pay top money for hackable Nokia phone

Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into online bank accounts, according to a fraud investigator in the Netherlands. About 10 days ago,

Dixon of Threadneedle Street plan threatens confusion

City of London police are to trial the use of specialist squads to tackle data theft and other crimes against business. Three pilot units of specialist officers will begin work next month, tackling problems ranging from data theft to terrorism…

Computer Crime: Prosecuting CP

CP charges in New York are contained in Penal Law Article 263. Today, these charges usually arise in the context of computer images and videos, which brings many twists into the investigation, charging and prosecution of CP cases… More (Legal