Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 04 2025

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Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up....

Collaborative Forensics: Overcoming Challenges In Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

Collaborative Forensics: Overcoming Challenges In Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

Discover expert strategies for cross-border investigations in Exterro’s on-demand webinar....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 30 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 30 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – Epstein video analysis by ex-FBI experts, stress warning signs in forensics, Raspberry Pi toolkit “Toby,” PDF tampering risks, SWGDE timing advance guidance, and more....read more

S21 Spotlight Transcriber – Slow, Manual Transcription Or Insecure Online Service? There’s A Better Way.

S21 Spotlight Transcriber – Slow, Manual Transcription Or Insecure Online Service? There’s A Better Way.

Tired of risky online transcription tools? Discover a faster, fully offline alternative built for secure investigations....read more

Computer Forensics and the Menomonie Police Department

Technology moves at a fast pace. It moves ahead. The majority of people have computers now,” said Sergeant Andy Crouse of the Menomonie Police Department (MPD). The use of computers in law enforcement is growing, whether the crime was committed

Post your questions for John Patzakis (Guidance Software)

Please post your questions for John Patzakis of Guidance Software (the makers of EnCase) in the interviews forum. John is the latest member of the forensic community to agree to be interviewed and I hope to be able to bring

Bitlocker No Real Threat To Decryption?

The Register is running a story called ‘Vista encryption ‘no threat’ to computer forensics’. The article explains that despite some initial concerns that lawbreakers would benefit from built-in strong encryption, it’s unlikely the Bitlocker technology will slow down most digital

Cash barrier to e-crime plan in UK

Proposals for the Metropolitan Police to co-ordinate national e-crime strategy will fail without major new funds, experts warn. The Met last week suggested its computer crime division could plug the hole between local forces and the Serious Organised Crime Agency,

Vista encryption ‘no threat’ to computer forensics

Security advances in Windows Vista are unlikely to frustrate cybercrime investigation, according to a leading computer forensics firm. Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Vista include a feature that provides data volume encryption called BitLocker Drive Encryption. Suggestions that BitLocker contains

The Real World of Computer Forensics

In today’s business environment, any company, from small to large, can count on facing unwanted incidents and formal litigation. And since most companies use computer networks to process financial transactions and to handle the sheer amount of information associated with

E-Discovery Experts Name Top Five Trends for 2007

Growth, debate and change will be the norm in 2007 when it comes to the expansion and evolution of e-discovery technology according to an analysis of the e-discovery industry discussed and announced today by the newly formed LexisNexis® Discovery Services

Vista is ‘more secure’ says Gates

The new operating system (OS) boasts an improved interface and security tools. Bill Gates said security in Vista would mean it would be “much, much harder” for malicious hackers to attack computers running the operating system. “For anybody worried about

Microsoft’s Computer Investigation Guide For Windows

This guide discusses processes and tools for use in internal computer investigations. It introduces a multi-phase model that is based on well-accepted procedures in the computer investigation community. It also presents an applied scenario example of an internal investigation in

Met looks to national role in battle against e-crime

The Metropolitan Police is looking to expand its computer crime unit into a national resource, amid admissions that local e-crime units are no longer able to cope with a rising tide of organised computer crime. A report published by the

Police struggle to cope with increase in cyber crime – report

Computer-enabled crime in Britain is growing at such an unprecedented scale that police admit that not all allegations can be investigated. A report by the Metropolitan Police says the rise in computer viruses, fraud and the online grooming of children

Teacher case draws world’s ear

Lounsbury collected the evidence with a program called ComputerCop Professional, an automated tool for forensic examination of computers. David Jacobs, a former police officer and sales representative for the ComputerCop, which is based in Bohemia, N.Y., said Amero’s case establishes

High-tech forensics lab opens in Brattleboro

C.E. Cantwell and Associates Inc., a Brattleboro-based computer forensics and electronic discovery firm, said that it has established the Southern Vermont Digital Forensics Laboratory, which will be available to law firms and law enforcement in the area. Instead of many

How Safe Is Saudi Arabia From Cyber Crime?

No one would deny that the Internet is one of the most revolutionary developments of the 20th century. The world we live in has indeed become a global village. Despite its many benefits and conveniences, the question still remains: How

Cary considers cyber-crime police unit

In a bow to the ugly reality of digital technology, Cary leaders took the first step Thursday night toward creating a cyber-crime police unit. The Cary Town Council voted unanimously to study the idea, underscoring how drastically computer crimes are

In CP Case, Technology Entraps the Innocent

The cautionary tale of Matthew Bandy is burning up the Internet, especially tech sites. Until recently, the 16-year-old Arizona boy faced life imprisonment for possessing CP; each of the nine images on his computer carried a possible 10-year sentence…Clearly, the