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

SAFE Corporation Releases CodeCross for Detecting Software IP Theft

Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation (www.SAFE-corp.biz) has just released a new tool for comparing computer code to detect copyright infringement and trade secret theft. CodeCross™ finds traces of non-functional source code that have been copied from one program to

New marching orders for wounded vets

The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington is planning to train wounded soldiers in the science of digital forensics so they can become cybersecurity investigators. The three-year, $1 million project is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation. The

Purdue sponsoring Chicago conference on mobile forensics in May

Purdue University is inviting experts, investigators and researchers from around the world to take part in the second Mobile Forensics World Conference to be held in Chicago from May 26-30. The conference will bring together those who specialize in the

Cyber-Crime: Law Enforcement Must Keep Pace With Tech-Savvy Criminals

When Henry Ford brought affordable automobiles to the average U.S. citizen in 1908, he also improved the fortunes of criminals by ushering in Crime 1.0 – technology-assisted crime. Fast forward a century: Enter the computer and with it, Crime 2.0

Cybercrime threat rising sharply

The threat of cybercrime is rising sharply, experts have warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos. They called for a new system to tackle well-organised gangs of cybercriminals. Online theft costs $1 trillion a year, the number of attacks

Computer forensics videos – submit your favourites!

Forensic Focus now has a video section with the aim of listing online videos which are of interest to those in the computer forensics community. The main index can be found at http://www.forensicfocus.com/computer-forensics-videos (note, you need to be logged in

The Julie Amero case: Injustice for all

“The Julie Amero porn pop-up case should be history by now, but some folks just won’t let it die. Cringe has the scoop…Normally I try to let sleeping dogs lie. But this is one hound who keeps barking and won’t

SourceDetective, Internet Search for Software Plagiarism Released

Software Analysis & Forensic EngineeringCorporation (www.SAFE-corp.biz) has releasedSourceDetective(TM), a tool in its CodeSuite® set of software tools for comparing computer code to detect plagiarism, copyright infringement, and trade secret theft. SourceDetective helps definitively prove or disprove copying of source code

Google searches lead to murder conviction

5th Circuit Appeal court upheld a murder conviction based on Google searches and a suggestive Guns N’ Roses song he downloaded. He appealed on grounds that the evidence was wholly circumstantial and insufficient for conviction. A Florida state appeals court

Device Seizure 3.0 & P2 Commander 1.2 Released

Paraben has announced the release of Device Seizure v3.0 and P2 Commander 1.2. Both releases have new features. If you don’t have these products in your toolbox, you can add them for less than the annual maintenance on similar tools

HGBary Releases Windows Memory Investigation/Malware Analysis Platform

HBGary Responder Professional 1.3 allows security professionals, malware analysts and forensic investigators to more effectively and efficiently detect, diagnose and investigate computer crimes on live Windows computer systems…HBGary Responder Professional 1.3 fulfills many of the rigorous requirements that top computer

Crime lab backlog ‘too long’ for crimes against children

Hundreds of investigations of online child sexual exploitation and CP have been significantly delayed by backlogs at FBI cybercrime labs, according to a Justice Department report released Friday. An audit conducted more than a year ago by the department’s inspector

The future of Forensic Focus – have your say!

A very short survey (10 questions) has been created in an attempt to clarify what aspects of the Forensic Focus site visitors find important, what areas they feel are less useful and what they would like to see added in

Data Wiping Myth Put to Rest

Several computer forensic experts have tackled the legend that, in order to properly protect it from recovery, data stored on an HDD needs to be overwritten multiple times. According to their scientific study, doing it a single time is enough,

UK police ‘encouraged’ to hack more

The Home Office has signed up to an EU strategy against cybercrime that “encourages” police across Europe to remotely access personal computers. The plan has sparked fears that the government is looking to increase police powers to hack into people’s

Computer forensics helped solve Craigslist robberies

Durham County prosecutors who wrapped up two robbery cases last week involving the online classifieds site Craigslist say computer forensics played a key role in the case…Durham County Assistant District Attorney Stormy Ellis said Durham police were able to trace