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4th November 2026

Dead Ends And Data Recovery: The Importance Of Remaining Tool Agnostic In Digital Forensics
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When standard forensic tools hit a dead end, expertise makes the difference - discover how Page One’s Jeffrey Lehn uncovered critical vehicle data that helped solve a fatal hit-and-run case and why forensic examiners must look beyond automated tools....

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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

CCTV Review Under Pressure: How S21 CCTV Helps Investigators Find What Matters Faster

CCTV Review Under Pressure: How S21 CCTV Helps Investigators Find What Matters Faster

3rd November 2026

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....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

Sri Lanka cyber crime fighting a failure: Chief Justice

Sri Lanka’s computer crime fighting has failed with more than three quarters of cases ending without convictions or not being investigated, despite new laws being devised, Chief Justice Sarath Silva said. In 2007, there had been 17 cyber crimes but

NW computer forensics lab earns accreditation

The crime lab that serves the Pacific Northwest has earned national accreditation for handling computer and electronic evidence. FBI officials joined representatives of regional law enforcement agencies on Wednesday to honor the Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Portland for

Forensics with dd

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=27203&seqNum=3 This chapter is from the book SANS GIAC Certification: Security Essentials Toolkit (GSEC) Step-by-step instruction on how to image a hard drive with Linux’s dd program.

University teams up with computer forensics company

A Welsh university has teamed up with an American company to offer a world first in computer courses. The University of Glamorgan is working with AccessData to offer the first courses in the world to be accredited by the computer

New disk encryption standards could complicate data recovery

When the world’s largest disk-makers joined last week to announce a single standard for encrypting disk drives, the move raised questions among users about how to deal with full-disk encryption once it’s native on all laptop or desktop computers. For

DEC ‘hacker’ questions McKinnon political bandwagon

Boris Johnson’s outspoken defence of Gary McKinnon in his extradition fight has been criticised by a former security consultant, who complains he was denied such support when he himself was charged with hacking offences. Daniel Cuthbert was convicted in October

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