27th August 2026

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator
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What happens when disturbing material in a CSAM investigation has to be read, not viewed? Paul Gullon-Scott examines the psychological impact of messages, descriptions and AI prompts on digital forensic investigators....

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How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

26th August 2026

No case should remain an island. S21 VisionX connects investigators to more than 3.7 billion contributed records, helping surface cross-case intelligence, reduce repeat review and bring critical connections forward faster....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

26th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - OpenAI forensic artifacts, Apple Screen Time evidence, RAM-based location analysis, AI-assisted investigations, forensic imaging bottlenecks, and more....read more

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

24th August 2026

Cellebrite shares 10 best practices for faster, safer, and more defensible AI-assisted investigations, with a focus on governance, traceability, and human oversight....read more

Electronic evidence tampering on the rise

E-mail messages, Excel spreadsheets and customer databases are featuring increasingly in cases of fraud, defamation and information theft, which gives wrongdoers more reason than ever to tamper with these electronic pieces of evidence. How well they do it could make

Portrait Of A Computer Forensic Examiner

Ives Potrafka, a forensic examiner with the Center for Computer Forensics, sees a lot of data theft. Those responsible tend to be ex-employees, either starting up a company while employed or going to a competitor and taking trade secrets. According

Hoffmann Advanced Forensic Sessions

In March 2009 the department of Forensic Services at Hoffmann Investigations will organize the first Advanced Forensic Sessions. These technical sessions are held in The Netherlands and aimed at experienced forensic investigators who want to increase their knowledge of the

Helix 2.0 released

As discussed in the forums, Helix 2.0 has been released and is available here.

For US Enterprises, Computer Crime Starts at Home

If you’re a U.S. security professional and you think foreign attackers are the biggest threat to your organization, you’ve got another think coming, according to two new studies. According to separate research reports published yesterday, the United States is the

SS8 and Fox-IT Provide State-of-the-Art IP Analysis Tool

SS8 Networks, Inc., a provider of intercept solutions for telecommunication service providers and law enforcement agencies, is partnering with Fox-IT to offer FoxReplay Analyst, an Internet analysis system, to law enforcement agencies internationally. The company said that SS8 and Fox-IT

Jim Bates arrested on CP charge

Early last Thursday, police in Market Harborough and Rugby arrested two forensics experts, Jim Bates and Chris Magee, on charges of “conspiracy to possess indecent images of children”. Jim Bates has frequently given testimony in computer forensic and CP cases,

iPhones and BlackBerrys contributing to corporate espionage

The world of computer forensics used to be largely confined to the computer hard drive, but as more and more business professionals carry sensitive data around with ease on smart phones, BlackBerrys and iPhones, the challenge is to sort through

New home for Leeds IT forensic team

One of the UK’s largest independent IT forensic companies has announced a move to new larger premises at Royal House, So vereign Street, Leeds. The past year has seen a concerted period of growth for Leeds-based Data Genetics International Ltd

E-crime fighters share know-how

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is taking the lead in establishing an information network for e-crime prosecutors around the world. The CPS, responsible for prosecuting cases brought by law enforcement agencies, claims to be one of the first such authorities

IPhone Takes Screenshots of Everything You Do

If you’ve got an iPhone, pretty much everything you have done on your handset has been temporarily stored as a screenshot that hackers or forensics experts could eventually recover, according to a renowned iPhone hacker who exposed the security flaw

U.N. agency eyes curbs on Internet anonymity

A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous. The U.S. National Security Agency

Interview with Paul Wright, City of London Police

An interview with Paul Wright, Detective Sergeant in charge of the Hi-Tech Crime Team within the City of London Police, is now online here. Many thanks to Paul for his time and detailed responses.

No such thing as a digital investigation

Not long ago, the legal department at a financial services company in New York got a phone call from a hospital in London. The query: Why are you hacking us? With two known IP addresses, it wasn’t difficult for the

The Security Sentinels

Here are the tales of three trailblazers whose work in computer security and forensics have helped shape modern practices. These security pioneers include Martha Stansell-Gamm, a former U.S. Air Force judge advocate who started an arduous fight against breast cancer