3rd July 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, July 03 2026
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Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore digital evidence investigations with David Shipley, deepfake image analysis with Amped Software, RAID forensics with Atola Technology, Cellebrite’s journey to Genesis, and more....

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Join Cellebrite’s July 7 webinar to learn how responsible AI can help investigators connect evidence, uncover insights faster, and maintain the transparency and defensibility every case demands—register now....read more

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Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference East 2026 Returned To Myrtle Beach

30th June 2026

Explore key highlights from Techno East 2026 and see what’s ahead as the community returns to Myrtle Beach in 2027....read more

Cybercrime takes back seat to brand as CSO priority

Reputational damage is top of mind for information security leaders again. According to a global survey of more than 7,500 security professionals, 71 per cent said that avoiding harm to brand was their top priority, ahead of other hot topics,

Proper Procedures for Preparing Devices for Computer Forensics

Being aware that any action on your part might compromise computer evidence and taking the steps to prevent and prepare will make your computer forensics team more efficient and effective on the job. Data loss, especially, is a common problem

Police Cyber Patrol Unit Gets $9,000 Grant from Local Cable Provider

The Fort Smith (Arkansas) Police Department’s Internet crime fighters received a substantial grant from a local cable provider last week. Cox Communications awarded the Police Department’s Cyber Investigation Unit a $9,000 grant as part of a continuing community partnership between

Google tackles images of abuse

Google engineers have adapted a software program to help track child sex predators and search for patterns in images of abuse on the web. Google has created the technology for the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). It

Convicted forensics expert defends record

Perhaps the hardest thing for Jim Bates to hear at his sentencing for making false written witness statements in criminal proceedings was the Judge, Simon Hammond, saying: “I’m quite sure his career as an expert witness is now finished.” Bates

High-Tech Crime Is an Online Bubble That Hasn’t Burst

Electronic crime is maturing, according to security experts, and with its evolution, criminals are adopting conventional approaches like supermarket-style pricing and outsourcing to specialists who might act as portfolio managers or computer technicians. “It’s a remarkable development of a whole

Forensics: Under investigation

The closest thing the world of computer forensics has to the Ten Commandments is the guidance set down in the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence. These guidelines, built around four main principles, are

UK’s top computer forensics expert escapes jail

The founding father of the UK’s computer forensic industry was today sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for making false witness statements and committing perjury. Jim Bates, 67, was found guilty on the 6 March of four counts of making a

iPhone Forensics Webcast

You are invited to a free live webcast: iPhone Forensics Demonstration With the iPhone quickly becoming the market leader in mobile devices, the need for law enforcement personnel to perform forensic analysis of these devices is beginning to surface. Unlike

Google Gears and Security concerns – Paper

Google has announced that it will offer offline access to Google Docs but there have been many security concerns over the Gears database and how it stores files. Google Gears is surely a boon for Forensics Investigators… More (anishshaikh.com)

Software to check insider info leak

Insider information leakage constitutes an important part of employee frauds in the country, according to a consulting expert. “Insider information leakage which is mainly done through mail forms an important part of employee frauds in the country”, said Babu Jayendran,

Delhi cops head to school to counter cyber criminals

They strike fear into the most dreaded criminals, but against one kind, the Delhi Police have been helpless so far — cyber criminals. ACP Economic Offenses Wing, P K Misra says, “Two or three years ago, there were very few

Seagate Offers Data Erasure Solutions

Seagate is best known for manufacturing hard disk drives and other storage devices for use in computers, servers, mobile devices, media players, and more—in fact, the company just announced a new self-encrypting drive for enterprise environments and a 1 TB

The science of computer forensics

The HotPlug device basically allows a running computer to be seized and brought back to a computer forensic lab for further study — without having to first shut it off. Assuming a suspect could be caught by surprise when using

‘I was falsely branded a paedophile’

With ID fraud on the rise, the assumption is you’ll lose money which can be claimed back. But Simon Bunce lost his job, and his father cut off contact, when he was arrested after an ID fraudster used his credit