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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Passware Kit Mobile 2026v4 Decrypts Qualcomm-Based Samsung S20

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Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v4 expands Samsung S20 decryption coverage, speeds up password recovery with caching and batch optimizations, and adds support for more iOS, Huawei, and Android devices....read more

UPCOMING WEBINAR – AI Is The Hot Sauce: From Data Overload To Investigative Insight

UPCOMING WEBINAR – AI Is The Hot Sauce: From Data Overload To Investigative Insight

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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

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

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

New niche for e-discovery: special masters

The increased use of electronic discovery has resulted in a new set of practitioners: e-discovery special masters. A special master is an officer of the court appointed to help with its proceedings, and may perform functions such as taking testimony

Digital Forensics – An Interview with Dr. Hany Farid

Digital Forensics. Think of that phrase. It could be the title of a new TV crime show. However, recently developed software by Dr. Hany Farid of Dartmouth College is far more serious than an hour of frivolous, sensationalist TV. In

Encrypted Laptop Poses Legal Dilemma

When Sebastien Boucher stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border, agents who inspected his laptop said they found files containing CP. But when they tried to examine the images after his arrest, authorities were stymied by a password-protected encryption program. Now Boucher

Vector Trace – a hit with Hollywood and the FBI

In the new film “Untraceable,” FBI agents are desperate to track down a maniac who tortures people to death and broadcasts his crimes live over the Internet. To find the villain, the agents use the same Internet tools used by

German Police Creating LE Trojan

German cops are pushing ahead with controversial plans, yet to be legally approved, to develop “remote forensic software” – in other words, a law enforcement Trojan. Leaked documents outline proposals by German firm Digitask to develop software to intercept Skype

Al-Qaeda’s 007

The extraordinary story of the solitary computer geek in a Shepherds Bush bedsit who became the world’s most wanted cyber-jihadist…When specialist forensic science officers arrived, they found that Tsouli had been creating a website called YOUBOMBIT. A banner with the

Ignorance wrecking evidence

Evidence stored on computers and other electronic devices is being damaged or destroyed by ignorant staff and investigators. One of the “handful” of people in SA equipped to retrieve digital evidence, Jean Pierre du Plessis from forensic service provider Ferrier

Big Brother in the office

More New Zealand workers are under the watchful gaze of surveillance cameras and tracking devices at work as employers crack down on dishonesty and time-wasting, experts say…Alan Watt, managing director of Computer Forensic Investigations, said he had built a business

Data Recovery & Solid State

With all of the recent hype about solid-state drives in both consumer applications and enterprise environments I have a real concern about data recovery on these devices. I know there are services for flash memory restoration but has anyone been

Open University launches computer forensics course

The Open University in the UK has launched a postgraduate course designed to offer a basic understanding of digital evidence collection, forensic computing and IT incident management in criminal investigations. Computer Forensics and Investigations balances the legal and technical aspects

Meet Bob Hanson, data P.I.

Robert M. Hanson could be your best friend, or your worst enemy. It depends on which side of the law you’re on. As a computer forensics expert and licensed private investigator, he’s hired to search data storage devices, usually hard

UK police address the growing threat of e-crime

Electronic crime is to have its own business unit within the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) for the first time. At the last estimate, e-crime was costing the UK economy £2.5bn a year, and until now it has been

The world of hi-tech crime

Intercepting internet telephone calls and tracing the original sources of photographs are among the new challenges for those working in digital forensics. The University of Adelaide today begins hosting its three-day “e-Forensics 2008” international conference, focusing on issues related to

U.S. Seeks to Force Suspect to Reveal Password to Computer Files

The federal government is asking a U.S. District Court in Vermont to order a man to type a password that would unlock files on his computer, despite his claim that doing so would constitute self-incrimination. The case, believed to be