13th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025
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Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....

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Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

12th August 2025

Hannah Bailey shares her journey from frontline policing to founding Blue Light Wellbeing, explaining why culturally-aware mental health support is crucial for DFIs and frontline workers....read more

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

12th August 2025

Level up your DFIR skills in under 20 minutes with Oxygen Tech Bytes’ expert-led, on-demand webinars....read more

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

11th August 2025

Neal Ysart shares how The Coalition of Cyber Investigators tackles OSINT integrity, complex investment fraud, and the rise of AI-driven scams....read more

Digital Forensic Research Workshop Challenge 2006

From Brian Carrier: Based on the success of the Digital Forensic Research Workshop (DFRWS)2005 memory analysis challenge, a new challenge is being posted for DFRWS2006. This year, the focus is on file carving techniques. The challenge data set contains JPEG,

New versions of TSK and Autopsy now available

Received from Brian Carrier: New versions of TSK and Autopsy are now available (after the longestduration of no releases in the history of the tools). There are severalnew features including Expert Witness (EnCase) images, AFF images, and ISO9660 file systems,

Call for comments on Angolan computer crime Bills

The National Information Technology Commission (CNTI) has appealed to experts of the sector for greater participation in proposed legislation on computerised crime, protection of data and information security, according to the Angola Press Agency. CNTI’s media spokesperson, Luísa dos Santos,

Cell Phone Forensics Product Announcement

May 8, 2006 – Concord, MA, – Project-a-Phone, Inc. announced today that it will introduce its system for gathering cell phone forensic evidence to the law enforcement community at the Silicon Valley meeting of HTCIA in Santa Clara. The Project-a-Phone

New crackdown on UK cyber crime

The UK’s new FBI-style crime fighting agency has unveiled plans to get tough on cyber crime. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has announced a range of new measures to tackle online crime gangs, such as a science laboratory to

UK computer crime laws ‘ridiculous’

A British man labelled one of the world’s most dangerous hackers yesterday railed against the UK’s computer crime laws. Gary McKinnon, who faces extradition to the US after being accused of breaking into the Pentagon’s computer system, said that Britain’s

AccessData Corp. to Create the Next-Generation Forensic Toolkit

AccessData Corp., a leader in digital forensic software solutions, today announced that as a member of the Oracle(R) PartnerNetwork, it will provide customers with a new dynamic and adaptive tool for digital forensics. The next generation of Forensic Toolkit, FTK

Army Investigator Brent Pack Honored for Groundbreaking Work

Guidance Software, along with AccessData, today announced the winner and finalists of the second annual Timothy Fidel Memorial Award. The honor recognizes excellence in the field of computer forensics, and is presented in memory of Timothy Fidel, a Special Agent

IT Forensics: When crime scene investigations go digital

Digital forensics has been around for at least a decade, but in the commercial sector it is still a relatively unknown and unexploited discipline. The concept of digital forensics was originally spawned by law enforcement agencies, which started to realise

Computer forensics — the CSI reality

Computer forensics is not a task to be undertaken lightly by just any IT worker. Instead, it calls for specialised skills and careful, documented procedures. A forensics expert knows what signs to look for and can identify additional information sources

Computer forensics is a red-hot job market

Computer forensics graduates have been in high demand since the field first appeared and now the demand is growing even larger. In fact, Marcus Rogers, an associate professor at Purdue’s College of Technology, says private firms are recruiting graduates in

Phone Forensics Company Offers Expertise To Malaysia

The company involved in the London bombing telephone forensics work is offering its expertise to the Royal Malaysian Police. Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd (FTS), which is currently helping the British police in ongoing investigations of the London bombing, is known

Microsoft: Bitlocker key to safe disk disposal

Microsoft claims that businesses planning to use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have an easy and safe way to dispose of their hard disks. More (News.com)

Georgia law HB 1259

A new law in Georgia on private investigators now extends to computer forensics and computer incident response, meaning that forensics experts who testify in court without a PI license may be committing a felony… More (Security Focus)

The Digital Detectives

FBI computer forensic examiners Tim Huff and Tony Pallone unlock the secrets inside hundreds of computers each year… More (Popular Mechanics)