25th June 2026

David Shipley: Investigating The Darkest Corners Of Digital Evidence
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David Shipley joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about the human cost of online safeguarding work and his fight to close a gap in UK law....

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Deepfake Forensics: How To Analyze Suspected AI-Generated Images

Deepfake Forensics: How To Analyze Suspected AI-Generated Images

25th June 2026

Deepfake forensics goes far beyond pressing a detection button: Amped Software explores why suspected AI-generated or manipulated images require a structured, explainable, and defensible forensic workflow....read more

Cellebrite Genesis: Get Case Insights In Minutes

Cellebrite Genesis: Get Case Insights In Minutes

25th June 2026

Cellebrite Genesis uses agentic AI to help investigators analyse complex digital evidence, surface connections, and move from data to actionable intelligence faster....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026

24th June 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - AI tools for digital investigations, SQLite forensic recovery, memory forensics workflows, vehicle location analysis, and more....read more

Publication of Hachoir project version 1.0

Hachoir is a framework for binary file manipulation: file format recognition, metadata extraction, searching files in any binary stream (forensics), viewing file content with human representation, etc. It’s composed of many components…Programs:· hachoir-metadata: fault tolerant metadata extraction;· hachoir-subfile: search subfiles

CSFA Test Vouchers

CyberSecurity Institute will be giving away five vouchers for the CyberSecurity Forensic Analyst certification. The vouchers will be good through 2008. http://www.cybersecurityforensicanalyst.com/Interested persons need to send the following information to [email protected]: NameMailing addressAgency/companyYears forensic analysis experience Regards, Steve Hailey

Letting EDD Evidence Speak for Itself

By now, you undoubtedly have mastered the new electronic data discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. You keep up with the rapidly evolving case law. You probably even know the difference between a computer forensic expert and

German Security Professionals in the Mist

German Information Security professionals were hopeful after proposed changes to the UK Computer Misuse Act Police and Justice Act amendments were suspended due to the fact that if certain clauses were enacted, it would effectively make the entire Information Security

Uni to develop computer forensics standards to help cops nab crims

Researchers from the University of South Australia are aiding police in the fight against online crime by developing a set of forensic computing standards. With the help of an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to the value of $500 000,

The rise of anti-forensics

Forensic investigations start at the end. Think of it: You wouldn’t start using science and technology to establish facts (that’s the dictionary definition of forensics) unless you had some reason to establish facts in the first place. But by that

CSI Dublin: Cyber-criminals watch out

Digital forensics is changing the way crimes are investigated and it’s also being used by businesses looking to clamp down on unpleasant or illegal staff behaviour. Detective sergeant John Finan admits to watching the occasional episode of CSI and what

Federal Prosecutor: Cybercrime Is Funding Organized Crime

For months now, the feds have said organized crime was moving into the realm of cybercrime, using hackers to run scams and break into systems. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Erez Liebermann, chief of the computer hacking and intellectual property section

To a new kind of sleuth, phones leave a rich trail

Dale Hanson patrolled Minneapolis’ North Side before his policing career took a major turn off the streets and he became the department’s first full-time computer forensic specialist in June 2005. The job quickly morphed into the relatively unknown territory of

Thailand’s anti-computer crime law takes effect

Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said the law, implemented for the first time on Wednesday, to counter cyber crimes, will not affect the public’s use of computers or Internet services and was only designed to combat crimes involving

Vista makes computer search easier…for the law

An American Bar Journal eColumn article brings us relevant revelations about Vista’s improved ability to provide evidence for court. Innovations within Vista apparently make it far easier to find evidence on PCs. Chief among those are Shadow Copy, Transactional NTFS

The fight against net crime

Gathering intelligence and performing arrests requires law enforcement experience, but gathering further evidence from computers, hard drives and other electronic devices requires specialist computer forensic skills. When forensic teams arrive at a physical crime scene their goal is to not

Do-It-Yourself Forensics

All over America, vendors stand ready to solve the e-discovery problems of big, rich companies. But here’s the rub: Most American businesses are small companies that use computers – and along with individual litigants, they’re bound by the same preservation

DFRWS 2007 – Demo/Poster submissions

From Wietse on the DFSci list: “As the DFRWS 2007 conference is approaching, you can still register as a participant. Please see details at http://www.dfrws.org/2007/ If you have a new tool that you would like to demo or a poster

Electronic evidence guidance released to UK police

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has released a new guide to collecting electronic evidence. The Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence has been revised by experts to reflect recent developments in computer forensic investigation techniques… More (ComputerWeekly)

Persistence of data on storage media

Jamie Ridden discusses the re-use of storage media and how slack space can prevent sensitive data from being completely removed… Full article: Security Focus