BitLocker Decryption Today: YellowKey Explained And Where Passware Steps In

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With YellowKey drawing attention across the forensics community, Passware explains how the WinRE-based BitLocker exploit works, where its limitations lie, and what investigators can do when it fails....

How XRY Pro Helped Recover Critical Evidence From A Non-Responsive Smartphone

How XRY Pro Helped Recover Critical Evidence From A Non-Responsive Smartphone

See how XRY Pro helped investigators recover critical evidence from a non-responsive smartphone in a child abuse investigation....read more

Leica’s Marcus Rowe On Investigating The World’s Largest Crash Test, Plus What To Expect At FEE 2026

Leica’s Marcus Rowe On Investigating The World’s Largest Crash Test, Plus What To Expect At FEE 2026

Marcus Rowe from Leica Geosystems joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about 3D laser scanning, Forensics Europe Expo 2026, and the role of LiDAR in modern crime and collision investigation....read more

Forensic Focus Digest, June 05 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, June 05 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore video timing in Amped FIVE, meet STNDRDS AB founder Andreas Antonsen, see what’s new in ADF Pro v6.3, and more....read more

ECS showcases its data recovery motherboard

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showcasing its 945GCT-M motherboard which features data recovery technology built into the BIOS. The 945GCT-M has data recovery technology built in its BIOS, users do not need to rely on software or hard drive recovery

Amero supporters form The Julie Group

Supporters of Julie Amero, the former substitute teacher who was granted a new trial months after being convicted of exposing her students to pop-up porn, have formed an advocacy group to help people facing similar courtroom battles. Bearing Amero’s namesake,

Germany gets tough on computer crime

The German Parliament has ruled that many more categories of hacking are an illegal act and should be punishable like any other crime. It is now an offense to create, sell, distribute or even acquire so called Hacker Tools in

Schoolteacher granted new trial in spyware case

Connecticut schoolteacher Julie Amero, convicted in a classroom incident she says happened because spyware took over the computer at her desk, today was granted a new trial instead of a possible jail term. Amero, a substitute teacher, had faced a

Logicube Launches New Compact Forensic Data Capturing Solution

Logicube® Inc. will debut its newest addition to the company’s line of forensic data capturing solutions, the Forensic Quest®, at the TechnoSecurity 2007 Conference and Expo in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina this week. Quest’s design provides users with advanced features

AusCERT urges delegates to report computer crimes

On the final day of AusCERT 2007 on Queensland’s Gold Coast, the general manager of AusCERT, Graham Ingram, acknowledged that reporting computer crimes can be difficult but pleaded with delegates not to let these incidents go unreported. “I understand the

New Libewf, Expert Witness file format library, release

Ewfacquire acquires disk images faster than with EnCase LiNen. The ewftool ‘ewfacquire’ has been profiled and also been optimized. From test on the same hardware the ewfacquire tool was in most tests significantly faster than EnCase LiNen 5.04. Especially when

Courts Cast Wary Eye on Evidence Gleaned From Cell Phones

The afternoon of Sept. 18, 1993, someone set fire to a notorious Los Angeles drug house near the University of Southern California, killing an addict. Four years later, R&B singer Waymond Anderson was convicted of the murder, based on the

Filipino Cybersleuth Named World’s Best For 2007

A Filipino cybersleuth was awarded the world’s best computer investigator for 2007 by an international organization of computer forensics experts. Alexander Ramos, a computer forensics analyst with the Philippine National Police, was awarded the 2007 Timothy Fidel Memorial Award by

Computer Forensic Portable Lab for Field Applications

Intelligent Computer Solutions (ICS) has announced today the release of the latest version of its Portable Computer Forensic Lab: the Road MASSter 3. The unit has been used since it was first launched six years ago as a platform that

ESI Searches: Getting to the Drive

Sometimes, you’ve just got to “get to the drive.” That means securing forensically qualified duplicates of relevant computer disk drives used by the other side, and having them examined by a qualified expert. Often lumped together, it’s important to consider

AccessData launches Cyber Crime Investigation Boot Camps in India

AccessData Corporation and Foundation Futuristic Technologies P Ltd. (ForensicsGuru) today announced a joint partnership to launch a CyberCrime Investigation BootCamp Training Course in India. This instructor-lead course is intended for Forensic Investigators, Law Enforcement Personnel, and Security & Network Administrators

Boot EnCase and DD Images

GetData Software, authors of the computer forensic software Mount Image Pro, now offer VFC (Virtual Forensic Computing), British developed software that allows investigators to boot a forensic image of a suspect’s computer. With GetData’s Mount Image Pro v2 and MD5

Safeguards For RIAA Hard Drive Inspection

In SONY v. Arellanes, an RIAA case in Sherman, Texas, the Court entered a protective order (PDF) that spells out the following procedure for the RIAA’s examination of the defendant’s hard drive: (1) RIAA imaging specialist makes mirror image of

‘Flasher’ technology digs deeper for digital evidence

New cybersleuthing technology, already solving crimes in Europe, has the potential to unlock valuable information in thousands of crimes every year in the United States, says a Purdue University expert. The “flasher boxes” provide deeper access to data – complete