11th August 2025

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

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Forensic Focus Digest, August 08 2025

Forensic Focus Digest, August 08 2025

8th August 2025

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the balance between expertise and efficiency in digital forensics, tackle the challenges of multi-jurisdictional investigations, and learn how transforming organisational culture can improve mental health in the field....read more

The Balance Between Digital Forensic Examiners And Digital Evidence Technicians: Expertise Vs. Efficiency

The Balance Between Digital Forensic Examiners And Digital Evidence Technicians: Expertise Vs. Efficiency

7th August 2025

Can digital forensic labs cut backlogs without cutting corners? Debbie Garner explores how tiered workflows using both examiners and technicians can strike the right balance....read more

More Than Software: Amped Training Teaches You The Science Of Forensic Video And Image Analysis

More Than Software: Amped Training Teaches You The Science Of Forensic Video And Image Analysis

7th August 2025

Push past button-clicking—Amped Software training teaches the science behind forensic video analysis....read more

Judge: OK To Look For Evidence In City Databases

A Becker County District Court judge has said an independent computer forensics expert can look for evidence in Moorhead, Minn. (US) city databases that police officers have to fulfill monthly quotas for traffic citations… More (wcco.com)

Sebek 3: tracking the attackers, part two

In part one of this series, we discussed the current Sebek development and its integration with GenIII Honeynets. In this article, we take it a step further and focus on best practices to deploy Sebek inside a GenIII Honeynet, as

Red Cliff Consulting LLC Rebrands as MANDIANT

The information security firm Red Cliff Consulting LLC has renamed itself MANDIANT, reflecting a major evolution in the company’s mission over the past year – a year that saw 150% revenue growth, the development of free software tools, and the

Computer records play large role in gathering evidence

Investigators are relying on computer records to trace Neil Entwistle’s steps in the days before he allegedly shot his wife, Rachel, and 9-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose. As computers play an ever-greater role in everyday life, they are becoming increasingly important

China Computer Forensics Conference, 17-18 June 2006

Sprite Guo, a policeman in China, has contacted me with details of the China Computer Forensics Conference 2006 (CCFC 2006), a computer forensics conference that takes place between members of the law enforcement community and computer forensic companies in China.

Texas Treasure owners indicted on interfering with an investigation

The company that runs the Texas Treasure cruise ship has been indicted on charges of interfering with an investigation. According to the indictment, the ship’s chief engineer is accused of lying to Coast Guard inspectors about records that track how

Call for Papers – 6th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and educators interested in digital forensics. We welcome the participation of people in industry, government, law enforcement, and academia who are interested in advancing the state of the art

NSA eavesdropping: How it might work

Even a panel of determined senators couldn’t convince Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to divulge much about how the massive surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency actually works. Gonzales told a Senate committee on Monday that he was not

CY4OR Sponsor Wales E Crime Summit 2006

The summit 2006 launched a three year Manifesto to tackle computer crime in Wales; the purpose being to protect businesses against the growing threat to them from electronic and computer based Crime. The conference was attended by the four major

European experts to analyze electronic evidence in EU Courts

The city of Florence will host next 17th February the meeting of the multidisciplinary researchers that are working together on the European Project about the Admissibility of the Electronic Evidence in EU Courts (A.E.E.C.). This innovative project is financially supported

Grand Traverse County looks to battle computer crimes

Grand Traverse County wants more training for sheriff’s deputies to combat an “alarming” rise in computer-based crimes. Undersheriff Nathan Alger said the department asked the county board for approximately $10,000 previously earmarked for vehicles to expand the department’s computer forensic

Vogon – New age sleuths

Since 2002, Vogon International LLC has operated a sophisticated data recovery lab in Norman. The lab, which serves clients throughout the U.S., Canada and South America, uses proprietary software to recover data from computer hard drives and backup tapes. The

Microsoft security chief attacks government

Ed Gibson, Microsoft UK’s chief security advisor, has hit out at the lack of effective channels for cybercrime reporting and claimed that better desktop-level protection is the key to effective security… More (ZDNet)

Basis Technology Launches Digital Forensics Initiative

Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 31, 2006—Basis Technology announced today the launch of an initiative to create the next generation of digital forensics products, and the appointment of two renowned experts to lead this effort. Brian Carrier, author of one of the

Kroll Ontrack Completes Acquisition of Norway’s Ibas Holdings

Kroll Ontrack Inc., the data recovery and legal technologies subsidiary of Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Ibas Holdings ASA, a leading Norwegian-based provider of data recovery, data erasure and

The Role of Computer Forensics in Law Enforcement

Examples of the analysis of computer evidence are abundant today in the popular media, particularly in television shows ranging from the Law & Order franchise to Court TV’s Forensic Files. And, as we have come to expect from television, there