9th June 2026

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....

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

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

9th June 2026

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

8th June 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

5th June 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

Detective: New Web laws not cure-all

While a recent online harassment case in Danville (USA) started a push for computer crime legislation, some experts say the problem isn’t that laws don’t exist to fight such crimes — it’s that agencies don’t know how to use those

DFRWS 2007 File Carving Challenge

The DFRWS 2007 File Carving Challenge has been posted: http://www.dfrws.org/2007/challenge/ This year’s challenge builds upon last year’s and adds more file types and scenarios. File carving is the process of extracting files from data using file type specific knowledge, such

Steganography Examiner Training

Learn how to detect and extract hidden information! Host: Cybercrime SummitLocation: Fairfield Inn and Suites, Kennesaw, GADates: March 17 – 18, 2007 With only 14 seats available, the course is sure to fill up fast so signup soon! To reserve

WinHex, X-Ways Forensics, X-Ways Investigator 13.8 released

WHAT’S NEW? The investigator version of X-Ways Forensics is now a separate product: X-Ways Investigator ( http://www.x-ways.net/investigator/ ). The user inface of the investigator version is now customizable to a certain extent: With the help of an optional file named

Cyber crime strikes Irish businesses

Like nature, the IT industry hates a vacuum. In the absence of hard facts on cyber crime in Ireland we’ve had a mix of responsible awareness raising, best-guess estimates from international data and all manner of hype or conjecture. But

Gathering virtual evidence

“When we work a case, we are actually part of a world-wide network of computer forensic experts,” Crouse explained. “There are thousands of other investigators who can help us and we help them, too.” He described this network of experts

Paraben Purchases SIMCon-SIM Content Controller

Paraben(R) Corporation has announced that it has acquired SIMCon, a popular SIM Card forensic tool. Paraben has already integrated the technology into SIM Card Seizure, its own product for SIM Card forensics. Paraben has also integrated the technology from SIMCon

AMCIS 2007: Digital Forensics and its Role in Security, Law and Accounting

AMCIS 2007 Colorado: http://www.biz.colostate.edu/amcis07/TRACK: Security & PrivacyMINI-TRACK: Digital Forensics and its Role in Security, Law andAccountingDATES: August 9-12, 2007LOCATION: Keystone, Colorado, USA Papers Due: Monday, March 5, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: Monday,April 16, 2007 Camera Ready Copy Due: Monday, April

The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law – Issue 4

Information on the fourth issue of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL) is now available as follows: Volume 1 Number 4, 2006Published: December 31, 2006ISSN: 1558-7215 (print)ISSN: 1558-7223 (online)Journal Website: http://www.jdfsl.orgIssue Abstracts: http://www.jdfsl.org/subscriptions/issues.htmEditor-in-Chief: Glenn S. Dardick, Longwood

ADFSL 2007 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

ADFSL 2007 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and LawVENUE: Arlington, Virginia USA on April 18-20, 2007KEYNOTE: Jim Christy, Director of the Defense Cyber Crime Institute The ADFSL 2007 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law will beheld in Arlington, Virginia

Cybercrime Summit 2007

The Atlanta Chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), in partnership with the CyberCrime Institute (CCI) at Kennesaw State University, is holding the 5th Annual Cybercrime Summit on March 19 – 23, 2007. Nationally recognized, the Cybercrime Summit

The problems of computer forensics and aggressive law enforcement

Substitute teacher Julie Amero faces up to 40 years in prison but the facts strongly suggest that she was wrongfully convicted. Many issues remain, from the need for an independent computer forensics investigation and the presence of spyware and adware

Mobile forensics turns up heat on suspects

Police forces in the UK and worldwide already use Guidance Software’s EnCase computer forensics package, most famously in the interminable cash for honours investigation. Now the firm is set to announce an expansion into mobile with a package it’s calling

Computer Forensics and the Menomonie Police Department

Technology moves at a fast pace. It moves ahead. The majority of people have computers now,” said Sergeant Andy Crouse of the Menomonie Police Department (MPD). The use of computers in law enforcement is growing, whether the crime was committed