24th June 2026

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RAID Forensics: Handling Unknown Configurations In DFIR Investigations

RAID Forensics: Handling Unknown Configurations In DFIR Investigations

24th June 2026

Unlabelled RAID drives, no documentation, and a ticking evidence integrity clock: here’s how investigators can avoid the most common RAID forensics mistakes before they compromise a case....read more

The New Age Of Investigations: Cellebrite’s Journey To Genesis 

The New Age Of Investigations: Cellebrite’s Journey To Genesis 

23rd June 2026

Cellebrite Genesis brings purpose-built agentic AI into the investigative workflow, helping agencies surface leads faster while keeping investigators in control....read more

Atola Insight Forensic 5.8 Has Been Released. What’s New?

Atola Insight Forensic 5.8 Has Been Released. What’s New?

23rd June 2026

Atola Technology’s Insight Forensic 5.8 update introduces selective logical imaging of files with detected artifacts, helping investigators extract key evidence into L01 format faster without waiting for a full drive image....read more

Digging for dirt in our computers

Welcome to the world of computer forensic investigation and the life of Allan Watt. A leading computer forensics investigator in New Zealand, Mr Watt now heads the newly formed Paragon Forensics in Albany. The company has the largest civilian forensic

Submissions Now Being Accepted for Timothy Fidel Award

Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID), the world leader in digital investigationsâ„¢, today announced the Timothy Fidel Memorial Award Committee, whose judges act as the decision-making body for the award given in memoriam of Special Agent Tim Fidel, a pioneer and tireless

‘The Eight E’s’: Ascending the Computer Forensics Ladder

Though computer forensics is a young discipline, it’s not the exclusive province of new graduates of computer forensics degree programs. It’s a natural career extension for IT and law enforcement professionals and peripatetic lawyers with a dominant geek gene. Expertise

Digital forensics plagued by expanding storage

The increasing storage requirements of consumers and businesses has become a plague for computer-crime investigators, a former special agent told attendees at the Black Hat DC Conference on Wednesday. While only one percent of crimes involved DNA evidence, a majority

RAID Recovery: The Data Knight Kroll Ontrack To The Rescue!

More and more enthusiast users approach Kroll Ontrack with destroyed RAID arrays. Generally, data recovery from such a RAID array is possible, but keep in mind that the effort increases disproportionately. First of all, data has to be copied from

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