27th August 2026

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator
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What happens when disturbing material in a CSAM investigation has to be read, not viewed? Paul Gullon-Scott examines the psychological impact of messages, descriptions and AI prompts on digital forensic investigators....

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How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

26th August 2026

No case should remain an island. S21 VisionX connects investigators to more than 3.7 billion contributed records, helping surface cross-case intelligence, reduce repeat review and bring critical connections forward faster....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

26th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - OpenAI forensic artifacts, Apple Screen Time evidence, RAM-based location analysis, AI-assisted investigations, forensic imaging bottlenecks, and more....read more

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

24th August 2026

Cellebrite shares 10 best practices for faster, safer, and more defensible AI-assisted investigations, with a focus on governance, traceability, and human oversight....read more

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

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