25th June 2026

David Shipley: Investigating The Darkest Corners Of Digital Evidence
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David Shipley joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about the human cost of online safeguarding work and his fight to close a gap in UK law....

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Deepfake Forensics: How To Analyze Suspected AI-Generated Images

Deepfake Forensics: How To Analyze Suspected AI-Generated Images

25th June 2026

Deepfake forensics goes far beyond pressing a detection button: Amped Software explores why suspected AI-generated or manipulated images require a structured, explainable, and defensible forensic workflow....read more

Cellebrite Genesis: Get Case Insights In Minutes

Cellebrite Genesis: Get Case Insights In Minutes

25th June 2026

Cellebrite Genesis uses agentic AI to help investigators analyse complex digital evidence, surface connections, and move from data to actionable intelligence faster....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026

24th June 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - AI tools for digital investigations, SQLite forensic recovery, memory forensics workflows, vehicle location analysis, and more....read more

Preserving Data in the Wake of Amended Rule 37(f)

Rule 37(f), one of the key changes in the upcoming electronic-data discovery (EDD) amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, helps define what steps a party must take to preserve potentially discoverable electronically stored information (ESI) within an electronic

Met Police investigates US hack on UK users

London’s Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit (CCU) has launched an investigation into how data containing personal information from the UK ended up on a computer in the US. “We believe the data has been stolen with the use of a

Authorizing devices could be worth a look

A recent study of Justice Department prosecutions suggests that authentication of devices—not just people—when logging into privileged accounts could go a long way toward securing sensitive data. Most of the cases reviewed involved outsiders who logged on with stolen identifications

Defiance College, Ohio, offers computer forensics major

Barrel-chested and bearded, Gregg Gunsch stood before the class with the ramrod bearing of a soldier, rather than a computer geek. “We are expecting our information systems to be under attack,” said Mr. Gunsch, an associate professor at Defiance College.

Small Scale Digital Device Forensics Journal – Call for Papers

SSDD Forensics Journal Call For Papers The SSDD Forensics Journal (ssddfj.org) invites papers for the premier issue, which will be published in February 2007. Papers on topics in the areas listed below as well as outstanding papers on other topics

Local police struggling to deal with cyber crime

While most local police departments are dealing with reports of cyber crimes, the vast majority say they lack money and training needed to combat it, according to a newly released survey. Cyber threats and crimes against children, identity theft and

Computer Forensics: The New Fingerprinting

Tony Pallone is an examiner in the Pittsburgh FBI office’s computer forensics lab. The operation is a small-scale version of the FBI’s 10 multiagency Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories (RCFLs); two more are slated to open this year. The FBI provides

U.S. Joins Council of Europe Convention on Computer-Based Crime

The United States is now a party to the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on Cybercrime, the only multilateral treaty that specifically addresses the problem of computer-related crime and electronic evidence gathering, the White House has announced. The convention requires

Computer crime laws worry security pros

Moves by several European countries to tighten laws against computer hacking worry security professionals, who often use the same tools as hackers but for legitimate purposes. The U.K. and Germany are among the countries that are considering revisions to their

CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Digital Forensics, Security, and Law

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security, and Lawhttp://www.jdfsl.org/Special Issue on International & Comparative Digital Forensics, Security and LawCALL FOR PAPERS – Submission Deadline: 31 January 2007The globalization of business relations, and the occurrence of international frauds, brought the frequent occurrence of

Northwest Vista creates new computer forensic technology degree plan

Northwest Vista College (San Antonio, US) has launched a new associate’s degree program designed to help prepare students for a career in computer forensics. Students who pursue an associate of applied science degree in computer forensics technology will learn information

Spam trail uncovers junk empire

An investigation into a seemingly routine series of spam messages has revealed how sophisticated the business of online crime has become. The story begins with the junk mail messages themselves that were sent during April and May of 2006… More

Sheriff seeks task force to combat online crime

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is seeking funding for a new interagency computer crimes task force to combat online CP, identity theft and fraud. “There’s just a huge gamut of offenses that are occurring on a daily basis,” said Boone

Ten Ways to Mow Down EDD Costs

Electronic data discovery costs less than paper discovery. Honest. In comparable volumes, it’s cheaper to collect, index, store, copy, transport, search and share electronically stored information. But we hoard data with an indiscriminate tenacity we’d label mental illness if we

Forensic Investigation To Be Done On Casino Machine!

After a closed-door meeting between a man who claims he won a $250,000 jackpot and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, it is still a waiting game. On Aug. 29, Freddy Howard swiped his Players Club card in one of

Sri Lanka computer crime bill “celebrates” first anniversary

A bill to counter computer crimes is stuck in parliament for over a year, illustrating the daunting task facing those who try to modernise laws to take Sri Lanka towards a digital age, officials said Friday. The law was first