6th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 06 2025
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Halfway Through The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session

Halfway Through The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session

6th August 2025

We are halfway through the S21 Transcriber Spotlight — catch up on the latest demos and see how investigators are using the tool in real casework....read more

Safeguarding ICAC Investigators: Detego Global’s Commitment To Mental Well-Being

Safeguarding ICAC Investigators: Detego Global’s Commitment To Mental Well-Being

5th August 2025

Protecting children online shouldn't come at the cost of investigators' mental health—see how Detego Global is changing the game....read more

Semantics 21 Wants Your Help To Rename LASERi-X

Semantics 21 Wants Your Help To Rename LASERi-X

5th August 2025

Semantics 21 is renaming their groundbreaking CSAM forensics tool—and your idea could win your team a free year of access....read more

AnyTech introduces new forensic hard-drive system

The new Logicube Forensic MD5 is engineered to the world’s top law enforcement agencies’ exacting standards. Junaid Sharaf, Managing Director and Strategic Advisor, AnyTech General Trading LLC, Dubai said, “This new generation of forensic hard-drive acquisition systems is specifically designed

Cyber crime rates, losses fall: survey

A downward turn in overall cyber crime has hit its fourth year, said the 10th-annual survey on computer crime released this week, and average financial losses have tumbled by more than half. The yearly survey, which is conducted by the

5th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop

Early registration for the 5th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop ends this Friday, July 15, 2005. This year the workshop is in New Orleans, August 17-19. The workshop is designed to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners with interests

Computer Forensics Explained: A Primer for Physical Security Professionals

This article introduces computer risk and more specifically computer incident response and forensics to an audience who is traditionally accustomed to implementing physical controls such as camera surveillance, physical access, and alarm systems throughout their facility. We’ll look at the

Version 2.02 of The Sleuth Kit now available

Bug Fixes– fls could crash if FAT short name did not exist– Linux header file problem with some distros.– Missing UFS / Ext2/3 file names (if deleted file claimed it used that data).– Missing FAT directory entries with ils (if

UK computer forensics firm plays key role in investigation

A computer forensics firm from Sawbridgeworth has played a key role in a criminal investigation. Crucial evidence from company DataSec led to the convictions of Terry Butler and David Weightman, whose computer equipment contained tens of thousands of CP images.

PCMCIA write-blocking pod from Vogon announced

Vogon International has launched a ‘PCMCIA write-blocking pod’ as an addition to its investigation hardware product portfolio. Developed in Vogon’s laboratories, this is claimed to be the only commercially available product of its kind, and aimed at forensic investigators involved

Apple’s iPod a useful tool for criminals

“Similar to the way the personal computer became common in the home in the ’80s and ’90s, the iPod is becoming common today,” Dr. Marcus Rogers, a cybercrime expert at Purdue University’s Center for Education and Research in Information and

De Montfort to train cyber sleuths in UK

A British university is to offer a four-year sandwich degree course in computer forensics. Leicester’s De Montfort University is hoping to recruit 20 students for the course, which begins in September and is one of only five of its kind

Cyber crime leaves police in dust

Federal agents are in a familiar position as they probe the computer-security breach at an Arizona firm that left credit-card data for some 40 million people open to theft: Once again, they’re playing catch-up. Faced with the vastness of cyberspace,

Computer evidence the new ‘paper trail’ in crime investigations

“It’s becoming increasingly common that any time you have a serious criminal investigation, that law enforcement is seeking the seizure of computers as a source of evidence that’s going to contain information,” Dist. Atty. Charles Branson said. “It’s the modern

Forensic knack needed to bust cybercrimes in India

As cybercrimes in BPOs make headlines, computer forensic experts say Indian investigating agencies need to be a step ahead of the criminals in putting together sophisticated tools to discover evidence. Billions of rupees are stolen each year by criminals with

PC Pro reveals false claims of CP investigation

The UK’s biggest ever crackdown on Internet CP has been driven by misleading intelligence, causing dozens of innocent people to be falsely accused, according to PC Pro magazine. Writing exclusively in the new August issue, Duncan Campbell (an expert witness

Crime gang suspect in credit-card breach

The huge security breach that exposed more than 40 million credit cards to potential fraud appears to be the work of organized criminals, experts said Monday. The breach represents a high-tech version of “skimming,” in which criminals used a small