5th December 2024

Forensic Focus Investigator Well-Being Survey Results
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Paul Gullon-Scott BSc MA MSc MSc FMBPSS highlights emerging themes and implications from the Forensic Focus Investigator Well-Being Survey 2024....

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, December 05 2024

Digital Forensics Round-Up, December 05 2024

5th December 2024

Read the latest DFIR news: $1.5M grant expands digital forensics lab at Harding University, SOF-ELK gets major updates with ECS integration, Cellebrite unveils Inseyets for streamlined mobile data investigations, and more....read more

AI-Powered License Plate Detection With DeepPlate

AI-Powered License Plate Detection With DeepPlate

5th December 2024

Discover how DeepPlate from Amped Software leverages AI to assist investigators in analyzing distorted license plates....read more

How To Solve Digital Forensics’ Biggest Challenges With Oxygen Forensics

How To Solve Digital Forensics’ Biggest Challenges With Oxygen Forensics

4th December 2024

Matt Finnegan from Oxygen Forensics joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to discuss advancements in mobile device forensics and emerging trends shaping investigations....read more

South Carolina Computer Crime Center Gets New Tool

The South Carolina Computer Crime Center, which opened in December 2002, handles the forensic examination of evidence collected during the investigation of computer crimes in South Carolina. Soon after it opened, the facility was faced with a rapidly growing volume

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New weaknesses in crypto algorithms?

Encryption circles are buzzing with news that mathematical functions embedded in common security applications have previously unknown weaknesses. More (News.com)

Digital Evidence Web Conference – call for papers

The Forensic Institute, in conjunction with forensic.e-symposium.com, is hosting the 1st International Digital Evidence Web Conference. All submissions will be reviewed by a two-tiered committee consisting of the Advisory Group (3M Group) and a Review Committee (RECO Group). They are

High-tech volunteers fight cybercrime

Craig Schiller, an information security officer at RadiSys, isn’t just a high-tech “geek” at work. Neither is Corbin Nash, a security architect at Intel, or Mark Morrissey, a computer science instructor at Portland State University. These three are part of

FBI opens second computer crime lab

The FBI opened a new lab Tuesday dedicated to detecting computer-related crimes and training federal, state and local police to catch Internet pedophiles, frauds and thieves. It is the second such lab the FBI has opened in the United States,

Computer forensics at Bradford University (UK)

The University of Bradford has introduced a postgraduate course in Forensic Computing, in response to “growing demand for computer scientists” with specialist skills to investigate high tech crimes. The MSc is one of a handful of similar courses available to

Under the skin of digital crime

There was a time when hacking was something positive. It was done in the name of intellectual curiousity rather than financial reward. More criminals are planning crimes on computers As such, it is something that Professor Neil Barrett is happy

Firms become digital detectives

It is not just computer use that is on the rise in businesses, the abuse of PCs, e-mail access and the net are all increasing too. And as more staff put computers to sordid and criminal uses, businesses are being