8th June 2026

Leica’s Marcus Rowe On Investigating The World’s Largest Crash Test, Plus What To Expect At FEE 2026
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Marcus Rowe from Leica Geosystems joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about 3D laser scanning, Forensics Europe Expo 2026, and the role of LiDAR in modern crime and collision investigation....

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Forensic Focus Digest, June 05 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, June 05 2026

5th June 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore video timing in Amped FIVE, meet STNDRDS AB founder Andreas Antonsen, see what’s new in ADF Pro v6.3, and more....read more

How Freeland Is Using Detego Technology to Dismantle Wildlife Trafficking Networks

How Freeland Is Using Detego Technology to Dismantle Wildlife Trafficking Networks

4th June 2026

Freeland is using Detego’s digital forensics platform to help frontline investigators uncover trafficking networks, strengthen cross-border intelligence sharing, and protect endangered wildlife from organised crime....read more

Video Timing In Amped FIVE

Video Timing In Amped FIVE

4th June 2026

Video timing can make or break forensic interpretation — Amped Software explains how Amped FIVE helps analysts evaluate timing sources, verify reliability, and preserve authenticity in video evidence....read more

Five Things UBS Did Right, And Five Things to Improve Upon

The government’s forensics investigator spent more than three years pouring over UBS’ records and analyzing its network. in preparation for the computer sabotage trial. Here are his top five lists for what the company did right after the attack, and

Cops and robbers find new uses for mobile phones

Mobile phones are changing the lives of both criminals and the investigators that hunt them, mobile phone security experts said at the Infosecurity conference held in New York on Wednesday. With constantly improving storage and processing power, a mobile phone

E-crime centre to fight cyber-crims in NZ

New Zealand Police plan to set up a high-tech crime reporting centre, in partnership with other government agencies, such as CCIP (Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection) and DIA (Department of Internal Affairs), says Maarten Kleintjes, head of the New Zealand

AFS becomes authorised CCE training and testing centre

Australian Forensic Services (AFS) has recently obtained the exclusive rights to provide CCE training in Australia. The CCE certification is rapidly growing in size and recognition with over 400 Certified Computer Examiners worldwide and an additional 200 applicants currently in

Forensic tools 2006

Managing security incidents is essentially a problem of forensics. Peter Stephenson tests three broad groups of products that will enable organisations of all sizes to respond effectively to network attacks. In this group test, we decided to break the mold.

Belgian computer crime rises by 45pc

The federal computer crime unit registered a 45 percent increase in the amount of internet-based crimes last year compared with 2004. A large majority of the crimes involved fraud, news agency Belga reported on Tuesday… More (Expatica)

Enforcing Computer Crime Laws: UK Must Learn From Japan

The number of people arrested in Japan for attacking computers with spyware has doubled over the past four years, the FT reported yesterday. According to a report published by the Japanese government, a total of 116 people were arrested in

Police expert admits mobile phone forensics barrier

A police digital forensics expert has admitted that some mobile phones are impenetrable to software used by police in forensic examinations. The revelation follows a paper by a Cambridge researcher which originally made the claim. “There are some phones that

Securing the security cameras

You can do so many marvellous things these days with digital cameras, it’s a wonder anybody bothers with analogue hardware any more. Why would you want to spend hours wading through old video tapes, to find the exact moment when

Computer crime-fighter charged with computer crime

He was one of the first deputies assigned to the Monroe County computer-crime unit. Now he’s accused of a computer crime himself. Forty-four-year-old Investigator Michael Hildreth is accused of eavesdropping on next-door neighbor James Missel and changing information on Missel’s

Defense Fails To Rattle Computer Forensics Expert In UBS Trial

The government’s forensics investigator stood up to an aggressive cross-examination from the defense Wednesday during his fourth day on the stand in the computer sabotage trial of a former systems administrator. Keith Jones, director of computer forensics and incident response

Noise Links Digital Images to Camera

Digital forensics has taken a step forward, thanks to a technique developed at State University of New York at Binghamton. A group of researchers led by Jessica Fridrich, associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, has applied

ISP heavyweights join forces to fight CP

Five of the largest American ISPs are partnering up to fight CP. AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft, United Online (Netzero/Juno) and Yahoo will help the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by developing a database of CP pictures and donating