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18th August 2025

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up....

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Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR

14th August 2025

Magnet Forensics explores how AI is revolutionizing speed and accuracy in DFIR....read more

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14th August 2025

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025

13th August 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....read more

Virtual CSI: Crime-Scene Investigations Go Digital

25th May 202014th May 2005

For crime-scene investigators around the world, information technology is becoming an invaluable tool for cracking tough cases. Whether these crime scenes are virtual or physical, law enforcement is learning to use data-replication devices, specialized search tools, and virtualization software to

Web Browser Forensics, Part 2

25th May 202013th May 2005

Welcome to part two of the Web Browser Forensics series. In part one, we began investigating the intrusion of the Docustodian document management server hosting a law firm’s data. The server appeared to have been compromised by a group of

New Article: Steganography – Implications for Prosecutors and Forensic Examiners

25th May 202012th May 2005

An article by Gary Kessler entitled “Steganography: Implications for the Prosecutor and Computer Forensics Examiner” is now online. The article can be read here.

Digital highwaymen

25th May 202012th May 2005

Technology hit the headlines for the wrong reasons again last week, as a gang of British software pirates who characterised themselves as latter-day Robin Hoods found themselves in jail. The convictions underlined the perception that cybercrime is on the up,

New Article: Learning from Other’s Mistakes – Issues Arising from E-Discovery

25th May 202010th May 2005

A new article by Setec Investigations entitled “Learning from Other’s Mistakes: Issues Arising from Electronic Discovery” is now online. The article can be read here.

Federation Warns Company Directors They Are at Risk from Their IT Department

25th May 202010th May 2005

The Federation Against Software Theft today warns UK company directors that they risk being branded â€˜software thievesâ€™ because of the actions of their employees, including those in the IT department. This comes in the wake of The Federationâ€™s launch of

Crime time for Chinese net users

25th May 20209th May 2005

Around 20% of the world’s hijacked computers sending out spam, attacking websites and hosting unsavoury material are in China, says a report. The figures, from security firm Ciphertrust, come amid spiralling rates of internet use in China… More (BBC)

Police culture

25th May 20207th May 2005

If you ask Chris Budge, the police are no worse – and may even be a lot better – than any other organisation when it comes to looking at p**n at work. Budge should know. The computer forensic consultant runs

Red Cliff’s Keith Jones and Curtis Rose Author ”Real Digital Forensics”

25th May 20206th May 2005

Keith Jones and Curtis Rose have harnessed their technical acumen to write their latest book entitled, “Real Digital Forensics.” The book’s over 500 pages cover the methodology for the collection and analysis of computer forensic data; the approach for compiling

New Article: Collecting And Preserving Electronic Media

25th May 20205th May 2005

Collecting And Preserving Electronic Media by Joan E. Feldman, PresidentComputer Forensics Inc.â„¢

Criminal IT: The crime you can still get away with

25th May 20205th May 2005

In the field of computer crime, there is one glaring problem: the law. Until relatively recently, there was no law to criminalise what might be recognised as obvious ‘mischiefs’ performed against computers; there was no legal framework to make hacking,

Experts in distributed computing see potential for computer forensics

25th May 20204th May 2005

Golden Richard III, a professor of computer science at New Orleans University and a digital forensics expert, has been experimenting with using distributed computing to recover lost computer files. By harnessing the number-crunching power of several computers to work on

Cyberchase: Experts discuss benefits, risks

25th May 20203rd May 2005

Like Hansel and Gretel [Brill explained] people leave crumbs as they wander cyberspace or work on their computer desktops. Following those crumbs, forensic scientists at Kroll have been able to trace Saddam Hussein’s stolen billions; understand the implosion of Enron;