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

Ontario schools enlist CyberCops to protect students

A video game endorsed by the Ontario government and its provincial police will turn elementary school students into computer forensics experts in order to teach them about the dangers of the Internet. The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

ManTech Donates NetWitness Software to ”SEARCH”

ManTech International Corporation, a provider of technologies and solutions focused on mission-critical national security programs for the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. federal

Learn to retrieve data in Modesto CA

Kirk Stockham, a retired computer forensics investigator, will show members of the Modesto PC Users Group how to find hidden data on a hard drive. He will also explain how to recover data that may have been accidentally erased and

High-tech sleuths set up shop in Manhattan

A Gresham-based computer forensics consulting group has launched a cross-country expansion, opening an office in Manhattan last month. NTI Breakwater, a division of Seattle-based Breakwater Security Associates, hopes to keep a central laboratory in the Portland area while opening offices

“Forensic Discovery” by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema

Just a quick note to let everyone know that a new book, “Forensic Discovery”, by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema is now available from Amazon.com (ISBN 020163497X). For some reason it appears to be listed under the title “Internet Security”

NZ computer expert aids US murder case

A New Zealand computer forensics expert is helping American investigators gather evidence against the woman accused of murdering a pregnant Missouri woman and kidnapping her unborn child. Daniel Ayers, of McCallum Petterson in Auckland, was approached by an FBI-sponsored forensic

DOD cyber sleuths swap secrets in Florida

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is making changes to streamline its response to online threats across the various branches of the military, and deal with a steady stream of new online woes, from hacking attempts to child pornography and

Hard drives, hard facts

In Montgomery County’s (US) computer forensic department, Det. Ray Kuter’s workload has grown steadily during the past four years. Kuter heads the forensic laboratory. Computer forensic analysis has come of age in recent years and is now routinely performed to

Digital lifesaver

Problems encountered in daily life often spawn new business concepts. But few problems are as severe as those encountered by Brady Essman, the 36-year- old president, CEO and founder of digitalmedix, an Englewood-based data retrieval and computer forensics firm. Essman’s

FBI Opens New Bay Area Forensics Lab

They are the types of evidence now linking virtually every case the FBI investigates – high-tech devices used by criminals. Now the FBI is sharing its high-tech tools with Bay Area law enforcement by opening a new forensics lab. More

Begin a forensics investigation with WinHex

The time may come when you need to examine a hard drive either because you need to recover some lost data or because you suspect an employee of a violation. Whether you intend to use your findings in court, for

Cyber crime booms in 2004

The last 12 months have seen a dramatic growth in almost every security threat that plague Windows PCs. The count of known viruses broke the 100,000 barrier and the number of new viruses grew by more than 50%. Similarly phishing

Sleuths follow digital crime trails

Kansas City, Mo. — First, they testified that a suspect in a Douglas County murder searched the Internet for terms including “How to murder someone and not get caught.” Then they used computer records to find the Kansas woman suspected

N.H. Focuses On Computer Crime

New Hampshire is stepping up its fight against computer criminals. Speaking at a conference on white-collar crime, Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said her office is considering a proposal to create a “master computer brain” to help investigate computer crime. The

DoD Cyber Crime Conference

REGISTER TODAY for This Timely Conference4th Annual DoD Cyber Crime Conference & ExpositionCyber Crime – Overcoming the Challenges of New Technology__________________________________________________________________ Conference Dates: January 10-14, 2005 Pre-Conference Training: ILook 8 Training Course and other CEU courses, January 9-10, 2005 Exposition

UK government to delete millions of emails

It has led to the downfall of many. Now the UK government is arranging the deletion of millions of e-mails. But is it really as easy as hitting a button on the keyboard? E-mail has a long memory, as former