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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

26th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - OpenAI forensic artifacts, Apple Screen Time evidence, RAM-based location analysis, AI-assisted investigations, forensic imaging bottlenecks, and more....read more

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

24th August 2026

Cellebrite shares 10 best practices for faster, safer, and more defensible AI-assisted investigations, with a focus on governance, traceability, and human oversight....read more

Speed Against The Backlog: What’s Slowing You Down And How To Fix It

Speed Against The Backlog: What’s Slowing You Down And How To Fix It

24th August 2026

When every hour counts, imaging speed matters - explore the practical factors that can slow forensic acquisitions and learn how the right hardware, network setup and automation can help tackle growing backlogs....read more

CERT’s Virtual Training Environment (VTE) Open to Public

CERT’s Virtual Training Environment (VTE), with more than 160 hours of multimedia-based instruction in information assurance and computer forensics, is now available to the public. The Virtual Training Environment (VTE) is a Web-based knowledge library for Information Assurance, computer forensics

Tracing An Email

The purpose of this guide is to show the process involved in tracing an email. The first step required to tracing an email is finding out the headers of the email. What are headers? Email headers are lines added at

New computer forensics lab cracks down on identity theft

Pierce County is attacking identity theft with new technology and vigor that could warn potential victims sooner and lock up crooks longer. Investigators from the prosecutor’s office and sheriff’s department have opened a computer forensics lab that allows them to

TEAM MEMBER COMPUTER FORENSIC – VARIOUS LOCATIONS (AUSTRALIA)

The mission of the AFP is to provide dynamic and effective law enforcement to the people of Australia. It provides policing throughout Australia in relation to the prevention and detection of crimes against the Commonwealth, its laws and integrity, and

Widevine opens European offices in Cambridge, Lisbon

Widevine Technologies, a provider of downloadable content protection and digital forensics solutions, has opened two European offices in Lisbon, Portugal, and Cambridge, England. .. More (DMasia.com)

New paper: Analysis of hidden data in the NTFS file system

A new paper entitled "Analysis of hidden data in the NTFS file system" by Cheong Kai Wee of Edith Cowan University is now online. A full list of articles and papers held at Forensic Focus can be found here.

Defense lab accredited in computer forensics

After years of work, the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory—part of the DOD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)—has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board. Ralph Keaton, executive director of ASCLD/LAB, presented the certificate of accreditation to

Gov’t Cyber-sleuths Focusing on Linux, iPod, Xbox

Cyber-security and computer experts from the government and law enforcement are increasingly concerned with malicious code that runs on Linux and Apple Computer Inc.’s Mac OS X operating systems and threats posed by devices such as iPods and Xboxes. Intensive

FTC launches site to fight cybercrime

Responding to the rising cybercrime threat, the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday unveiled an online tool designed to help consumers avoid becoming victims of Internet scams. At the website, www.onguardonline.gov, consumers can take interactive quizzes designed to enlighten them about

Undelete those deleted emails, FOIA ruling tells UK Government

‘Deleted’ Government records needn’t necessarily be treated as deleted after all, according to a ruling by the Information Tribunal, which deals with appeals against rulings under the Freedom of Information Act. “The Tribunal understands that information which is held electronically

2005 FBI Computer Crime Survey

Despite investing in a variety of security technologies, enterprises continue to suffer network attacks at the hands of malware writers and inside operatives, according to an annual FBI report released today. Many security incidents continue to go unreported. The 2005

West Yorkshire BCS Meeting – January 2006

“Computer Forensics” Tuesday 24 January 2006, 5:45 pm (refreshments) for a 6:30 pm startSpeaker: Russell May BSc(Hons) CITP CEng MBCS EnCE[Guidance Software Inc]Venue: Met Hotel, Leeds.

Technology Pathways Receives Top Pick Award from ITDefense Magazine

Technology Pathways, LLC announced today that it has received a Top Pick award from ITDefense Magazine in their January 2006 buyer’s guide edition. ProDiscover was selected as a Top Pick over other computer forensic solutions for its performance and value.

Cybercrime gives experts virtual headache

With an increasing amount of business being done online, the chances are growing that you, or your company, may become a victim of online criminal activity. If cybercrime strikes you, who ya gonna call? More (Business Edge News Magazine)

N.J. forms cyber-crime task force

Victims of computer crime now have a powerful ally in the State of New Jersey. The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that a Computer Crime Task Force had been formed by merging the nationally known state police cyber-crimes unit with