17th June 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 17 2026
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Read the latest DFIR news – CCTV chain of custody, UEFI bootkit detection, Android intrusion log analysis, new LEAPP reporting, macOS Tahoe artifacts, and more....

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Forensic Focus International Well-Being Study 2026 Report

Forensic Focus International Well-Being Study 2026 Report

17th June 2026

The Forensic Focus International Well-Being Study 2026: key findings from 179 DFIR professionals and practical steps for individuals and managers....read more

SQLite Forensics: How To Get More Evidence From Your Investigations

SQLite Forensics: How To Get More Evidence From Your Investigations

17th June 2026

Learn how SQLite forensics helps recover deleted records, WAL data, and hidden evidence. Explore SQLite databases and investigate artifacts with Belkasoft X....read more

MSAB Closes Key Evidence Gaps With Q2 2026 Suite Release

MSAB Closes Key Evidence Gaps With Q2 2026 Suite Release

16th June 2026

MSAB’s Q2 2026 update delivers faster Android extractions, smarter RAM capture and video review, expanded app decoding, and more efficient evidence processing across XRY, XAMN, XEC Director, and KTE....read more

Submissions Being Accepted for Timothy Fidel Award

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ – Building on the success of the inaugural Timothy Fidel Memorial Award, Guidance Software along with AccessData, today announced the Timothy Fidel Memorial Award Committee. The Committee was created as the decision making body for

Computer forensic experts to track copied Clio e-mails

The [Clio] Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to hire a computer forensics company to investigate e-mail tampering in the district. Board members said they hope the investigation by Southfield-based Center for Computer Forensics reveals who has gained access to

Forensics is not just a word for cops

Last year, two employees of AdvantaCare Health Partners resigned and launched their own start-up. Prior to leaving, they copied patient databases, confidential business plans, and other trade secrets, and used this information to compete with AdvantaCare. Before leaving, they tried

Group honors high-tech work on BTK

A Wichita police detective who helped solve the BTK murder cases has won an international crime investigation award. Detective Randy Stone, whose computer sleuthing provided a turning point in the hunt for BTK, will be given an award for “forensics

Storm brewing over SHA-1 as further breaks are found

Three Chinese researchers have further refined an attack on the encryption standard frequently used to digitally sign documents, making the attack 64 times faster and leaving cryptographers to debate whether the standard, known as the Secure Hash Algorithm, should be

Computer Forensics and Its Impact on Employment Litigation

Computer forensics is becoming a routine part of many employment cases. To cite a few recent examples handled by our firm: After a key employee suddenly resigned, the employer hired a computer forensics company to search the hard drive of

New forensic software released

With a raft of bogus bank Web sites and phishing scams flooding computers, it would appear that crime has gone dotcom like everything else. However, a new forensic tool has stepped into the computer crime scene to help search, not

Messages of fear in hi-tech invisible ink

The first sign that something was amiss came a few days before Christmas Eve 2003. The US department of homeland security raised the national terror alert level to “high risk”. The move triggered a ripple of concern throughout the airline

Judge weighs access to victim’s PC

The attorney representing Michael Hernandez, the teen charged with murdering his classmate last year in the bathroom of their middle school, wants to peek into the victim’s mind by scanning through the memories of the slain boy’s computer… More (Sun-Sentinel.com)

New paper: An Analytical Approach to Steganalysis

A new paper, "An Analytical Approach to Steganalysis" by James Wingate and Chad Davis, is now online and can be found here. A full list of articles and papers held at Forensic Focus can be found here. New submissions are

Software hide and seek

Delete isn’t enough anymore. Consider the case of Robert Johnson, the former Newsday publisher who, prosecutors allege, used a software program called Evidence Eliminator to rid his computers of CP. Pressing ”delete” makes files invisible, perhaps, but it doesn’t make

Secret files may be record of past crimes

Three days before police say he murdered an Idaho family, Joseph Duncan bragged online about an encrypted, tell-all journal that wouldn’t be broken into for decades. He figured technology would catch up in 30 years, “and then the world will

Diskology Adds Write Blocking to Portable Hard Disk Duplicator

Diskology, Inc. announced a new version of their award-winning Disk Jockey portable hard disk duplicator today. The new model includes a write blocking feature essential for computer forensic examinations. The new unit is available as part of a “Forensic Kit”

Forensic Computers release Linux forensic system

Forensic Computers announced today that they have released a Linux forensic system that integrates the full technical, legal and personnel requirements into a complete package in conjunction with TaFusion MEPIS Linux. A live CD is included with the application that

UK police want new computer powers

The UK Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has called for new powers to allow police to tackle rogue websites, and make withholding encryption keys a criminal offence. The new proposals are buried inside a long and sometimes controversial list

Kroll Ontrack Named Most Used Electronic Discovery Service Provider

This week, the editors of “Law Office Computing” announced the winners of the 11th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards. This year’s survey results recognized Kroll Ontrack as one of the most used service providers in the electronic discovery category. Electronic discovery