25th June 2026

David Shipley: Investigating The Darkest Corners Of Digital Evidence
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David Shipley joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about the human cost of online safeguarding work and his fight to close a gap in UK law....

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Deepfake Forensics: How To Analyze Suspected AI-Generated Images

Deepfake Forensics: How To Analyze Suspected AI-Generated Images

25th June 2026

Deepfake forensics goes far beyond pressing a detection button: Amped Software explores why suspected AI-generated or manipulated images require a structured, explainable, and defensible forensic workflow....read more

Cellebrite Genesis: Get Case Insights In Minutes

Cellebrite Genesis: Get Case Insights In Minutes

25th June 2026

Cellebrite Genesis uses agentic AI to help investigators analyse complex digital evidence, surface connections, and move from data to actionable intelligence faster....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026

24th June 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - AI tools for digital investigations, SQLite forensic recovery, memory forensics workflows, vehicle location analysis, and more....read more

Detectives of the future to be trained on Wearside

The University of Sunderland is launching the BSc in Forensic Computing to teach students the latest technologies that are being used to help catch criminals. The four-year degree will give students a grounding in the advanced technologies used by modern-day

What’s on your hard drive?

Companies and consumers are failing to take note of the importance of properly cleaning data off their hard drives before selling or discarding them. And with a proliferation of removable storage media such as compact flash cards and SD cards

Cyber Crime Fears Grow in the Bahamas

Attorney General Alfred Sears said on Tuesday the use of computers in criminal activity within the financial industry is growing. Minister Sears made the comment after giving opening remarks at the Caribbean Cyber crime workshop at the British Colonial Hilton

The growing digital forensics industry

The increasing use of devices like cell phones, PDAs, and USB drives is also expanding the number of digital footprints people leave. Those footprints are potentially valuable for prosecutors looking to establish a suspect’s motives are whereabouts related to a

Missouri Southern State University purchases LogiCube MD5

The Criminal Justice Department at Missouri Southern State University recently purchased a LogiCube MD5 to enhance its Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) program.The MD5 is used by the F.B.I., D.E.A., A.T.F., Interpol and other major international law enforcement agencies to secure

Secret Service takes lead fighting financial crimes

About once a month, more than three dozen area law enforcement and corporate investigators gather at Chef’s Restaurant to compare notes. The informal assembly, known as the Financial and Electronic Crimes Working Group, meets regularly to share information on crime

The cost of online anonymity

Digital evidence expert at the London School of Economics, Peter Sommer says: “A few years ago I was very much in favour of libertarian computing. “What changed my mind was the experience of acting in the English courts as a

RCFL Network Launches 9th Laboratory

The Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NWRCFL) officially opened yesterday in Portland, Oregon. The NWRCFL will supply digital forensics expertise and training to hundreds of law enforcement agencies throughout all of Oregon and southwestern Washington. The NWRCFL is the ninth

Alternative browsers pose challenge for cybersleuths

Internet Explorer hides nothing from police and other investigators who examine PCs to discover which sites the user has visited, according to a class held Wedensday at the annual training meeting of the High Tech Crime Investigation Association. Investigators know

New South Wales workplace watchdog law ‘a formality’

The use of email and computer facilities in NSW workplaces will be under watch from October when the Workplace Surveillance Act comes into force, but the head of an email security firm says there is nothing to fear. Peter Croft,

ICTA starts training in computer crimes enforcement for Sri Lanka police

When draft legislation for computer crimes was submitted to parliament recently, the Ministry of Defence together with the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) took necessary steps to establish a Computer Crimes Unit at the Police Department.

New forensic computing company in the UK – Innovision

Andy, one of our longest standing members and forum regular, has moved into private practice with the establishment of Innovision, a forensic data investigation service based in the UK. I asked Andy to sum up the services his firm will

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