24th June 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, June 24 2026
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RAID Forensics: Handling Unknown Configurations In DFIR Investigations

RAID Forensics: Handling Unknown Configurations In DFIR Investigations

24th June 2026

Unlabelled RAID drives, no documentation, and a ticking evidence integrity clock: here’s how investigators can avoid the most common RAID forensics mistakes before they compromise a case....read more

The New Age Of Investigations: Cellebrite’s Journey To Genesis 

The New Age Of Investigations: Cellebrite’s Journey To Genesis 

23rd June 2026

Cellebrite Genesis brings purpose-built agentic AI into the investigative workflow, helping agencies surface leads faster while keeping investigators in control....read more

Atola Insight Forensic 5.8 Has Been Released. What’s New?

Atola Insight Forensic 5.8 Has Been Released. What’s New?

23rd June 2026

Atola Technology’s Insight Forensic 5.8 update introduces selective logical imaging of files with detected artifacts, helping investigators extract key evidence into L01 format faster without waiting for a full drive image....read more

Crime gang suspect in credit-card breach

The huge security breach that exposed more than 40 million credit cards to potential fraud appears to be the work of organized criminals, experts said Monday. The breach represents a high-tech version of “skimming,” in which criminals used a small

Policing the Internet

The offices couldn’t be more generic. The building is nondescript. There’s a sign outside the door, but they’re planning to take it down. But inside the Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Va., investigators are cracking the most sensational, gut-wrenching criminal

Forensic Science: Will It Help in the War on Terror?

In January 2003, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors – Laboratory Accreditation Board – board of delegates voted to adopt Digital Evidence as an accreditable discipline. The Investigative Technology Division conducts forensic examinations in the discipline of Digital Evidence

Investigators win award for computer forensics

A trio of investigators in Kansas, US, has won an award for a computer-based investigation. Cpl. Jeff Owen of the Missouri Highway Patrol, Mark Johnson of the U.S. attorney’s office and Curtis Howard of the St. Joseph police won the

Techno Security/CEIC 2005 conference

The Techno Security/CEIC 2005 conference (http://www.ceic2005.com) to be held June 12-15, is the proving grounds for tomorrow’s cybersecurity technology. Now in its seventh year, this conference promises to address some of the latest issues in enterprise security including incident response,

New Article: Data – The Basics of Computer Forensics

Now online… Data: The Basics of Computer Forensics by Edward Pscheidt A full list of computer forensic papers and articles at Forensic Focus can be found here. New submissions are always welcome.

Backlog mires US crime lab

SBI agent Eric R. Hicks spent last week scouring more than half a million files on one computer hard drive for evidence against a man accused of sending p**n to kids. Because he always works two cases at once, Hicks

Rise in UK public sector PC misuse

Computer fraud and abuse is on the rise in the public sector, a report by the public watchdog, the Audit Commission, has found. The number of computer fraud cases has doubled, up from 8% of cases in 2001 to 16%

Course boosts computer forensics capability in Hong Kong

To enhance officers’ computer forensics capability, the Hong Kong Police organised a two-week “Computer Forensics Certification Course” last month that 18 computer forensics examiners attended. The first part covered file system level analysis which underpins all computer forensics theories. The

PGP use ruled relevant in Minnesota

A Minnesota appeal court has ruled that a trial judge was within his rights to allow police evidence about the presence of an encryption program on a defendant’s computer to be admitted in a child abuse case. The ruling came

LanpherWilson Acquires Computer Forensic Group, Inc.

LanpherWilson Corporation today announced that it has acquired Computer Forensic Group, Inc. of Germantown, MD to form a new company called Turiss, a digital investigations and information protection firm with target markets in the corporate, legal and government arenas… More

Fletcher aides leave plentiful trail of e-mail

Comfortable with high-tech gadgets, Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s aides use state-issued computers and BlackBerries to send e-mail that details their deeds, plans, turf battles, even their moods, sometimes on an hourly basis. Now, that e-mail is a trail of bread crumbs

The Certified Computer Examiner Certification

While computer forensics certifications are not as mainstream as an MCSE or CCNA, there are several forensic certifications that are growing in prominence and that are worthy of investigation if you are considering this type of certification. One of these