3rd July 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, July 03 2026
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Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore digital evidence investigations with David Shipley, deepfake image analysis with Amped Software, RAID forensics with Atola Technology, Cellebrite’s journey to Genesis, and more....

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Passware Kit Mobile 2026v4 Decrypts Qualcomm-Based Samsung S20

Passware Kit Mobile 2026v4 Decrypts Qualcomm-Based Samsung S20

1st July 2026

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v4 expands Samsung S20 decryption coverage, speeds up password recovery with caching and batch optimizations, and adds support for more iOS, Huawei, and Android devices....read more

UPCOMING WEBINAR – AI Is The Hot Sauce: From Data Overload To Investigative Insight

UPCOMING WEBINAR – AI Is The Hot Sauce: From Data Overload To Investigative Insight

30th June 2026

Join Cellebrite’s July 7 webinar to learn how responsible AI can help investigators connect evidence, uncover insights faster, and maintain the transparency and defensibility every case demands—register now....read more

Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference East 2026 Returned To Myrtle Beach

Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference East 2026 Returned To Myrtle Beach

30th June 2026

Explore key highlights from Techno East 2026 and see what’s ahead as the community returns to Myrtle Beach in 2027....read more

PCMCIA write-blocking pod from Vogon announced

Vogon International has launched a ‘PCMCIA write-blocking pod’ as an addition to its investigation hardware product portfolio. Developed in Vogon’s laboratories, this is claimed to be the only commercially available product of its kind, and aimed at forensic investigators involved

Apple’s iPod a useful tool for criminals

“Similar to the way the personal computer became common in the home in the ’80s and ’90s, the iPod is becoming common today,” Dr. Marcus Rogers, a cybercrime expert at Purdue University’s Center for Education and Research in Information and

De Montfort to train cyber sleuths in UK

A British university is to offer a four-year sandwich degree course in computer forensics. Leicester’s De Montfort University is hoping to recruit 20 students for the course, which begins in September and is one of only five of its kind

Cyber crime leaves police in dust

Federal agents are in a familiar position as they probe the computer-security breach at an Arizona firm that left credit-card data for some 40 million people open to theft: Once again, they’re playing catch-up. Faced with the vastness of cyberspace,

Computer evidence the new ‘paper trail’ in crime investigations

“It’s becoming increasingly common that any time you have a serious criminal investigation, that law enforcement is seeking the seizure of computers as a source of evidence that’s going to contain information,” Dist. Atty. Charles Branson said. “It’s the modern

Forensic knack needed to bust cybercrimes in India

As cybercrimes in BPOs make headlines, computer forensic experts say Indian investigating agencies need to be a step ahead of the criminals in putting together sophisticated tools to discover evidence. Billions of rupees are stolen each year by criminals with

PC Pro reveals false claims of CP investigation

The UK’s biggest ever crackdown on Internet CP has been driven by misleading intelligence, causing dozens of innocent people to be falsely accused, according to PC Pro magazine. Writing exclusively in the new August issue, Duncan Campbell (an expert witness

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.