29th September 2026

Roadblocks Ahead! Navigating The Major Issues Of Mobile Forensics
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Magnet Forensics' Christopher Vance tackles the biggest roadblocks in mobile forensics, from keeping a seized phone isolated, powered and safe from reboot timers to handling 1TB devices and proprietary data....

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Belkasoft Releases Belkasoft X v2.12, Adding Offline Translation And AI-Assisted Database Analysis

Belkasoft Releases Belkasoft X v2.12, Adding Offline Translation And AI-Assisted Database Analysis

29th September 2026

Belkasoft X 2.12 brings offline AI-powered translation, smarter SQLite analysis, expanded mobile and Windows evidence support, and more flexible acquisition workflows....read more

Green Meets Blue: A Brief RCS Forensic Excursion

Green Meets Blue: A Brief RCS Forensic Excursion

29th September 2026

What does RCS mean for digital forensics? MSAB Digital Forensic Specialist Markus Hess breaks down how RCS works, who uses it and where investigators can find the forensic evidence....read more

ADF Solutions Named A Major Player In IDC MarketScape For Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

ADF Solutions Named A Major Player In IDC MarketScape For Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

28th September 2026

ADF Solutions has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment, recognizing the company's continued focus on intelligent triage, automation, and AI-driven digital investigations....read more

AnyTech introduces new forensic hard-drive system

The new Logicube Forensic MD5 is engineered to the world’s top law enforcement agencies’ exacting standards. Junaid Sharaf, Managing Director and Strategic Advisor, AnyTech General Trading LLC, Dubai said, “This new generation of forensic hard-drive acquisition systems is specifically designed

Cyber crime rates, losses fall: survey

A downward turn in overall cyber crime has hit its fourth year, said the 10th-annual survey on computer crime released this week, and average financial losses have tumbled by more than half. The yearly survey, which is conducted by the

5th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop

Early registration for the 5th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop ends this Friday, July 15, 2005. This year the workshop is in New Orleans, August 17-19. The workshop is designed to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners with interests

Computer Forensics Explained: A Primer for Physical Security Professionals

This article introduces computer risk and more specifically computer incident response and forensics to an audience who is traditionally accustomed to implementing physical controls such as camera surveillance, physical access, and alarm systems throughout their facility. We’ll look at the

Version 2.02 of The Sleuth Kit now available

Bug Fixes– fls could crash if FAT short name did not exist– Linux header file problem with some distros.– Missing UFS / Ext2/3 file names (if deleted file claimed it used that data).– Missing FAT directory entries with ils (if

UK computer forensics firm plays key role in investigation

A computer forensics firm from Sawbridgeworth has played a key role in a criminal investigation. Crucial evidence from company DataSec led to the convictions of Terry Butler and David Weightman, whose computer equipment contained tens of thousands of CP images.

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