8th October 2026

F3 Announces Free Digital Forensics Cryptocurrency Investigation Day
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Join F3 on 29 October at the FCA in London for a FREE, hands-on cryptocurrency investigation workshop exploring digital forensics, blockchain intelligence, OSINT and real-world investigative techniques....

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Forensic Focus Digest, 09 Oct 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, 09 Oct 2026

9th October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore Belkasoft X for mobile forensics on iOS and Android, find out how MSAB's XRY Pro and BruteStorm Surge helped expose an international fraud network, see how MD-LIVE's Block Hash Scan identifies known target files on-site, and more....read more

Amped User Days 2027: Three Days Of Practical Knowledge, Real-World Workflows, And Expert Exchange

Amped User Days 2027: Three Days Of Practical Knowledge, Real-World Workflows, And Expert Exchange

8th October 2026

Amped User Days returns February 23–25, 2027, for three online half days of expert insights, practical workflows, AI discussions, and real-world forensic video challenges....read more

MSAB Technology Helps Uncover International Fraud Network And Provides Answers To A Grieving Family

MSAB Technology Helps Uncover International Fraud Network And Provides Answers To A Grieving Family

8th October 2026

Discover how MSAB’s XRY Pro and BruteStorm Surge helped unlock crucial digital evidence, expose an international fraud operation and bring long-awaited answers to a grieving family....read more

Met Computer Crime Unit scoops top honours

The Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit (CCU) scooped the coveted Editor’s Award at this year’s SC European Excellence Awards ceremony in London. Detective Constable Andy Cookson picked up the award and said he was delighted the CCU’s work was finally

EnCase Enterprise Edition in action

Computers make our lives easier but with technology comes the concern of children being victimized by those using technological advances to meet their own needs. Enter the ENCASE Enterprise Edition of Guidance Software, a digitized data forensics program that has

Virtual CSI: Crime-Scene Investigations Go Digital

For crime-scene investigators around the world, information technology is becoming an invaluable tool for cracking tough cases. Whether these crime scenes are virtual or physical, law enforcement is learning to use data-replication devices, specialized search tools, and virtualization software to

Web Browser Forensics, Part 2

Welcome to part two of the Web Browser Forensics series. In part one, we began investigating the intrusion of the Docustodian document management server hosting a law firm’s data. The server appeared to have been compromised by a group of

Digital highwaymen

Technology hit the headlines for the wrong reasons again last week, as a gang of British software pirates who characterised themselves as latter-day Robin Hoods found themselves in jail. The convictions underlined the perception that cybercrime is on the up,

Federation Warns Company Directors They Are at Risk from Their IT Department

The Federation Against Software Theft today warns UK company directors that they risk being branded ‘software thieves’ because of the actions of their employees, including those in the IT department. This comes in the wake of The Federation’s launch of

Crime time for Chinese net users

Around 20% of the world’s hijacked computers sending out spam, attacking websites and hosting unsavoury material are in China, says a report. The figures, from security firm Ciphertrust, come amid spiralling rates of internet use in China… More (BBC)

Police culture

If you ask Chris Budge, the police are no worse – and may even be a lot better – than any other organisation when it comes to looking at p**n at work. Budge should know. The computer forensic consultant runs

Criminal IT: The crime you can still get away with

In the field of computer crime, there is one glaring problem: the law. Until relatively recently, there was no law to criminalise what might be recognised as obvious ‘mischiefs’ performed against computers; there was no legal framework to make hacking,

Experts in distributed computing see potential for computer forensics

Golden Richard III, a professor of computer science at New Orleans University and a digital forensics expert, has been experimenting with using distributed computing to recover lost computer files. By harnessing the number-crunching power of several computers to work on

Cyberchase: Experts discuss benefits, risks

Like Hansel and Gretel [Brill explained] people leave crumbs as they wander cyberspace or work on their computer desktops. Following those crumbs, forensic scientists at Kroll have been able to trace Saddam Hussein’s stolen billions; understand the implosion of Enron;

Computer aces sleuth for FBI

Sept. 11 turned Sung-Ki Lim and Sang Jun from geeks to G-men. Well, they’re still geeks, but instead of pursuing an MBA or traveling far and wide as systems analysts, the two men are putting their technical skills to work