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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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

S21 Transcriber: Turn Spoken Evidence Into Searchable Intelligence

S21 Transcriber: Turn Spoken Evidence Into Searchable Intelligence

7th October 2026

S21 Transcriber turns audio and video evidence into searchable, reviewable intelligence, fully offline, so investigators can find what matters faster....read more

Computer forensics aids schoolyard fight investigators

A second teen has been charged in a schoolyard fight that was videotaped, set to music and sold to high school students in an edited form. With the help of Beaverton computer forensics company NTI Breakwater, police were able to

Version 0.69 of the Honeywall CDROM released

The Honeynet Project has announced the release of version 0.69 of the Honeywall CDROM. Some key features of this new version include – – Whitelisting: The ability to identify IP’s and networks youwant to allow inbound and outbound of your

Detection of ‘counterfeit reality’ becoming a new specialty

During the past decade, the DNA technology used to solve crimes and settle paternity suits has become a big business. The federal government alone spent $232 million this past fiscal year promoting the use of a technology that barely existed

Top cops of London, Delhi meet

Top officials of London Police yesterday met their counterparts in New Delhi to discuss areas of mutual interest, including cyber crime and computer forensics. Commissioner of London Metropolitan Police John Stevens and Deputy High Commissioner of Britain Mark Runacres, accompanied

Method Provides Double Computer Crime-Solving Evidence

Like an episode of “CSI: Computers,” a UF researcher has developed a technique that gives digital detectives twice the forensic evidence they now have to catch all kinds of hackers, from curious teenagers to disgruntled employees to agents of foreign

Final version of NIST’s “Guidelines on PDA Forensics” complete

Special Publication 800-72, entitled Guidelines on PDA Forensics, was developed to help organizations evolve appropriate policies and procedures for dealing with PDA forensics and to provide forensic specialists with a background on the technology, tools, and principles involved. The intended

The lighter side of data recovery

An executive who froze his broken hard disk thinking it would be fixed has topped a list of the weirdest computer mishaps. Although computer malfunctions remain the most common cause of file loss, data recovery experts say human behaviour still

Stopping Computer Crime

Stopping computer crime requires two basic things: You need to let criminals know it won’t be tolerated by reporting and prosecuting, and tell the world what these crimes are and how folks can avoid being a victim. It’s not enough

Meticulous cybersleuth takes on high-tech cases

Just call William Simon the Sherlock Holmes of computers. The cyberspace sleuth would love the comparison. In fact, he named his business, Abberline Investigations, after his distant cousin Frederick Abberline, a Victorian-era Scotland Yard investigator. The licensed private investigator, with

Detective, check that hard drive

Noble Dean will graduate from Purdue University for the second time in December with his master’s degree in science and technology. His degree has taught the 31-year-old to look at the world in an entirely different light. “This,” he said,

E-mail Discovery Primer for Legal Professionals

A Non-Technical Primer – Taught by Warren Kruse and Steven Branigan. From the comfort of your home or office anytime 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. What do you need to know when making or receiving an Electronic Discovery request pertaining to

Easy to defeat computer forensics

Breaking into computer networks and remaining untraceable after the breach has been detected is apparently easier than anyone would like it to be, said The Grugq, a Britain-based hacker. The Grugq, who refused to reveal his true identity, said remaining

Data recovery, Australian style

A couple of Australian coppers have used their forensic expertise to create a software company that has chalked up success in Europe and Japan. And by Christmas they will be showing the Yanks how as well. The two “dumped-data detectives”

FBI agents use computer forensics to arrest sexual predators

It’s not surprising that FBI Special Agent Tom Veivia considers himself an overprotective parent. In a cramped room equipped with eight computers, Veivia works with undercover agents and police officers in the Innocent Images National Initiative. Working late evening and