13th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 13 2025
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Read the latest DFIR news – evidence of Kohberger’s detailed murder preparations, an alarming rise in child sextortion cases, Brian Carrier’s new mini-course on automation and AI in forensics, and more....

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Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

Well-Being In Digital Forensics And Policing: Insights From Hannah Bailey

12th August 2025

Hannah Bailey shares her journey from frontline policing to founding Blue Light Wellbeing, explaining why culturally-aware mental health support is crucial for DFIs and frontline workers....read more

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

Oxygen Tech Bytes In July 2025

12th August 2025

Level up your DFIR skills in under 20 minutes with Oxygen Tech Bytes’ expert-led, on-demand webinars....read more

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

Neal Ysart, Co-Founder, The Coalition Of Cyber Investigators

11th August 2025

Neal Ysart shares how The Coalition of Cyber Investigators tackles OSINT integrity, complex investment fraud, and the rise of AI-driven scams....read more

Deep dive into ‘METADATA’

Deep dive into ‘METADATA’ Hancom is glad to release a new whitepaper of ‘Metadata’, and hope this can help you to improve your forensic investigation skills. This whitepaper focuses on the research of Metadata. We will use MD-RED and analyze

Distant Traces and Their Use in Crime Scene Investigation

Starting with a physical crime scene – a fire – Manon Fischer describes how IoT devices such as “smart” plugs and thermostats store “distant traces” remotely, and could be used to help reconstruct a fire’s origin, cause, and timeline. Session

The Wisdom of the Heap: Mesh It up by Weaving Data Structures

In this short presentation, Trufflepig Forensics’ Aaron Hartel and Christian Müller present some early stage research about the volatility of data in memory as data structures change version to version. Session Chair: We’re now going over to memory forensics and

Oxygen Forensics Introduces User-Focused Advancements In Latest Release

Oxygen Forensics has released the latest version of the all-in-one digital forensic solution, Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.14.6. This version adds support for multiple new backups, continues to improve the iOS Agent extractor, and introduces a new analytic feature. Brute-force for

Toward Graph-Based Network Traffic Analysis and Incident Investigation

At DFRWS-EU 2022, Milan Cermak describes the need to create data associations for use during network traffic analysis and incident investigation. The focus is on robust graph data visualization of the kind that’s commonly used in criminal investigation, allowing analysts

2022 2Q MD-Series Release Note Highlights

Find out the major features in MD-Series that are supported in 2Q 2022.  MD-NEXT v1.91.4–v1.91.9 Supports new 2,428 models, updated 783 Models. Android Full filesystem extraction method added Samsung Galaxy S22 Qualcomm Series. Supports iOS Checkm8 Full Filesystem (iOS 15.0∼15.2.1

Get Ready for the Next Big Reveal From Grayshift

Grayshift continues to extend its strength in lawful access and extraction capabilities As a leader in cell phone forensics, Grayshift, has been hard at work developing new features for law enforcement partners like you. We strive to provide law enforcement

MSAB – a Major Player in IDC report on Digital Forensics

MSAB, a global leader in digital forensic technology for mobile device examination and analysis, announced it has been named as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics in Public Safety 2022 Vendor Assessment. The report noted that

When Did It Happen? Dealing With Timestamps in Amped FIVE

By David Spreadborough – Forensic Video Analyst at Amped Software There are several common components within a CCTV Video file. This article from Amped Software is going to dive into the data that links the image to the time when