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A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:  FAIRness in digital forensics datasets’ metadata – and how to improve it The availability of research data (datasets) and compliance with FAIR principles—Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability—is critical to progressing

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:  Artificial Intelligence in Digital Forensics: a force for good or bad? Over the past year, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated headlines as the technology rapidly evolves. It’s undeniable that AI

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Advanced forensic method to authenticate audio files from Tizen-based Samsung Galaxy Watches In this study, we propose a forensic-forgery detecting approach for audio files, an extension of previous research on

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: LockBit ransomware group back online after international police disruption Russian-based ransomware gang, Lockbit, said it has restored its servers and is back online following an international police operation last week

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: How to Identify and Investigate AI Audio Deepfakes, a Major 2024 Election Threat In October 2023, an AI-synthesized impersonation of the voice of an opposition leader helped swing the election

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: A forensic framework to improve digital image evidence administration in IIoT The extensive growth of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has prompted cyber attackers to commence a variety of attacks

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Sources of error in digital forensics The occurrence of errors in forensic practice is inevitable, and whilst we may not feel comfortable with the idea, the truth of it must

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Cops bogged down by flood of fake AI child sex images, report says Law enforcement is continuing to warn that a “flood” of AI-generated fake child sex images is making

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Partnering on cybercrime is taking the fight against cyber threats to new levels In January 2023, the World Economic Forum’s Partnership Against Cybercrime members launched the Cybercrime Atlas initiative to

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: A first look at Android 14 forensics Android 14 was released to the public by the Open Handset Alliance on October 4, 2023, and is now available on various smartphones,

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views:  Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs The Met’s senior investigating officer responsible for investigating criminals using the EncroChat encrypted phone network tells the inside story of the

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Police ‘investigate sexual abuse of young girl’s avatar in the metaverse’ – prompting NSPCC warning The NSPCC has said companies “must act now” as police reportedly investigate a case where

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Cars have become computers on wheels — and police have easy access to their data The crime was horrific: In 2019, an Ohio man was accused of shooting his wife,