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Digital Forensics Round-Up, October 26 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’ The “worst nightmares” about artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse images are coming true and threaten to overwhelm the internet, a safety

Digital Forensics Round-Up, October 19 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: The State Of Digital Forensics And Incident Response 2023 The State of Digital Forensics and Incident Response 2023 survey from Binalyze and IDC is based on a survey conducted in

Digital Forensics Round-Up, October 12 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Unraveling Digital Mysteries: How AI Copilots can Revolutionize Digital Forensic Investigations* In hindsight, 2021 was a significant inflection point in the world of artificial intelligence, characterized by remarkable developments in

Digital Forensics Round-Up, October 05 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: The Multifaceted Role of Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity and Law Enforcement Every now and then I run into a discussion on the position of digital forensics in the realm of

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 28 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Forensics As the digital landscape continually evolves, so do the criminal activities within it. Today the cybercrime sector grandly expands its arm, necessitating

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 21 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Android Now Harder To Crack Than IPhones: Forensics Detectives A recent breakthrough in forensic technology has brought about a major shift in the constant battle between Android and iPhone security…

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 14 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Paedophiles using open source AI to create child sexual abuse content, says watchdog Freely available artificial intelligence software is being used by paedophiles to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM),

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 07 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Linux Web Server Forensics: Dr. Ali Hadi’s Web Server Case Most of the millions of web servers that make up the Internet run Linux as their operating system. This means

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 31 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Seven Use Cases Where AI can be a Hero to Digital Forensics AI is capable of doing so many things in the legal tech world, not least of which are

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 24 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Digital Forensic Survival Podcast # 391 – Investigation Lifecycle The NIST investigation lifecycle encompasses a series of well-defined steps, starting from problem identification and scoping, through data collection and analysis,

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 17 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: GMP’s award-winning Digital Forensic Investigation Unit (DFIU) are breaking new ground in the field of digital forensics relating to CSE and child sexual abuse images The DFIU were selected to

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 10 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: UK MPs warn against growing use of smart tech in domestic abuse MPs have called on the UK government to tackle “tech abuse”, as they warned devices including smart home

UK Urged To Combat Tech-Facilitated Domestic Abuse

The UK’s culture, media and sport committee has warned that devices such as smart home security systems are being used in domestic abuse, facilitating coercion and control of victims. The committee’s inquiry last year revealed that most domestic abuse cases

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 03 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Unlocking digital potential Digital forensics units (DFUs) play a crucial role in nearly every criminal investigation today by extracting data from various electronic devices and transforming it into evidence of

Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 27 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: DOJ merges cyber, cryptocurrency units to go after ransomware attacks The U.S. Department of Justice is merging its cryptocurrency and computer crimes investigation units, reflecting the vital role digital assets