Along with a number of key developments, 2023 saw the fifth anniversary of The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), cited […]

Issue 53 examines applied and conceptual dimensions of artificial intelligence within security and justice contexts, including multimodal algorithmic strategies for access control and AI’s emerging role across criminal-justice processes. Further features explore AI’s origins, analyse the global ramifications of the WannaCry attack, and review the Cyber Scheme’s evolution in addressing skills development and professional capability within the UK cybersecurity ecosystem.

Challenges Detecting Email Scams – Natural Language Processing

The use of email has evolved radically since the 1960s when the first email was sent. It was simple text and sent between a limited number of mainframe computers in the network. Today emails are multimedia, have their own servers or cloud service, and are at the core of global communications.

Rethinking Remote DFIR – Why Investigators Need to Remotely Access Devices Online in The New Normal

Effective data management practices are no longer a, nice to have. Today, they are fundamental to the success of almost every business department. In a recent DFIR report, half of the 56 organisations surveyed revealed that their workforce was more than 50% remote, while close to a third had a workforce who were 75% remote.

Forensic Analysis of the NetWire Stack – A project related to NetWire stack analysis

NetWire was used in one of the highest-stakes cases to conduct long-term surveillance and surreptitiously deliver incriminating documents which were later used in criminal prosecution. Casework at Arsenal has involved the analysis of computers compromised by versions of the NetWire remote access trojan (RAT).

Empowering Digital Forensics in Policing – Why Law Enforcement Agencies Must Transition to Intelligent Cloud Review Platforms

Jon Cook from Exterro investigates why Law Enforcement Agencies Must Transition to Intelligent Cloud Review Platforms and how digital forensics professionals can leverage key technologies to make the most out of data in criminal investigations.

Issue 51 evaluates machine-learning approaches for cyber-forensic tool automation, examining performance, reliability and operational risk. Additional features address deriving investigative leads from lawful-intercept datasets, organisational responses to DSAR-driven workloads, and preparations for PCI DSS v4.0. Collectively, the issue highlights methodological, regulatory and evidential considerations shaping contemporary forensic practice and secure data-handling requirements across diverse investigative environments.

/Industrial Internet of Things Security – Assuring Trust Before Accepting Information 8
Brian Cusack takes a look at is the security of information and data in the IIoT.

/Romance Fraud & The Elderly – Is it a double whammy? 17
Pat Keane looks at how romance scams are a problem that have plagued the older adults for some time but can get overlooked.

/Faster Payments Fraud – Cyber Scamming Grows 39% in 2021 32
John Bertrand investigates how The UK’s Authorised Push Payment Fraud (APP Fraud) is now the leading fraud category for banks.

/TikTok Cybersecurity and US-China Tensions – Part 3 44
Larabella Myers completes her series on how Concerns Over Data Privacy and Censorship Are Contributing to Revolutionising the Internet World Order.

/Apparel Industry Fraud Update – Ecommerce Sales Boom While Fraud Rings Adapt 59
In this article we continue the Fraud theme with this update on Fraud within the Apparel Industry.

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/New Research: Raising the Bar for Digital Evidence Collection 28
Our Legal Editor Scott Zimmerman looks at DeepPatrol, a recent research innovation that looks to automate the identification of children in evidence files.