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.

/LEGAL
/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.

Issue 49 addresses evolving information-security and forensic challenges, including updates to ISO/IEC 27002, investigative dependencies on accurate network time, and geopolitical tensions reflected in TikTok-related data-privacy concerns. Additional features examine metaverse implications, log-analysis techniques for incident investigations, foundational cryptographic principles, and cross-border data-protection issues, highlighting operational, regulatory and evidential considerations central to contemporary digital-forensics practice.

Issue 48 examines forensic and security challenges emerging from remote-work environments, investigative techniques for analysing fake-news ecosystems, and financial fraud within accelerated payment systems. Further features evaluate TikTok-related geopolitical tensions, AI-enabled legal GRC transformation, and Active Directory resilience requirements. A legal analysis of China’s Personal Information Privacy Law highlights cross-jurisdictional governance considerations central to contemporary investigative and organisational practice.

Issue 38 examines operational applications of social-media intelligence, methodological frameworks for cyber-grooming investigations, and evidential challenges introduced by augmented-reality manipulation. Additional features assess the capabilities and limitations of forensic-DNA software, explore SME encryption considerations, and present casework on transnational cybercrime. A review of Vietnam’s cybersecurity law and analysis of WeChat evidence highlight global governance and investigative-practice implications.