Digital forensics expert & expert witness · The Forbes digital forensics columnist
A digital forensics expert breaks down how the FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone in a federal terrorism case, why Signal's encryption was not the weak link, and the one notification setting that closes the gap.
Deepfake-as-a-service follows the ransomware playbook. For a handful of dollars anyone can commission synthetic video, cloned audio, or fabricated images to target you.
Deepfakes are already reaching U.S. courtrooms. And in the deepfake era, proving a piece of digital evidence is real often requires specialized forensic experts that public defenders rarely have the funding to bring in. That gap may become the gap between a fair trial and a wrongful conviction.
In the deepfake era, proving digital evidence is real requires experts public defenders cannot afford. Their indigent clients are the ones who will pay.
Police jailed an innocent woman for five months on a bogus AI hashtag#FacialRecognition match. In this case, the real failure is human, not machine.
Police jailed a woman for five months based on an inaccurate AI facial recognition match. Here's how the technology works and why the real failure is human, not machine.
YouTube can now detect deepfakes at scale. Here is what that means for your business and your liability.
AI-generated audio is no longer just a consumer scam problem. It is an evidence crisis that courts, insurers and businesses are not prepared for.
Cellebrite’s 2026 Industry Trends Report found that 97% of investigators now identify smartphones as their primary source of digital evidence. The report surveyed 1,200 practitioners in 63 countries. Two years ago that figure was 73%. If you’re an attorney who hasn’t had to grapple with cell phone e
With 97% of investigations now involving cell phones, attorneys and businesses who aren't prepared to handle mobile device evidence risk falling behind.
A claims adjuster reviews damage photos. A detective examines cell phone video. A family law attorney presents screenshots in a custody hearing. None of them can confirm with certainty that what they're looking at is real.
