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That's not a guess. It's straight from Cellebrite's 2026 Industry Trends Report- more than half of mobile devices come in locked. And in our world, that's where the clock starts ticking. Smartphones (and they are all smart!) now show up in 97% of investigations. Two years ago that number was [...]

When their new AI model, Mythos found a software flaw and was then told to build working attack code for it, it succeeded on the first try 83% of the time. That's a stunning engineering result . . . right? However, not so stunning in our context. We do background [...]

We've all seen the CSI effect in action — clients want a clean answer in 42 minutes. That has made managing expectations with computer and cell phone forensics a bit tricky with our non-lawyer clients. AI is making that expectation worse, not better. Here's what I am starting to see: [...]

Watch Yellowstone as someone who runs investigations for a living and the show stops being a Western. It becomes a case study in what happens when a family business relies on instinct instead of intelligence. John Dutton trusted his gut. Beth gathered information. She knew Jamie's vulnerabilities and underhandedness. She [...]

On paper, this guy was exactly who you'd want managing money. SEC-registered, FINRA-registered, practicing since the Clinton administration. And that warm smile! That's the problem with people with status, their credibility is assumed. Recent college grads are more scrutinized with background checks than those being considered for c-suite positions. The [...]