Independent forensic scientific analysis, expert reports and evidence for legal matters. Research informed by forensic practice.https://rhemlabs.com.au/en-auhttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/reviewing-police-digital-forensic-reports/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/reviewing-police-digital-forensic-reports/A practical starting point for solicitors assessing the link between a technical finding and the inference advanced in a matter.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/aipio-2026-forensic-science-intelligence/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/aipio-2026-forensic-science-intelligence/AIPIO Intelligence 2026 sharpened a question for RHEM Labs: can forensic information about image origin reach analysts early enough to inform a decision?Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLaboratory updatesSPOTDigital evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/when-independent-review-is-warranted/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/when-independent-review-is-warranted/Indicators that a focused forensic review may resolve a material uncertainty before a larger examination is commissioned.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/adstar-2026-research-to-capability/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/adstar-2026-research-to-capability/ADSTAR changed how RHEM Labs understands the path from a working forensic method to useful capability: mission need, problem ownership, experimentation and operational learning.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLaboratory updatesSPOTDigital evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/instructing-a-digital-forensic-expert/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/instructing-a-digital-forensic-expert/Define the disputed inference, required opinion, available material and deadline before the examination begins.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/timestamps-and-human-attribution/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/timestamps-and-human-attribution/Why recording an event, identifying its cause and attributing it to a person are separate forensic questions.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/digital-traces-and-timelines/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/digital-traces-and-timelines/Ordering records by time is a presentation step; reconstructing events requires attention to meaning, clocks, coverage and uncertainty.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/windows-artefacts-beyond-the-tool-report/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/windows-artefacts-beyond-the-tool-report/The source record, operating-system behaviour and decoding assumptions matter as much as a report’s label.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/what-metadata-can-establish/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/what-metadata-can-establish/Metadata can inform origin, timing and file history, but its source and processing history must be understood.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/digital-forensic-or-cybersecurity-expert/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/digital-forensic-or-cybersecurity-expert/Choose expertise by the evidentiary question, the underlying systems and the reasoning required, rather than the job title.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/tool-output-and-expert-interpretation/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/tool-output-and-expert-interpretation/A software report can organise records; an expert must explain the reasoning that connects those records to the question.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/logical-and-full-acquisition/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/logical-and-full-acquisition/Acquisition labels describe methods, not a guarantee that every relevant record has been preserved or decoded.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/examining-underlying-artefacts/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/examining-underlying-artefacts/Go beneath a derivative report when the source, processing or interpretation could materially change the answer.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/digital-forensic-expert-witnesses-australia/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/digital-forensic-expert-witnesses-australia/From a defined technical question to a reasoned opinion, with clear limits and an independent role in the proceeding.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPractice notesDigital evidenceExpert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/spot-research-to-evaluation/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/spot-research-to-evaluation/The current stage of Sensor Pattern Origin Testing and the role of operational users, technical partners and independent evaluators.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTResearch notesSPOTResearchhttps://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/anzfss-publications-2026/https://rhemlabs.com.au/insights/anzfss-publications-2026/The 2026 Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences supplement includes laboratory work on digital traces, synthetic media and 3D-printed firearm investigations.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLaboratory updatesDigital evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/bits-bias-and-blackstone/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/bits-bias-and-blackstone/A publication examining digital traces and their admissibility as evidence in court.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsRHEM LabsANZFSS 2025Expert evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/blueprints-to-firearms/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/blueprints-to-firearms/A practitioner-focused publication on the forensic investigation of clandestine 3D-printed firearm laboratories.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsRHEM LabsANZFSS 2025Digital evidencehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/authenticating-synthetic-media/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/authenticating-synthetic-media/Experimental research evaluating image-origin characteristics in camera and DALL·E-generated images.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsRHEM LabsANZFSS 2025SPOTSensor pattern noisehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/image-sensor-temperature/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/image-sensor-temperature/Research on dark current and image-sensor temperature, forming part of the laboratory’s sensor-pattern research foundation.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsSPOTSensor pattern noisehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/gan-cyber-intelligence/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/gan-cyber-intelligence/A research report on applications and readiness of generative adversarial networks in cyber intelligence.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsRHEM LabsSynthetic mediaResearchhttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/raspberry-pi-camera/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/raspberry-pi-camera/Research into pixel non-uniformity in the Raspberry Pi Camera V2, using scanning electron microscopy.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsSPOTSensor pattern noisehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/optical-contributions/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/optical-contributions/Research examining optical contributions to image-sensor fingerprints.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsSPOTSensor pattern noisehttps://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/sensor-pattern-noise-thesis/https://rhemlabs.com.au/publications/sensor-pattern-noise-thesis/Doctoral research on dark current, lens effects and temperature bias in CMOS image sensors.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublicationsSPOTSensor pattern noise