Digital Forensics and Digital Evidence have long been viewed as the “poor relation” of Cybersecurity—often overlooked by both academia and industry. However, the tide is turning. With the growing sophistication of cybercrime, these fields are gaining the attention they deserve. Artificial Intelligence is now being leveraged for everything from orchestrating complex cyberattacks to crafting phishing emails and generating realistic fake imagery. But as AI advances, so do the threats.

What do these developments mean for cybercrime and the global effort to combat it?

In this thought-provoking presentation, Basil Manoussos will share his insights, predictions and concerns about the rapid, largely unregulated deployment of AI tools such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs), particularly in the hands of criminals. Drawing on years of fieldwork and recent academic research, his talk will offer a compelling look at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and the future of digital evidence.

This talk is from ENUSEC's Le Tour Du Hack 2025, A student run cyber-security conference (and CTF) based at Edinburgh Napier University. A massive thank you to this years sponsors: Quorum Cyber, Verkada, Bugcrowd, Zerodays CTF, and of course ENU's School of Computing Engineering and build environment