Forensic Focus: SkyECC evidence ruled inadmissible in Swiss court; Linux kernel flaw creates disk-invisible blind spot

The Forensic Focus weekly digest flags two significant items. A Basel court ruled SkyECC encrypted-platform evidence inadmissible on cross-border collection grounds, a ruling that could affect international prosecutions relying on similar data. Separately CVE-2026-31431 in Linux kernel 4.14 through 7.0-rc corrupts page-cache memory without touching files on disk, defeating file integrity monitoring and requiring AF_ALG socket activity analysis for detection.

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