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15th October 2026

The Forensic Focus State Of DFIR Survey Is Now Open

Caseloads, AI, tools, hiring and careers: tell us what DFIR work looks like today. About 8 minutes, anonymous, with early access to the report...

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Forensic Focus Digest, 16 Oct 2026

16th October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore how the City of Johannesburg uses Detego Global to accelerate investigations, see how MD-LIVE takes investigators from first connection to a court-ready report, learn how iVe analyzes vehicle data to reveal driver behavior, and more....read more

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Magnet Autokey: Accelerating Your Vehicle Investigations

15th October 2026

Jason Miranda and Evan Walker from Magnet Forensics show how Magnet Autokey pulls location history, connected devices and even text messages from encrypted vehicle infotainment systems in under 30 minutes....read more

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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

14th October 2026

Digital evidence has evolved, and investigative tools must keep pace - discover how Semantics 21 helps investigators work faster, search smarter and maintain control without compromising professional judgement....read more

6-Month Checkup At Oxygen Forensics

5th August 2021

We’re officially halfway through the year, which means it’s time to recap the most innovative functions we were able to bring to the digital forensics community. We’ve divided our recent advancements into 4 categories: Cloud Data Extraction, Mobile Data Extraction,

Rob Fried, Senior Vice President, Forensics & Investigations, Sandline Global

5th August 2021

Let’s start with a little bit about you. What first brought you to digital forensics? While a student at the University of New Haven (UNH), majoring in Forensic Science, I enrolled in courses related to computer forensic investigation and information

Feature Extraction Of Protest Demonstration On Lihkg Discussion Forum

16th October 20214th August 2021

Ao Shen: Hi, I’m [inaudible] Ao Shen from the University of Hong Kong. This research is done by Dr. Dr K P Chow and me, and our title is Feature Extraction of Protest Demonstration on the Lihkg Discussion Forum. Here

The “Weapon of Choice” for Special Operations Digital Device Exploitation

3rd August 2021

Digital Exploitation complexities face the modern combat soldier (DOMEX/MEDEX MPE). This Special Ops Unit is charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Component Commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. The Executive Office is responsible for the

Research Roundup: Problem Solving In Digital Forensics

2nd August 2021

Digital forensics research last month fell fairly neatly into two categories, each of which sought to solve bigger problems in the field. In the first category is ensuring quality via frameworks such as service levels, better supporting first responders, reporting,

Oxygen Forensic Detective 13.7 Introduces Discord Cloud Data Extraction Via QR Code

30th July 2021

Oxygen Forensic® Detective 13.7 is now available! Extract Viber chats and calls via OxyAgent, acquire Discord cloud data via QR code, and export evidence to Consilio XML. Viber Extraction via OxyAgent Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.13.7, introduces a new extraction method

XRY 9.4.3 From MSAB

28th July 2021

Hold the phone… and the drone, and the GPS device, and the disk! Upon receiving MSAB’s software product XRY v9.4.3 and its compatible viewer, XAMN v6.1, we had full intentions of pulling out and dusting off a few of our

Recognize And Capture The Character Using Timestamp/Channel OCR Feature In MD-VIDEO

26th July 2021

How can Timestamp/Channel OCR feature support video forensic investigators? In the situation of the time information of a file in the filesystem is damaged or there is no time/channel information in the recovered frame, OCR can be very useful. Follow

How To Protect Your Acquired Evidence From Ransomware Attacks

26th July 2021

SHIELD is a kernel-mode component of ACQUIRE and TACTICAL protecting all collected digital evidence by our solutions regardless of the device it resides in. As long as the ransomware SHIELD is green, all folders that are used for saving evidence

Amped Replay Now With Smart Processing, Detailed Reporting And Improved Format Support

26th July 2021

Amped Software has released a new version of Amped Replay, the CCTV converter and video player designed for investigators and front line officers. In this release, there are important updates for each tab of the software, so keep reading to

Back On The Beach: Recapping Techno Security Myrtle Beach 2021

23rd July 2021

After a year so many spent cooped up in their homes, it seems only fitting that the first return to an in-person event should happen at a beloved vacation spot: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, site of the 22nd edition of

How To Use The Updated Oxygen Forensic SQLite Viewer

21st July 2021

Amanda: Hey everyone, It’s Amanda Mahan with Oxygen Forensics’ training team. Welcome back to Oxygen Forensic Detective’s weekly knowledge nuggets. This one’s going to be on our SQLite database viewer and our query builder that’s built into the tool. Hey

Forensic Focus Legal Update July 2021: Reliability And Credibility Of Digital Evidence

22nd February 202319th July 2021

This quarter’s edition of our legal update starts with a look at improving digital forensics experts’ credibility, as well as the reliability of the evidence they find — all while dealing with rapidly advancing technology. Two recent academic papers, plus

2021 2Q MD-Series Release Note Highlights

16th July 2021

MD-NEXT v1.89.19~v1.90.02 Samsung Full Filesystem Extraction for Android 11 – Supports 20 models of Galaxy S10, Galaxy Note10 Series with Exynos Chipset. Huawei Kirin 970/980/990/9905G Chipset Full Filesystem extraction – Supports 32 models including Honor Note 10, P20, P20 Pro,

Register For Webinar: Selecting The Best Hardware-Based Forensic Imager To Streamline The Evidence Collection Process

15th July 2021

There are many considerations that discerning forensic investigators and forensic evidence analysts take into account in selecting the digital forensic imager suited for their applications. What are the factors that every expert-level user of digital forensic imagers should consider and

Key Benefit Of Binalyze Forensic Features For SIEM Solutions

7th July 2021

Due to the increase of cyber malicious activities and the need for companies to react as fast as possible to these incidents every organization needs proactive solutions for protecting its sensitive data and detecting suspicious activities in real-time. Having a