2nd October 2026

Block Hash Scan: Illegal File Triage Completed On Site
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See how MD-LIVE’s Block Hash Scan helps investigators identify known target files on-site without reading every file in full, and what a zero-detection result really means....

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Forensic Focus Digest, October 02 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, October 02 2026

2nd October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the biggest challenges in mobile forensics with Magnet Forensics, discover faster investigative workflows with Cellebrite Genesis, meet Radim Motycka, founder of Proofsnap, and more....read more

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 Decrypts Samsung Galaxy Watch

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 Decrypts Samsung Galaxy Watch

1st October 2026

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 expands mobile forensics with Samsung Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 passcode recovery and data extraction, new Samsung and Unisoc device support, Enpass for Android decryption, and faster workflows with immediate passcode recovery....read more

Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

1st October 2026

Discover what agencies should expect from a digital forensics partner and how MSAB puts transparency, accountability and long-term commitment at the heart of its work....read more

A Springboard To Digital Forensics Research In 2021

The end of 2020 could not come fast enough for most of us, and yet, as the year wound down, some things — such as the digital forensics research recapped in this article — were worth slowing down for. This

Are You Looking To Get #DFIRfit In 2021?

Few digital forensics practitioners would dispute that their job is largely sedentary: there’s a lot of sitting, be it in labs, vehicles (including aircraft), meeting rooms, and conference lecture rooms, among others. That only became more true in 2020, when

Writing DFIR Reports: A Primer

“How do I write a good DFIR report?” – Literally Everyone at some point You wouldn’t believe how many times that question gets asked out of me here at Marshall University (and sometimes in the DFIR community). Year after year I’ve

Oxygen Forensic Detective From Oxygen Forensics

I have been using Oxygen Forensic Detective for academic and professional investigations since 2016, when the last available version was 8.4. Mobile forensics procedures have evolved a lot. Mobile software and hardware, applications and the information stored in smart devices

iOS Screentine And Android Digital Wellbeing Apps

Matt: And good morning, everyone. So yeah, like Melissa said, today we’re going to talk a little bit about screen time for iOS and digital wellbeing for Android. A little on what they are and how you can apply them

Virtual Forensic Computing (VFC)

Host: All right. Hello everyone. Welcome. Welcome to our first webinar, I believe, we’ve had with VFC. It’s a Teel Technologies VFC project. Just to be able to bring people to be aware of Virtual Forensic Computing and how it

How To Extract Text From Files Using OCR In Magnet AXIOM

Tara: Hey everyone, Tara Melton here, and I’m going to be showing you a new and exciting feature introduced in AXIOM 4.8. Now you can extract text from certain files using optical character recognition, or OCR, technology. AXIOM will extract

Bobby Balachandran, CEO, Exterro

Welcome, Bobby, and congratulations on the acquisition of AccessData! Why was a forensic company important to add to the Exterro portfolio and why AccessData specifically? Thank you! The heart of the decision came from knowing that we have technology that

How To Investigate The Source Camera Of Digital Videos

Unique features that allow for identification are considered a real blessing in investigations. First, there was fingerprint analysis, then DNA analysis brought a real revolution, raising the contribution of scientific analysis to investigations at unprecedented levels. The field of digital