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21st October 2026

How Semantics 21 Is Changing The Way Investigators Work With Digital Evidence
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Digital evidence has evolved, but have your investigative workflows kept pace? Discover how Semantics 21 is helping investigators reduce manual effort, prioritise critical evidence and work smarter with modern forensic intelligence tools....

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Passware Kit 2026 v4 Simplifies BitLocker Decryption And Adds E01 Export

Passware Kit 2026 v4 Simplifies BitLocker Decryption And Adds E01 Export

21st October 2026

Passware Kit 2026 v4 is here with expanded BitLocker decryption support for AMD and Lenovo devices, the new YellowKey method, Linux eCryptfs decryption, E01 export, and enhanced Apple support....read more

Investigating WMI Permanent Event Subscription Persistence

Investigating WMI Permanent Event Subscription Persistence

19th October 2026

Vitalii offers a hands-on DFIR deep dive into WMI ActiveScriptEventConsumer persistence, from registration and execution to memory artifacts, Sigma detection, and cleanup....read more

Atola TaskForce Gets A Massive Update Including A New Compare Module

Atola TaskForce Gets A Massive Update Including A New Compare Module

19th October 2026

Meet Atola TaskForce firmware 2026.10, featuring a brand-new sector-by-sector Compare module, detection of used-drive fraud on Seagate devices, enhanced Web API automation, and 30+ improvements across forensic imaging workflows....read more

Register For Techno Security TX And Get 30% Off Registration Fee

Techno Security TX will be held in San Antonio from the 30th September to the 2nd of October 2019. There will be four tracks running throughout the conference: digital forensics, investigation, information security, and audit/risk management. Find out more and

Webinar: Field Forensics For The Front Line

A new webinar, Field Forensics For The Front Line, is available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Read More

Field Forensics For The Front Line

Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.Rich: Good morning everybody, thank you – or good afternoon. Thank you for attending, hope you’re having a great day; for some of you

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 06, 2019

Vladimir Katalov shares some tips for iOS acquisition on Windows. SalvationDATA share a DVR forensics case study. Oleg Afonin discusses iOS 12.4 file system extraction.

Nuix Increases Its Investigations Focus And Investment

Nuix (www.nuix.com) today announced it has expanded the capabilities for investigative teams to quickly cull through data and collaborate to uncover hidden insights and relationships in connected data within the Nuix lab solution for digital investigations.The Nuix lab solution gives

SANS DFIR Summit 2019 – Recap

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Held in Austin, Texas each summer, the SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Summit is known for offering in-depth but accessible digital forensic research — and for its laid-back, fun atmosphere. This year’s summit,

SANS DFIR Summit 2019 – Recap

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Held in Austin, Texas each summer, the SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Summit is known for offering in-depth but accessible digital forensic research — and for its laid-back, fun atmosphere. This year’s summit,

Nuix National Security Summit Returns To London In September

Nuix (www.nuix.com) today announed that it will once again host its National Security Summit on 25 September 2019 at London, Victoria.This exclusive one-day summit brings together digital forensic investigators from law enforcement, government and public sector organisations with the Nuix

What’s Happening In Forensics – Sep 03, 2019

Sandfly 2.2 has been released, with new capabilities around web shell detection and anti-forensics detection. Kristian Lars Larsen talks about the huge amount of discoverable data in the cloud. Derek Manky talks about investigating cases that involve obfuscation and anti-forensics.

How To Acquire Video Data With MD-VIDEO From HancomGMD

Due to the rapidly growing need for securing safe environments around the world, digital surveillance systems have become ubiquitous. A significant number of new surveillance systems are installed each year, and the importance of acquiring actionable data from these systems

How To Acquire Video Data With MD-VIDEO From HancomGMD

Due to the rapidly growing need for securing safe environments around the world, digital surveillance systems have become ubiquitous. A significant number of new surveillance systems are installed each year, and the importance of acquiring actionable data from these systems

Walkthrough: VFC 5.0

What is Virtual Forensic Computing? Virtual computing transforms investigation of the digital crime scene. Having access to the ‘digital scene of crime’ can offer huge benefits to an investigator. Whether investigating fraud, murder, child abuse or something else, seeing the

Walkthrough: How VFC 5 Can Exploit Windows Live ID (Inc PIN)

What is Virtual Forensic Computing? Virtual computing transforms investigation of the digital crime scene. Having access to the ‘digital scene of crime’ can offer huge benefits to an investigator. Whether investigating fraud, murder, child abuse or something else, seeing the

VFC 5 – Now Includes Windows Live ID Exploit (Inc PIN Accounts)

Following on from our July announcement about the successful launch of VFC 5 with all its significant New Features. (Early Customer feedback) “I have downloaded version 5 and have used it on a couple of occasions recently, I find it