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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

Review Of Griffeye Analyze DI Pro

by Jade James Griffeye Analyze DI Pro is used by law enforcement agencies and other national security and defence organisations for all sorts of investigations involving large volumes of media files. Although it is perhaps most well known for its

Griffeye Analyze DI Pro

Reviewed by Jade James Griffeye Analyze DI Pro is used by law enforcement agencies and other national security and defence organisations for all sorts of investigations involving large volumes of media files. Although it is perhaps most well known for

Interview With Blake Sawyer, Amped Software

Congratulations on your new role! Tell us more about your law enforcement career. How did you get into digital forensics? Thanks so much! I am excited about the opportunity to come and work for Amped Software. I got into digital

Digital Forensics News May 2019

This year’s Digital Forensics Challenge from the Korean Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) has been announced. BlackBag’s latest version of MacQuisition can now decrypt physical images of the latest Mac systems utilizing the Apple T2 chip. Magnet AXIOM

Griffeye 101: Analyze DI Pro Intro Course

Date: May 28, 2019Time: 3 pm CEST (9 am EDT)Registration: Click here In this webinar, you will learn how Griffeye Analyze DI Pro can help you speed through cases involving massive amounts of pictures and videos. We will cover how

Is Signal Secure Enough?

In today’s world everyone is using messenger applications. Many users prefer using messengers that have strong encryption built-in for obvious reasons from confidentiality to hiding data from investigators. One such app used by messengers due to the confidentiality and privacy

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Can you recommend a script for filling up NVMe storage drives with random data? How do you find the date and time stamps of encrypted volumes mounted

Webinar 101: A Crash Course In Successful Online Investigations

Date: 2019-05-23Time: 3 pm CEST (9 am EDT)Speaker: Lovisa Högberg, Head of Business Development at PaliscopeRegistration: Click here Are you conducting online investigations in your work? Then this webinar is for you. In this session, you will learn how Paliscope

Digital Forensics Challenge 2019

A new digital forensics challenge hosted by the Korean Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC), the Digital Forensics Challenge 2019 aims to expand knowledge of computer forensics and contribute to the field. The challenge has two main categories: a