16th July 2026

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Forensic Focus Briefs National Policing and Forensic Bodies on Investigator Well-Being

Forensic Focus Briefs National Policing and Forensic Bodies on Investigator Well-Being

15th July 2026

Evidence from the Forensic Focus International Well-Being Study has been formally submitted to Parliament and to the national bodies responsible for policing standards, practitioner welfare and forensic quality in the UK. Here's who we've briefed, what we're asking for, and what happens next....read more

The End Of Manual Transcription Starts Here

The End Of Manual Transcription Starts Here

14th July 2026

Spend less time manually reviewing audio and video evidence with S21 Transcriber v2.0 - an offline, rapid and accurate way to turn spoken material into searchable, structured intelligence....read more

Katelyn Rogers, Digital Forensic Analyst, Mississippi Cyber Initiative

Katelyn Rogers, Digital Forensic Analyst, Mississippi Cyber Initiative

14th July 2026

Digital forensics analyst Katelyn Rogers discusses bridging academia and law enforcement, developing open-source investigative tools, and encouraging more women and early-career professionals to enter the field....read more

Email Forensics: Investigation Techniques

by Chirath De Alwis Due to the rapid spread of internet use all over the world, email has become a primary communication medium for many official activities. Not only companies, but also members of the public tend to use emails

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums Which tools would you recommend for extracting data from iCloud? Can you help gostep to extract usernames from a FileVault 2 encrypted image? How would you work out

Adding APFS Support to The Sleuthkit Framework

Joe Sylve discusses his work at DFRWS USA 2018. Joe: So, as [Brad said], my name is Joe Sylve, I’m the Director of Research & Development at BlackBag Technologies. I’m going to talk about some work that we’ve done to

Adding APFS Support to The Sleuthkit Framework

Joe Sylve discusses his work at DFRWS USA 2018. Joe: So, as [Brad said], my name is Joe Sylve, I’m the Director of Research & Development at BlackBag Technologies. I’m going to talk about some work that we’ve done to

BlackBag Technologies Launches Introduction To Forensics Course

Stay up to date with the most current, relevant, and credible training in the industry with BlackBag’s comprehensive multi-device investigation training course: Digital Forensic Basics. Whether you are first learning the fundamentals forensic investigation techniques or interested in seeing BlackBag’s

Child Abuse Images Hidden In Crypto-Currency Blockchain

Images of child sexual abuse have been found embedded in the system powering a high-profile crypto-currency. Somebody added the illegal images to the core ledger of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) by using a payment processor. This ledger, known as the

Webinar: Online Investigation Of A Real-World Trafficking Case

By: Paliscope (peer company to Griffeye)Date: 2019-02-12Time: 15.00 CET (9 am EST)Speaker: Christian Berg, CEO & Founder of PaliscopeInfo: Law Enforcement Only In this webinar, we will demo how Paliscope can be used to investigate a potential trafficking case. Using

Susteen Brings New Mobile Forensics Field Technology To Europe & Asia

European agencies can now have quick access to Susteen’s DATAPILOT 10 Field Triage Device. This new affordable device allows agencies to instantly access evidence data from cell phones in the field. This data can be viewed on scene or sent

Matt McFadden, Director of Training, BlackBag Technologies

Matt, you've recently been appointed Director of Training at BlackBag Technologies. Tell us about your role and what it involves. The role of Director of Training involves working with many of the teams here at BlackBag. Primarily, I have the

Using Santa To Augment Forensic Investigations

Gary: Hi. The title of this talk is ‘He’s Making a List, and We’re Checking it Twice: Santa for Forensic Analysis’. I want to point out that it was very difficult coming up with this title. We had many runner-ups,

Using Santa To Augment Forensic Investigations

James Nettesheim and Gary Brown discuss their work at DFRWS EU 2018. Gary: Hi. The title of this talk is ‘He’s Making a List, and We’re Checking it Twice: Santa for Forensic Analysis’. I want to point out that it