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22nd October 2026

Cellebrite Genesis vs. ChatGPT: Why You Need Purpose-Built Investigative AI
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What sets purpose-built investigative AI apart from general-purpose LLMs? Discover how Cellebrite Genesis helps investigators analyze digital evidence with traceable findings, warrant-bound search, and secure data handling....

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Forensic Focus Digest, 23 Oct 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, 23 Oct 2026

23rd October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore WMI permanent event subscription persistence with Vitalii, see how MD-RED v4 handles AI-powered mobile forensic analysis, hear how user feedback shapes new features in Amped FIVE, and more....read more

Amped Podcast Episode 4 – User Needs, Forensic Minds: How New Features Are Born

Amped Podcast Episode 4 – User Needs, Forensic Minds: How New Features Are Born

22nd October 2026

Sam Abbot, Emi Polito and Andrea Frisina go behind the scenes to show how your feedback becomes new features in Amped FIVE, Replay, Authenticate and DVRConv, and why forensic soundness always comes first....read more

MD-RED v4: AI-Powered Mobile Forensic Analysis, From Raw Evidence To Case Insight

MD-RED v4: AI-Powered Mobile Forensic Analysis, From Raw Evidence To Case Insight

22nd October 2026

See how MD-RED v4 handles growing evidence volumes with AI-based media analysis, malware scanning, CDR correlation and PC messenger data in one workflow....read more

Examine More Data Than Ever Before With Oxygen Forensic Detective 10.4

The latest version of our flagship software, Oxygen Forensic® Detective is now live and available for download by customers with current licenses. In addition to added support for dozens of application updates, version 10.4 offers several major new features to

Reducing The Mental Stress Of Investigators

by Eric Oldenburg, Griffeye We recently met up with Eric Oldenburg, Griffeye’s new Law Enforcement Liasion in North America, and heard about his new role. Here, he explains how reducing mental stress for investigators is a driving force for him,

Reducing The Mental Stress Of Investigators

by Eric Oldenburg, Griffeye  We recently met up with Eric Oldenburg, Griffeye’s new Law Enforcement Liasion in North America, and heard about his new role. Here, he explains how reducing mental stress for investigators is a driving force for him,

Logicube’s Next-Gen Falcon-NEO: Overview Video

Want to learn more about Logicube’s next-generation forensic imaging solution? Ultra fast imaging speeds of over 50GB/min, simultaneous imaging from 4 sources to 8 destinations, image from PCIe to PCIe, 2 X 10GbE network connections -designed to streamline the evidence

Brian Hill, Director of Training, Oxygen Forensics

Brian, you're Director of Training at Oxygen Forensics. Tell us about your role; what does a typical day in your life look like? As Director of Training my goal is to not only develop content to help Oxygen Forensics customers

Register For Webinar: Getting Past Encrypted Backups

So you’ve extracted an encrypted smartphone backup. What do you do next? Join us next week for a webinar during which Oxygen Forensics Director of Training Brian Hill will walk attendees through how to access and use data from iOS

Sergey Thomas, Mobile Team Programming Lead, Paraben

Sergey, you're Mobile Team Programming Lead at Paraben. Tell us about your role; what does a typical day in your life look like? My main role is to organize the development process to make sure we are innovating with each

Review Of MacQuisition From BlackBag Technologies

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus BlackBag Technologies was co-founded by Ben Charnota and Derrick Donnelly – both ex-Apple employees who also happen to come from law enforcement backgrounds. With their combined experience, it’s no wonder BlackBag is a

MacQuisition From BlackBag Technologies

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus BlackBag Technologies was co-founded by Ben Charnota and Derrick Donnelly – both ex-Apple employees who also happen to come from law enforcement backgrounds. With their combined experience, it’s no wonder BlackBag is a

Magnet Forensics Acquires Tracks Inspector

Magnet Forensics, a global leader in developing digital investigation software for smartphone, cloud, and computer examinations, today announces its acquisition of Tracks Inspector from Tracks Inspector B.V., a software company based in The Hague, Netherlands. With the acquisition of Tracks

Forensic Email Collector v3.3 By Metaspike Has Been Released

Metaspike has released v3.3 of Forensic Email Collector with exciting new features and numerous improvements. The highlights of this release are (see changelog): * Exchange / Office 365 delegation support.* Email notifications for completed acquisition sessions.* Automatic detection of the

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss the reality behind the Making A Murderer series. Can you help vdhee with RAID recovery? The new Windows 10 Timeline feature attracts some attention