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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

Interview With Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO, Magnet Forensics

Jad, you're the Founder & CTO of Magnet Forensics. Tell us about your role: what does a day in your life look like? As you can imagine, there’s never a dull moment! Outside of the strategic product initiatives and broader

Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO, Magnet Forensics

Jad, you're the Founder & CTO of Magnet Forensics. Tell us about your role: what does a day in your life look like? As you can imagine, there’s never a dull moment! Outside of the strategic product initiatives and broader

Interview With Ken Basore, CEO, BlackBag Technologies

Ken, you're CEO at BlackBag. Tell us about your role: what does a day in your life look like? We have a great leadership team here at BlackBag, with decades of experience in our industry, and I spend a lot

Ken Basore, CEO, BlackBag Technologies

Ken, you're CEO at BlackBag. Tell us about your role: what does a day in your life look like? We have a great leadership team here at BlackBag, with decades of experience in our industry, and I spend a lot

Using IMAP Internal Date for Forensic Email Authentication

by Arman Gungor Internal Date is an IMAP Message Attribute that indicates the internal date and time of a message on an IMAP server. This is a different timestamp than the Origination Date field found in the message header and

Using IMAP Internal Date for Forensic Email Authentication

by Arman Gungor Internal Date is an IMAP Message Attribute that indicates the internal date and time of a message on an IMAP server. This is a different timestamp than the Origination Date field found in the message header and

MSAB Joins CASE Initiative On Digital Forensic Standards

CASE is working to promote the exchange of cyber investigation information between technologies and organizations MSAB today announced that the company has joined other industry leaders to work collaboratively on the Cyber-Investigation Analysis Standard Expression (CASE) initiative. CASE is a

Digital Forensics News June 2018

The Forensic 4:Cast Awards results have been released, with Forensic Focus winning Blog of the Year and Resource of the Year. Thank you to everyone who voted! Magnet Forensics have released a new ebook looking at how to run child

Electromagnetic Side-Channel A‚ttacks: Potential For Progressing Hindered Digita

by Asanka Sayakkara, Nhien-An Le-Khac & Mark Scanlon Digital forensics is a fast-growing €field involving the discovery and analysis of digital evidence acquired from electronic devices to assist investigations for law enforcement. Traditional digital forensic investigative approaches are o‰ften hampered