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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

Detection Of Backdating The System Clock In MacOS

by Oleg Skulkin & Igor Mikhaylov Recently we received a good question from one of our DFIR mates: “How can one detect backdating of the system clock forensicating macOS?”. This is a really good question, at least for us, so

Digital Forensics News January 2018

BlackBag Technologies have released the latest version of MacQuisition: 2018 R1. Oxygen Forensics have teamed up with Project VIC to help fight child exploitation. Susteen’s Burner Breaker won Popular Science’s vote for Best of What's New in 2018. DriveSavers Data

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Do you agree with ISO 17025 being the new standard for digital forensics? Take a look at the poll and join in the discussion on the forum!

MacQuisition 2018 R1 Is Now Available

We are very excited to announce our first major release of 2018 – MacQuisition 2018 R1 is now available! MacQuisition continues to be the leading and most advanced forensic imaging software for Mac OS X and macOS.When Apple launched macOS

Charlatans In Digital Forensics

by James Zjalic There’s a topic that is rarely publicized in the world of digital forensics, but is well known to those within the field and stories are often traded between experts when they meet at conferences and conventions. That

Charlatans In Digital Forensics

by James Zjalic There’s a topic that is rarely publicized in the world of digital forensics, but is well known to those within the field and stories are often traded between experts when they meet at conferences and conventions. That

Oxygen Forensics Partners With Project VIC

Oxygen Forensics, a worldwide developer and provider of advanced forensic data examination tools for mobile devices, drones and cloud services, today announced that it is partnering and integrating its product and technology with Project VIC. Project VIC is a coalition

Developing A Standard For Chain Of Custody

by Jasmin Cosic, Miroslav Baca & Peter Grd Today there is no criminal investigation that does not contain a digital dimension. A large number of criminal offenses, whether official investigations conducted by judicial bodies or corporate investigations, contain digital evidence,

ISO 17025 For Digital Forensics – Yay Or Nay

by Robert Merriott “Much of the digital forensic community desires to have their evidence seen in court as forensically sound and bulletproof, yet do not want to go through the rigors that other traditional forensic sciences have done to prevent

ISO 17025 For Digital Forensics – Yay Or Nay

by Robert Merriott “Much of the digital forensic community desires to have their evidence seen in court as forensically sound and bulletproof, yet do not want to go through the rigors that other traditional forensic sciences have done to prevent

Susteen’s Burner Breaker Wins Popular Science “Best Of What’s New”

Susteen is proud to announce that our Burner Breaker pincode/passcode/pattern breaking system, achieved Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” award in the category of Innovations in Security. The Burner Breaker continues to be a leading edge product in helping law

Webinar: How The Onset Of Security Apps Is Impacting Investigations

With data breaches, identity theft, and social sharing of personal information and content, awareness of personal privacy and security on mobile devices is growing. The onset of security apps for phones helps people feel proactive in safeguarding their privacy. Both

Job Hunting In The DFIR Field

by Jessica Hyde, Magnet Forensics For those who don’t know, in addition to my work at Magnet Forensics, I teach Mobile Device Forensics at George Mason University. In addition to teaching the skills necessary to acquire and parse data from

Job Hunting In The DFIR Field

by Jessica Hyde, Magnet Forensics For those who don’t know, in addition to my work at Magnet Forensics, I teach Mobile Device Forensics at George Mason University. In addition to teaching the skills necessary to acquire and parse data from

Pay Once, Train Continuously With The Magnet Training Annual Pass

Magnet Forensics is excited to announce a new offer in the Magnet Forensics Training program: The Magnet Training Annual Pass (TAP). It’s a one-time purchase that will allow you to take any number of training courses within 12 months for