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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

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members solve a recycle bin mystery. Can you help ssstu with an NVMe imaging problem? How would you image this Acer laptop? Add your thoughts on

Characterizing Loss Of Forensic Information Due To Abstraction Layers

Thomas Glanzmann discusses his research at DFRWS EU 2017. Glanzmann: Characterizing loss of digital evidence due to abstraction layers. So what we did is we created a [formal] model mapping different layers and analyzing what gets lost due to abstraction

Characterizing Loss Of Forensic Information Due To Abstraction Layers

Thomas Glanzmann discusses his research at DFRWS EU 2017. Transcript Glanzmann: Characterizing loss of digital evidence due to abstraction layers. So what we did is we created a [formal] model mapping different layers and analyzing what gets lost due to

Job Vacancies – Digital Forensic Examiners – TS-MD USA & OCONUS

Entry/Mid Level Apply Here (6+ mths experience): https://ciphertechsolutions.applicantpro.com/jobs/672940-219965.html Senior Level Apply Here (6+ yrs experience): https://ciphertechsolutions.applicantpro.com/jobs/672936-219965.html LOCATIONBethesda, MD with 4-6 months long OCONUS deployment periods. REQUIREMENTSMust be a US Citizen with a TOP SECRET security clearance (no exceptions) Must be

Oxygen Forensic Detective X Launched With New WhatsApp Extraction Features

Oxygen Forensics, a worldwide developer and provider of advanced forensic data examination tools for mobile devices, cloud services, and drones, today announced that its new flagship product, Oxygen Forensic® Detective X (version 10), which contains the industry-leading Oxygen Forensic® Cloud

Interview With Mark McCluskie, EMEA Head Of Investigations, Nuix

Mark, you've recently joined Nuix as EMEA Head of Investigations. What does a day in your life look like? Being new to both Nuix and a corporate environment, each day is turning out to be considerably different and very busy!

Mark McCluskie, EMEA Head Of Investigations, Nuix

Mark, you've recently joined Nuix as EMEA Head of Investigations. What does a day in your life look like? Being new to both Nuix and a corporate environment, each day is turning out to be considerably different and very busy!

AccessData Launches AD RTK™, New Tool To Identify And Remediate Problematic Data

Powered by AccessData’s industry-leading forensics software, new product identifies potential information risks to organizations. AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated digital forensics and e-discovery software, today announced the launch of AD RTK™ (Risk Toolkit), a powerful new tool corporations

Belkasoft And AccessData Integrate Their Products Into FTK 6.3

AccessData and Belkasoft announce the release of Forensic Toolkit (FTK) with Belkasoft-made built-in analytics core. AccessData and Belkasoft, two worldwide leaders in digital forensics, joined their forces to deliver the most comprehensive toolkit for acquiring and analyzing digital evidence. The

Quick Trainings Get You Going With The E3 Platform

Paraben Training Academy Paraben is elated to introduce our quick training videos focused on the individual E3 Platform features. Learn how Paraben’s feature-rich software can aid you in your investigations. We will show you tips, tricks, and shortcuts that lead

6 Keys To Conducting Effective Smartphone Forensic Investigations

Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.Transcript Amber: Welcome to the 6 Keys to Conducting Effective Smartphone Forensic Investigations webinar. I’m Amber Schroader, the CEO of Paraben Corporation, and I’m

Firmware Database For Data Recovery And Computer Forensics Experts

It has been more than a year since we announced the Firmware Database, useful online library of firmware files meant for solving data recovery and computer forensics cases. This Database, as well as PC3K Monitor, is part of our effort

New Release: SuperCopier NVMe Desktop Unit With 8 NVMe Ports

MediaClone, Inc. is proud to announce the release of SuperCopier NVMe Desktop unit – a Powerful multi-channel NVMe SSD copier unit that can be used in Forensic and IT Labs, to capture data from multiple NVMe SSDs in parallel, simultaneous

MD-NEXT, Mobile Forensic Software For Data Extraction

MD-NEXT is the forensic software for the data extraction of mobile devices. It supports physical and logical extraction methods for Android, iOS, Windows OS, Tizen OS and other smartphone OS. Bootloader, Custom image, ADB Pro, Chip-off flash memory with MD-READER,