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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 discuss how to recover data from a dead USB stick. Can you help this new member who has been tasked with setting up a digital

AccessData To Host Digital Forensics Lab At Cybersecurity Camp For Girls

AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated digital forensics and e-discovery software, will host hands-on labs to educate students about digital forensics at the 2017 GenCyber: Girls in CybHER Security camp at Dakota State University (DSU).DSU’s third annual girls camp,

Review Of Oxygen Forensic Detective From Oxygen Forensics

Reviewed by Miroslav Klarica, CEO at Detective Agency Mreza, Croatia The selection of a multifunctional tool for mobile forensics is the key for successful investigation. Private investigations, no matter if they are about love infidelities, missing persons or asocial behavior

Oxygen Forensic Detective From Oxygen Forensics

Reviewed by Miroslav Klarica, CEO at Detective Agency Mreza, Croatia The selection of a multifunctional tool for mobile forensics is the key for successful investigation. Private investigations, no matter if they are about love infidelities, missing persons or asocial behavior

A Method For Verifying Integrity And Authenticating Digital Media

by Martin Harran, William Farrelly & Kevin Curran Due to their massive popularity, image files, especially JPEG, offer high potential as carriers of other information. Much of the work to date on this has focused on steganographic ways of hiding

A Method For Verifying Integrity And Authenticating Digital Media

by Martin Harran, William Farrelly & Kevin Curran Due to their massive popularity, image files, especially JPEG, offer high potential as carriers of other information. Much of the work to date on this has focused on steganographic ways of hiding

Oxygen Forensic Detective 9.4 Goes All In For Android Device Capabilities

Oxygen Forensics, a worldwide developer and provider of advanced forensic data examination tools for mobile devices and cloud services, is going all in on Android devices by adding Samsung cloud extraction capabilities for its flagship product, Oxygen Forensic Detective 9.4,

Magnet Forensics To Offer Enhanced Integration With Project VIC And Griffeye

Global roadshow will showcase seamless integration of Project VIC data and Griffeye categorization into Magnet AXIOM Magnet Forensics, a global leader in developing forensic software for smartphone and computer examinations, today announced that Magnet AXIOM, its complete digital investigation platform,

Chuck Easttom, Computer Scientist & Consultant

Chuck, tell us a bit about yourself. What does a day in your life look like? Well I stay very busy. I am always working on a new book or paper. I travel all over the world consulting and conducting

An Introduction To Theft Of Trade Secrets Investigations

by Laurence D. Lieb, Managing Director, HaystackID. The subjects we will be covering include: • Defining When One Should Reasonably Panic• Reasonable Triage Steps to Take in Order to Identify if There is Only Smoke or an Actual Fire• The

An Introduction To Theft Of Trade Secrets Investigations

by Laurence D. Lieb, Managing Director, HaystackID. The subjects we will be covering include: Defining When One Should Reasonably Panic Reasonable Triage Steps to Take in Order to Identify if There is Only Smoke or an Actual Fire The Importance

Challenges Of ISO 17025 Accreditation – Survey Results

A group of forensic practitioners has recently conducted a survey into the ISO 17025 scheme – its effectiveness, and its relevance for digital forensics. The survey was conducted using Google Forms and was aimed at forensic practitioners on the front

Challenges Of ISO 17025 Accreditation – Survey Results

A group of forensic practitioners has recently conducted a survey into the ISO 17025 scheme – its effectiveness, and its relevance for digital forensics. The survey was conducted using Google Forms and was aimed at forensic practitioners on the front