22nd July 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 22 2026
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Read the latest DFIR news – SQLite tips for mobile analysts, serverless forensics, Signal database decoding, AI image detection in iLEAPP and ALEAPP, Linux timeline tooling, macOS triage updates, and more....

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Making Media Evidence Searchable: Media Forensics With Belkasoft X

Making Media Evidence Searchable: Media Forensics With Belkasoft X

22nd July 2026

Turn thousands of photos, recordings, and videos into searchable evidence with Belkasoft X and offline AI-powered BelkaGPT, helping investigators spend less time on manual review and more time on what matters....read more

Event Recap: Forensics Europe Expo (FEE) 2026

Event Recap: Forensics Europe Expo (FEE) 2026

21st July 2026

From smart doorbells and singing toys to deepfakes and forensic digital twins, Forensics Europe Expo 2026 showed just how quickly digital evidence is evolving; read our full recap for key insights from this year's event....read more

Want To Put An End To Manual Transcribing? Watch S21 Transcriber v2.0 In Action

Want To Put An End To Manual Transcribing? Watch S21 Transcriber v2.0 In Action

16th July 2026

How many investigative hours could your team save with S21 Transcriber v2.0, turning spoken evidence into searchable, reviewable intelligence in seconds?...read more

Unlocking The Screen of an LG Android Smartphone with AT Modem Commands

by Oleg Davydov, CTO, Oxygen Forensics Modern smartphones are much more than just a device for voice calls. Now they contain a lot of personal data – contact list, communication history, photos, videos, Geo tags etc. Most smartphones can also

Using Keywords With Magnet AXIOM

Keywords are an essential part of many forensic examinations. While running keyword lists shouldn’t be the extent of an investigation, the right keyword list can help examiners quickly get to the relevant evidence for their case. Magnet AXIOM allows examiners

Review Of Windows OS Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 6th-8th of December 2016, AccessData ran a Windows course in a training centre overlooking Trafalgar Square in London, UK. The aim of the course was to familiarise forensic investigators with the

Windows OS Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 6th-8th of December 2016, AccessData ran a Windows course in a training centre overlooking Trafalgar Square in London, UK. The aim of the course was to familiarise forensic investigators with the

This Month In Forensics

Curated by Phill Moore Russ McRee updated the Incident Response Hierarchy of Needs to a DFIR Hierarchy of Needs & Critical Security Controls. Oxygen Forensic Detective released version 9.1.1. Joshua James demonstrated how to compile The Sleuth Kit in Linux.

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. What remnants does Word leave on the local disk? Have you done any research on how to reconstruct history from Google Chrome? Chime in on the forum.

Review Of Windows 10 Live Online Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 1st to the 3rd of November 2016, AccessData ran a live online training course to help forensic investigators understand the specific challenges presented by Windows 10, and how they can be

Windows 10 Live Online Training From AccessData

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus From the 1st to the 3rd of November 2016, AccessData ran a live online training course to help forensic investigators understand the specific challenges presented by Windows 10, and how they can be

Magnet AXIOM 1.0.9 Brings Improved Reporting and iCloud Backups

Including Parsing iCloud Backups, Sorting in Multi-Artifact View, New Exporting Options, Musical.ly Artifact Support, and More. Customer feedback is essential to maintain the quality of our products. We’ve been able to incorporate customer input on the features they are looking

Webinar: Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters

A recording of the webinar “Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters” is now online and available to view here. Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar

Complex Digital Data Calls for a New Breed of Data Hunters

Panelists:Carolyn Casey JD, Sr. Director, Industry Relations at AccessData; John Wilson, President at Discovery Squared, LLC; John Grim, Investigative Response Team Lead at Verizon; Jason Britton, IT Technical Engineer at iHeartMedia Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube

Webinar: What’s New In MSAB Kiosk v7.2

The Kiosk v7.2 has recently been released and Gavin McCoy, forensics consultant, will be hosting a 1-hour session on the latest Kiosk updates. In this session, find out how you can better leverage on these features and optimize your output

Mobile Forensics Monkey Wrench: iOS 10.2 and Encryption

by Patrick Siewert, Pro Digital Forensic Consulting It’s not secret to those involved in the study and practice of mobile forensics that Apple likes to throw us curve balls with almost every new iteration of the iOS operating system. It

DFRWS USA 2017 Call for Papers

August 6-9, 2017 in Austin, Texas, USA The DFRWS digital forensics conference brings together leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators from around the world to advance the state of the art in digital forensics. Established in 2001, DFRWS has become

Interview With Jamie McQuaid, Forensics Consultant, Magnet Forensics

Tell us a little bit about yourself, your background and your current role at Magnet Forensics. I’m Jamie McQuaid. I’m currently a Forensics Consultant at Magnet Forensics, where I act as a subject matter expert for the organization, helping out