Digital Forensics Round-Up, July 22 2026

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Making Media Evidence Searchable: Media Forensics With Belkasoft X

Making Media Evidence Searchable: Media Forensics With Belkasoft X

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

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

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

Jamie McQuaid, Forensics Consultant, Magnet Forensics

There are a number of current and upcoming trends on the digital forensics horizon. Here at the beginning of 2017, Forensic Focus was able to connect with Jamie McQuaid, Forensic Consultant at Magnet Forensics (or McMan on the Forensic Focus

Webinar: Streamline Your Digital Investigations

A recording of the webinar “Streamline Your Digital Investigations” 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 here.

Streamline Your Digital Investigations

Presenter: Richard Frawley, ADF Solutions Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.So today we’re going to speak about streamlining your digital investigations, we’re going to cover the forensic challenges facing

Webinar: Leveraging Social Media And Cloud Data

A recording of the webinar “Leveraging Social Media And Cloud Data To Accelerate Investigations” 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 here.

Leveraging Social Media And Cloud Data To Accelerate Investigations

Presenters: Shahaf Rozanski – Director of Product Management Forensics at Cellebrite, Jim KempVanEe – Director of Digital Forensics at LogicForce Consulting Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.Hello everyone. My

Microsoft staff ‘suffering from PTSD’

Two former Microsoft employees are suing the company for not protecting them from the psychological effects of viewing disturbing material. The two men were left with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after working at the firm, the lawsuit alleged. Their jobs

BlackBag’s BlackLight 2016 R3.1 Is Now Available!

BlackBag® is excited to announce the release of BlackLight®’s newest update, 2016R 3.1. This release features many fixes and improvements, including iOS 10.2 encryption support and an updated EWMounter. Update your software or renew your license! Learn more about the

Interview With Jade Promhouse, Software Tester, Magnet Forensics

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your role at Magnet Forensics. My name is Jade Promhouse and I’m a software tester on the development team. I joined Magnet Forensics full time in 2016 after completing my degree in

Jade Promhouse, Software Tester, Magnet Forensics

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your role at Magnet Forensics. My name is Jade Promhouse and I’m a software tester on the development team. I joined Magnet Forensics full time in 2016 after completing my degree in

Practical Forensic Imaging by Bruce Nikkel

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus Any book that begins with a foreword by Eoghan Casey is almost guaranteed to be a vital and immensely useful read in the field of digital forensics, and Practical Forensic Imaging is no

Practical Forensic Imaging

by Bruce Nikkel Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus Any book that begins with a foreword by Eoghan Casey is almost guaranteed to be a vital and immensely useful read in the field of digital forensics, and Practical Forensic

Interview With John Patzakis, Executive Chairman, X1 Discovery

John, you're Executive Chairman at X1 Discovery. Tell us a bit about your role – what does a day in your life look like? This is an exciting time in the eDiscovery and computer forensics field, given all the legal

John Patzakis, Executive Chairman, X1 Discovery

John, you're Executive Chairman at X1 Discovery. Tell us a bit about your role – what does a day in your life look like? This is an exciting time in the eDiscovery and computer forensics field, given all the legal

Windows 10 PE for Digital Forensics

by Robin Brocks, IT Forensic Expert and Incident Responder Only a few years ago, it was a real pain creating a portable Windows on CD/ DVD or thumb drive, because the Operating System was not prepared to run on those