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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

Nuix appoints Paul Slater as Global Head of Investigations

Global technology company Nuix today named Paul Slater as its Global Head of Investigations. In his new role, Slater will work with key stakeholders across Nuix, customers and the broader marketplace to provide strategic direction to Nuix’s digital forensic investigation

New Release Available of Leading Forensic Triage Software: Triage-Investigator®

ADF Solutions, a leading provider of digital forensic and media exploitation tools, has released Triage-Investigator®, the latest evolution of ADF’s award-winning digital forensic triage tool designed for field deployment. Triage-Investigator has a proven track record of providing investigators with easy,

Interview With Ezra Kohavi, CEO, MediaClone

Ezra, you're CEO at MediaClone. Tell us a bit about your role – what does a typical day look like for you? MediaClone is a small company where every employee wears many “hats,” works extremely efficiently, and performs different functions,

Ezra Kohavi, CEO, MediaClone

Ezra, you're CEO at MediaClone. Tell us a bit about your role – what does a typical day look like for you? MediaClone is a small company where every employee wears many “hats,” works extremely efficiently, and performs different functions,

Mobile Forensics: Not for Dummies

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. has published Mobile Forensics – Advanced Investigative Strategies by Oleg Afonin and Vladimir Katalov. The 7-1/2″ x 9-1/4″ paperback offers 380 pages of insight and knowledge accumulated by ElcomSoft researchers throughout the years. Amazon Kindle Edition as

Belkasoft and BlueBear Announce Integration of Evidence Center and LACE

Belkasoft and BlueBear integrate their corresponding digital forensic products, Belkasoft Evidence Center (BEC) and LACE. The integration enables forensic experts to perform automated search for illicit images and videos containing child abuse material.By using the joint solution, customers will enjoy

Touch Screen Lexicon Forensics (TextHarvester / WaitList.dat)

By Barnaby Skeggs Since the release of Windows 8, and the ‘Metro’ interface, touch screen input has been implemented in a rapidly rising number of Windows devices including Microsoft Surface Pro/Book, 2-in-1s, convertible laptops and tablets. Microsoft has catered for

Touch Screen Lexicon Forensics (TextHarvester / WaitList.dat)

By Barnaby Skeggs Preamble Since the release of Windows 8, and the ‘Metro’ interface, touch screen input has been implemented in a rapidly rising number of Windows devices including Microsoft Surface Pro/Book, 2-in-1s, convertible laptops and tablets. Microsoft has catered

Improved Searching And Filtering In Magnet AXIOM

One feature enhancement in Magnet AXIOM that IEF users will appreciate is improvements in searching and filtering. In AXIOM, we’ve made searching and filtering almost instant. You can stack filters to help narrow your search criteria and swap out any

Malware Can Hide, But It Must Run

It’s October, haunting season. However, in the forensics world, the hunting of evil never ends. And with Windows 10 expected to be the new normal, digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) professionals who lack the necessary (memory) hunting skills will

Malware Can Hide, But It Must Run

by Alissa Torres, SANS Certified Instructor It’s October, haunting season. However, in the forensics world, the hunting of evil never ends. And with Windows 10 expected to be the new normal, digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) professionals who lack

Breaking the Android Puzzle with Oxygen Forensic® Detective v. 9.0

Oxygen Forensics, the worldwide developer and provider of advanced forensic data examination tools for mobile devices and cloud services, announced today that it has added a Jet-Imager module to its Oxygen Forensic® Detective product that allows users to acquire data

The “I’ve Been Hacked” Defence

by Yuri Gubanov, Oleg Afonin(C) Belkasoft Research, 2016 AbstractThis article was inspired by an active discussion in one of the forensic listservs. Original post was asking on how to fight with an argument “This is not me, this is a

The “I’ve Been Hacked” Defence

By: Yuri Gubanov, Oleg Afonin (C) Belkasoft Research, 2016 Abstract This article was inspired by an active discussion in one of the forensic listservs. Original post was asking on how to fight with an argument “This is not me, this