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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

XRY v7.1 – Just Been Released

XRY Just Got Better! MSAB prides itself on supporting devices regularly encountered by its customers. You can be sure we offer the fastest phone extraction and report opening times available. Released this week, version 7.1 of XRY includes approximately 1,000

Webinar: Deep Diving for Forensic Gold – Applications and Deleted Data

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2438805128027738115 Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016Time: 7 am PDT / 10 am EDT / 3 pm BSTDuration: 60 mins Presenter: Lee Reiber, COO at Oxygen Forensics Several years ago, forensic software manufacturers prided themselves on the amount of device profiles

Review – Mobile Forensic Investigations

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus The subtitle of this book is A Guide to Evidence Collection, Analysis and Presentation – a grand aim considering the scope of the subject matter. ‘Mobile devices’ these days is an umbrella term

Mobile Forensic Investigations

by Lee Reiber Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus The subtitle of this book is A Guide to Evidence Collection, Analysis and Presentation – a grand aim considering the scope of the subject matter. ‘Mobile devices’ these days is

Elcomsoft Phone Breaker 6.0 Decrypts FileVault 2, Downloads iCloud Photos

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. releases a major update to Elcomsoft Phone Breaker, the company’s mobile forensic tool for logical and over-the-air acquisition of mobile devices. Version 6.0 adds support for decrypting FileVault 2 volumes by downloading the Recovery Key from iCloud.

Shahar Tal, Director Of The Research Group, Cellebrite

Shahar, you are the Director of the Research Group at Cellebrite. Tell us a bit about your role. What does a day in your life look like? In my role, I am responsible for Cellebrite’s research efforts to provide extraction-enabling

MacQuisition™ 2016 R1 is Now Available

BlackBag® Technologies is excited to announce the release of MacQuisition™ 2016 R1, our 3-in-1 solution for live data acquisition, targeted data collection, and forensic imaging. Our customers around the globe depend on our software’s reliability to securely image hundreds of

Q&A: Chuck Cobb, Magnet Forensics’ New VP Of Training

We all know the forensics industry needs to be credible and reliable to have its necessary impact in the courtroom. Magnet Forensics recently launched an expanded training program and its first certification – the Magnet Certified Forensic Examiner (MCFE). To

Review: Oxygen Forensic Complete Training

Reviewed by Brad Robin Introduction This review will be based solely on the Oxygen Forensic Complete Training class that occurred in Lafayette, Louisiana between April 19-21, 2016. Coming into this class my knowledge of the Oxygen Forensic Detective program was

Oxygen Forensic Complete Training

Reviewed by Brad Robin Introduction This review will be based solely on the Oxygen Forensic Complete Training class that occurred in Lafayette, Louisiana between April 19-21, 2016. Coming into this class my knowledge of the Oxygen Forensic Detective program was

Webinar: BlackLight 2016 R2 – New Features

A recording of the webinar “BlackLight 2016 R2 – New Features” 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.

BlackLight 2016 R2 – New Features

Presenters: Drew Fahey, Senior Development Manager, BlackBag Technologies and Justin Matsuhara, Forensic Analyst and Instructor, BlackBag Technologies Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here.Justin Matsuhara: Well, good morning, everybody. This