19th August 2025

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Retail Under Siege: Fighting Back Against Ransomware With Next-Gen Forensics
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Retailers face rising cyber threats—join Exterro's Sept 4 webinar to learn fast, modern forensic response strategies and protect your brand....

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Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 18 2025

18th August 2025

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up....read more

Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR

Enterprise Turns To AI For Speed And Accuracy In DFIR

14th August 2025

Magnet Forensics explores how AI is revolutionizing speed and accuracy in DFIR....read more

Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

Breaking Digital Barriers: Galaxy S25 & Z Flip Fully Supported

14th August 2025

Gain full filesystem access to the latest Samsung Galaxy devices with MD-NEXT....read more

Paraben Adds iOS 8.0 Support in Release of DDS

Paraben is pleased to announce the release of Deployable Device Seizure (DDS) v4.6. All current Device Seizure license holders have access to this new version. What’s new in DDS v4.6 • Add support for iOS 7.1.x and 8.0 as well

Recovering Evidence from SSD Drives in 2014

Several years ago, Solid State drives (SSD) introduced a challenge to digital forensic specialists. Forensic acquisition of computers equipped with SSD storage became very different compared to acquisition of traditional hard drives. Instead of straightforward and predictable recovery of evidence,

Why Are WhatsApp Artifacts Important to Your Mobile Investigations?

Like Kik Messenger, WhatsApp is a cross-platform instant messenger service that has over 600 million users. It was purchased by Facebook in February 2014 and continues to grow in popularity. Much like other mobile chat applications, WhatsApp contacts, messages, and

FT Cyber Security Summit 2014 – Recap

Forensic Focus attended the FT Cyber Security Summit in London on the 3rd of September. This article is a recap of some of the main highlights of the event. The Cyber Security Summit brought together speakers and interested parties from

FT Cyber Security Summit 2014 – Recap

Forensic Focus attended the FT Cyber Security Summit in London on the 3rd of September. This article is a recap of some of the main highlights of the event. The Cyber Security Summit brought together speakers and interested parties from

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014 Adds New Mobile Device Acquisition Methods

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, with additional extraction options. The new release adds or expands acquisition support for Apple iOS 8.0 including the brand new iPhone 6/6Plus, Windows Phone and BlackBerry

New Forensic Subcommittee on Digital Evidence Added to NIST OSAC

Digital evidence, one of the fastest growing areas of forensic science, will now have its own subcommittee in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-administered Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC). NIST is establishing the OSAC to identify and

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Where to start with audio forensics training? Add your thoughts in the forum. Forum members discuss how to extract data from an ICC card. Does non-compliance with ACPO

Webinar tomorrow: Getting to Know Oxygen Forensic Passware Analyst

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7am PT / 10am ET / 2pm GMTDuration: 60 minutesPresenter: Tatiana Pankova, Oxygen Forensics This free webinar, hosted by Tatiana Pankova of Oxygen Forensics, aims to provide a brief but comprehensive overview of Oxygen Forensic

Recovering Kik Messenger Forensic Artifacts

In today’s world, where mobile phones are the technology of choice used by millions to communicate, chat applications like Kik Messenger are often used in the commission of crimes like online harassment, or to plan or facilitate crimes like drug

Job Vacancies: State Electronic Evidence Branch, NSW Police, Australia

State Electronic Evidence Branch (SEEB) is the largest specialist electronic evidence forensic facility in Australia and operates out of a state of the art laboratory in Potts Hill located in south-west Sydney. These exciting positions will be working in the

Nuix 6.0 – Mac OS and Linux Support

“Over the years Nuix has had a lot of requests for a Mac OS and Linux versions of our software. Our developers put a lot of work into it and I’m pleased to say Nuix 6.0 is available for Mac

Nuix 6.0 opens new worlds for data searching and analysis

Nuix has released version 6.0 of the Nuix Engine and its core products. This update adds many new data formats to Nuix’s repertoire, including semi-structured and structured data, as well as new languages for the Workbench interface, support for new

EnCase® OnLive Training Expands Customer Options

Recognizing the increased need for training options for remote learners, Guidance Software has expanded our online learning offerings. We’ve added a live, Internet streaming option for students who wish to attend our classes without making the trip to our classrooms.

Webinar: Getting to Know Oxygen Forensic Passware Analyst

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7am PT / 10am ET / 2pm GMTDuration: 60 minutesPresenter: Tatiana Pankova, Oxygen Forensics This free webinar, hosted by Tatiana Pankova of Oxygen Forensics, aims to provide a brief but comprehensive overview of Oxygen Forensic