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27th October 2026

Agentic AI For Digital Investigations: Matt Goeckel Introduces Cellebrite Genesis
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Cellebrite’s Matt Goeckel joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about Genesis, an AI tool that lets investigators ask questions of their evidence, decode raw databases and stay within the scope of a warrant, while examiners stay in control....

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End-To-End Digital Investigations: From First Access To Final Verdict

End-To-End Digital Investigations: From First Access To Final Verdict

27th October 2026

Discover how Magnet Forensics’ integrated platform, from Graykey and Axiom to Automate, Review and Verify, helps agencies cut backlogs, collaborate in real time and build defensible cases from first access to final verdict....read more

Magnet Forensics Launches Magnet AI Research Lab To Provide Peer-Backed Evidence To The Community

Magnet Forensics Launches Magnet AI Research Lab To Provide Peer-Backed Evidence To The Community

27th October 2026

Can AI outperform human examiners in digital forensics? Magnet Forensics launches its AI Research Lab with a peer-reviewed study revealing compelling findings on the accuracy and reliability of AI-driven media authentication....read more

Genesis Momentum Powers Cellebrite’s Autumn Release: More Evidence, Deeper Insight, Broader Access For Investigations 

Genesis Momentum Powers Cellebrite’s Autumn Release: More Evidence, Deeper Insight, Broader Access For Investigations 

26th October 2026

Cellebrite’s Autumn 2026 Release introduces enhanced agentic AI-powered investigations with Genesis, expanded device access and new capabilities to help teams uncover critical evidence faster....read more

Virtual Hard Disk Image Format – A Forensic Overview

by Anil Kumar The hard disk of a VM is implemented as the files, which live on their native file systems of the host machine. MS Virtual PC & MS Virtual Server support the below mentioned types of virtual hard

Virtual Hard Disk Image Format – A Forensic Overview

by Anil Kumar Types of Virtual Hard Disk Image Format The hard disk of a VM is implemented as the files, which live on their native file systems of the host machine. MS Virtual PC & MS Virtual Server support

Interview With Julia Pakhomova, Chief Developer, ReclaiMe

Julia, you're Chief Developer at ReclaiMe. Could you tell our readers a bit about your role, and what an average day looks like? Actually, ReclaiMe is not that big a company and the chief developer position is not limited to

Julia Pakhomova, Chief Developer, ReclaiMe

Julia, you're Chief Developer at ReclaiMe. Could you tell our readers a bit about your role, and what an average day looks like? Actually, ReclaiMe is not that big a company and the chief developer position is not limited to

(ISC)2 Offers Global Digital Forensics Credential With Regional Adaptation

CCFP is the first certification available within the cyber forensics discipline that reflects internationally accepted practices while accommodating the specific knowledge required by forensics professionals at a regional level. The CCFP exam is developed for regional markets following a series

Forensic Analysis Of Third Party Applications: Instagram

by Nor Zarina Binti Zainal Abidin Forensic analysis of mobile phones’ third party applications is a new area that needs to be explored. There are a lot of third party applications available in App store. Mobile forensic software tools basically

Forensic Analysis Of Third Party Applications: Instagram

by Nor Zarina Binti Zainal Abidin Abstract Forensic analysis of mobile phones’ third party applications is a new area that needs to be explored. There are a lot of third party applications available in App store. Mobile forensic software tools

The Future of Mobile Forensics: November 2015 Follow-Up

Mobile forensics is a moving target. In our recent article, “The Future of Mobile Forensics”, we described acquisition techniques that used to be state-of-the art back then. Weeks later, some things had changed already. Three months after the publication a

The Future of Mobile Forensics: November 2015 Follow-Up

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov Mobile forensics is a moving target. In our recent article, “The Future of Mobile Forensics”, we described acquisition techniques that used to be state-of-the art back then. Weeks later, some things had changed

Interview With Heather Mahalik, Senior Instructor, SANS

Heather, please tell us about your role as a Senior Instructor at SANS as well as a Forensic Scientist – what does your day-to-day routine look like? As a Senior Instructor for SANS, I travel around the world to teach

Heather Mahalik, Senior Instructor, SANS

Heather, please tell us about your role as a Senior Instructor at SANS as well as a Forensic Scientist – what does your day-to-day routine look like? As a Senior Instructor for SANS, I travel around the world to teach

Theresa May Backtracks Over Plan to ‘Snoop’ on Internet Use

Highly controversial plans to allow the police and security services full access to everyone’s internet browsing history have been abandoned by ministers in what is being presented as a dramatic climbdown over online surveillance. Amid fears in government that it

America’s Crypto Battles

John Miller reckons he can get into pretty much any safe. A court order to the owner is one option, another is a team he has with blow torches. The reason John Miller has such a team is because he

Oxygen Forensics Provides Industry-First Support of Mobile Applications

Oxygen Forensics announced today that it has expanded the capabilities of Oxygen Forensic Detective and now offers the first forensics support in the industry of data extraction and decryption of WhatsApp messages which are backed up and saved in Google

Police Seek Powers to Access Browsing History of UK Computer Users

Police have lobbied the government for the power to view the internet browsing history of every computer user in Britain ahead of the publication of legislation on regulating surveillance powers. Senior officers want to revive the measures similar to those