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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

Project Spartan Forensics

by James Gratchoff & Guido Kroon, University of Amsterdam Project Spartan is the codename of the new Microsoft Edge browser and successor to its previous, Internet Explorer. This research paper gives insight into the current artefacts that the current development

FT Cyber Security Summit Europe – London 22nd September

On the 22nd of September 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending the FT Cyber Security Summit in London. If there are any topics you’d specifically like us to cover, or any speakers you think we should interview, please let us

FT Cyber Security Summit Europe – London 22nd September

On the 22nd of September 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending the FT Cyber Security Summit in London. If there are any topics you’d specifically like us to cover, or any speakers you think we should interview, please let us

Webinar: Mobile Chat & Social App Forensics

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2015 Registration: http://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-forensics/mobile-chat-social-app-forensics Presenter: Tayfun Uzun, Product Manager at Magnet Forensics Smartphone apps that allow users to express themselves by messaging, posting, tweeting, liking, commenting, and sharing images and videos, have radically altered communication patterns. This

Evidence Acquisition and Analysis from Live Exchange

A great amount of legal and forensics discussion is involved when there is an investigation procedure that involves the seizing of crucial evidence from Live Exchange server. Whenever there is such an investigation, two things remain in focus 1. Identification

Guidance Software, Inc. Introduces Tableau Password Recovery

Guidance Software, Inc. is pleased to introduce Tableau Password Recovery, a powerful solution that accelerates dictionary-based and brute force password attacks to unlock protected files. By helping investigators access encrypted and locked files, the appliance expedites time-sensitive investigations and prevents

New Belkasoft Evidence Center 7.3 Enhances Data Carving and SQLite Analytics

Belkasoft updates Belkasoft Evidence Center, the company’s flagship digital forensic solution, to version 7.3. The new release comes with significant improvements to file carving and SQLite analysis algorithms as well as the search engine. With this update, Belkasoft Evidence Center

Cybercriminal Darkode Forum Taken Down Through Global Action

This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have taken down the most prolific English-speaking cybercriminal forum to date: Darkode. In an international coordinated action against the hacking forum and its users, investigators from all over the world targeted cybercriminals

Nuix Appoints Paul Slater as Executive Director for EMEA Region

Nuix, a technology company that enables people to make fact-based decisions from unstructured data, today announced it has appointed Paul Slater as Executive Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Slater will be an ambassador and subject

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss password retrieval using EnCase. How would you recover data from a ciphered NTFS after a reinstall of Windows? What has been your experience of forensic

ReclaiMe’s Research – Determining Timestamps On BTRFS

ReclaiMe Data Recovery Company announces that they have completed the research devoted to determining the reliability and accuracy of various file metadata like creation, modification, and access timestamps in modern filesystems using copy-on-write (CoW).Old filesystems like NTFS, FAT, and EXT,

Europol Dismantles Spanish Cybercrime Group

EU law enforcement agency Europol has supported the Spanish police force in an effort to take down a cyber-crime group operating with a ‘sophisticated’ illegal call centre from Barcelona. Under a joint operation codenamed ‘Walker’, raids and arrests took place

Magnet IEF Wins Two Forensic 4cast Awards

Magnet IEF was named Computer Forensic Software of the Year, and Phone Forensic Software of the Year at the 2015 Forensic 4cast Awards. The awards were presented last night at the SANS DFIR Summit in Austin, TX. This is the

MSAB Introducing the Kiosk MK2

There are now more mobile devices than people in the world. When it comes to criminal investigations, they have become one of the most important pieces of evidence for investigators to help prove communications, associations and locations. As criminals find