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29th October 2026

Preparing Digital Multimedia Evidence For Court: What To Consider Before Presentation
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Effective courtroom presentation starts with careful preparation - discover how Amped Replay helps forensic professionals prepare clear, accurate and properly documented digital multimedia evidence for court....

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Explore Cellebrite’s Autumn 2026 Release: Discover What’s New

Explore Cellebrite’s Autumn 2026 Release: Discover What’s New

29th October 2026

Discover how the Cellebrite Autumn 2026 Release is transforming digital investigations with faster access to evidence, AI-powered insights and seamless collaboration....read more

Agentic AI For Digital Investigations: Matt Goeckel Introduces Cellebrite Genesis

Agentic AI For Digital Investigations: Matt Goeckel Introduces Cellebrite Genesis

27th October 2026

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....read more

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

Some Pitfalls of Interpreting Forensic Artifacts in the Windows Registry

Presenter: Jacky Fox, student at UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Transcript Pavel Gladyshev: Welcome to University College Dublin. My name is

Commit a crime abroad? A Canadian firm may find you

Law enforcement technology is more than guns and cars, especially after the arrests are made. The global market for this technology is huge, especially for major police forces, such as London’s Metropolitan Police and the New York Police Department. Police

Forensic Analysis of Windows 7 Jump Lists

Forensic Analysis of Windows 7 Jump Lists Abstract The release of Microsoft Windows 7 introduced a new feature known as Jump Lists which present the user with links to recently accessed files grouped on a per application basis.  The records

Guidance Software Releases EnCase® Forensic v7.05

Guidance Software Inc. has announced the release of EnCase® Forensic version 7.05. This latest version of the industry-standard forensics software features key enhancements that enable investigators to work with data sets earlier and faster in order to both begin and

Webinar: Pitfalls of Interpreting Windows Registry Artifacts

In this webinar, Jacky Fox, student at UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, presents the results of her dissertation on Windows Registry reporting – focusing on automating correlation and interpretation. After the webinar Jacky will be available in the

Marshall University and West Virginia State Police Receive Award

Marshall University and the West Virginia State Police have received a United States Attorney’s Award for Innovation in Justice for their collaborations on digital forensics, DNA testing and investigations. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin presented the award to Marshall University President

Registry Recon Provides Unprecedented Access to Windows Registry Data

Arsenal Recon – www.ArsenalRecon.com – makers of computer forensics solutions built by computer forensics experts, today announced the release of their flagship solution, Registry Recon. Registry Recon is a powerful computer forensics tool that aggressively searches for Microsoft Windows Registry

Phone texts don’t die: they hide

The computer forensics expert who recovered the text messages that brought down parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper has warned that any messages or files you think you have deleted from your smartphone are still there if someone really wants to find

Dutch police should have more powers to hack into computers: minister

The police should be given greater powers to hack into private computers in their efforts to combat cyber crime, according to a concept briefing for parliament by justice minister Ivo Opstelten. In the briefing, obtained by website nu.nl, Opstelten writes

Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa May

British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. Mr McKinnon, 46, who admits accessing US government computers but claims he was looking for evidence of UFOs, has been fighting extradition

Encrypt it, but Don’t Trust It

This is not about acquisition tools, but about understanding why we need to test our tools even if the tool was just updated.  The latest and greatest tool without testing can be a risk factor just like the old and

CP assertion has suspect crying foul

The attorney for Mark Strong Sr. said Wednesday that he will seek sanctions against prosecutors if they cannot back up their assertion that evidence of child pornography was on a computer hard drive that police seized from Strong’s home. Daniel