2nd October 2026

Block Hash Scan: Illegal File Triage Completed On Site
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See how MD-LIVE’s Block Hash Scan helps investigators identify known target files on-site without reading every file in full, and what a zero-detection result really means....

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Forensic Focus Digest, October 02 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, October 02 2026

2nd October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the biggest challenges in mobile forensics with Magnet Forensics, discover faster investigative workflows with Cellebrite Genesis, meet Radim Motycka, founder of Proofsnap, and more....read more

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 Decrypts Samsung Galaxy Watch

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 Decrypts Samsung Galaxy Watch

1st October 2026

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 expands mobile forensics with Samsung Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 passcode recovery and data extraction, new Samsung and Unisoc device support, Enpass for Android decryption, and faster workflows with immediate passcode recovery....read more

Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

1st October 2026

Discover what agencies should expect from a digital forensics partner and how MSAB puts transparency, accountability and long-term commitment at the heart of its work....read more

One in three lawyers plan increased e-discovery spending

Spending by organizations on electronic discovery-related services grew in 2011 and should continue to increase through 2013, new research from Robert Half Legal eDiscovery Services indicates. Nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of lawyers interviewed said their law firms and corporate legal

Vault Brings eDiscovery Tools to Google Apps

Businesses generate and consume massive amounts of email and instant messaging communications. For many businesses, all of that data has to be preserved, and produced on demand in the event of litigation. Google has introduced Google Apps Vault–a new service

BlackBag Technologies, Inc. Opens East Coast Office

BlackBag Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPad forensics software and training solutions, today announced the opening of its second U.S. office in Herndon, Virginia. The new office allows BlackBag to efficiently extend its reach

Exploded Car for Digital Forensics Students Tutorial

University forensics students sift through exploded car to find digital data for use in mock trial (YouTube Video) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x4oRotwAukY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Forensic snoops: It doesn’t take a Genius to break into an iPhone

Forensic tools against smartphones allow basic 4-digit phone passcodes to be bypassed in minutes. However, more complex passcodes are far more difficult to defeat and might even leave some information of seized Androids or iPhones outside the range of many

CCL-Forensics upgrades epilog

The research and development team at CCL-Forensics have upgraded the digital forensic software tool, epilog. Following comments and suggestions from epilog users, the team has made a number of changes, as well as adding new features. The upgrade improves the

EnCase® Forensic version 7.03 Now Available

Guidance Software Inc. has announced the availability of EnCase® Forensic version 7.03. The new software now includes a stand-alone evidence processor that increases forensic processing capacity because it doesn’t tie up an EnCase Forensic license. With the separate EnCase processor,

2012 Forensic 4cast Awards

Voting for the 2012 Forensic 4cast Awards is now open. Each year the Forensic 4cast Awards aim to celebrate and recognize those in the field of digital forensics who dedicate themselves to making our lives a little easier. The whole

Belkasoft integrates with Encase v.7

Belkasoft has released v.3.8 of their flagship product, Evidence Center 2012, featuring Encase v.7 integration. The integration module is free for existing customers. More details on v.3.8 here.

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. Releases MacLockPick 3.0

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. announces the newest version of their cross-platform live digital forensic field tool, MacLockPick 3.0. The new version offers improvements in iOS support, the addition of file and meta tag filters, upgraded application support, and more. MacLockPick 3.0 exploits

Logicube Integrates EDEC’s Tarantula; Targets Chinese Chipsets

Logicube® Inc. and EDEC™ Digital Forensics have announced a technology partnership to integrate EDEC’s Tarantula™ into Logicube’s CellXtract® cell phone forensic platform. “We are very excited about our partnership with EDEC,” commented Farid Emrani, Executive Vice President and COO of

Overcoming Legal Challenges to the Authentication of Social Media Evidence

Social media evidence is highly relevant to most legal disputes and broadly discoverable, but challenges lie in evidentiary authentication without best practices technology and processes. This whitepaper examines these challenges faced by eDiscovery practitioners and investigators and illustrates best practices

Overcoming Potential Legal Challenges to the Authentication of Social Media Evidence

By John Patzakis1 Summary: Social media evidence is highly relevant to most legal disputes and broadly discoverable, but challenges lie in evidentiary authentication without best practices technology and processes. This whitepaper examines these challenges faced by eDiscovery practitioners and investigators

Dealing with Data Encryption in Criminal Cases

Over the last several years, I’ve posted a handful of short blog entries about the topic of compelling a criminal defendant to surrender a passphrase to an encrypted volume or hard-drive. These entries concern the three cases of re Grand

BlackBag Technologies Announces BlackLight™ 2012 R1 Release

BlackBag Technologies, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of BlackLight 2012 R1, a comprehensive iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS X forensic analysis tool. This latest release gives examiners additional ways to identify and locate important forensic evidence within large data

Dealing with Data Encryption in Criminal Cases

Introduction Over the last several years, I’ve posted a handful of short blog entries about the topic of compelling a criminal defendant to surrender a passphrase to an encrypted volume or hard-drive.  These entries concern the three cases of re