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

SC Suite v4.6 Released

A new version of SC Suite is available. What’s new: File Fragmenter v1.0, this research tool creates sample sets of data from known good data for research and/or validation purposes. Allows you to create test data to see how a

viaForensics releases 10 Android YAFFS2 images

The YAFFS2 file system is widely used in Android devices, but to date has not been supported by the leading open source forensic toolkit, The Sleuth Kit, commonly known as TSK. viaForensics has undertaken development to integrate YAFFS2 file system

Eleventh Circuit Rules Defendant Cannot Be Compelled to Divulge Passphrase

Barely three weeks after I penned Another Judge Rules Encryption Passphrase not Testimonial Under Fifth Amendment Analysis, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a defendant’s “decryption and production of the hard drives’ contents would trigger Fifth Amendment protection because it

White Paper: The Unchecked Power of the Senior Most IT Professional

McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics firm has released a white paper titled The Unchecked Power of the Senior Most IT Professional. This paper explores the complex issue of terminating the most senior IT professional, such as a

Android Tracking – from a forensic point of view

– Introduction – In my last article on iPhoneTracking, I tried to explain Apple’s crowd-sourced location based service. Obviously Android has to do something similar to provide a good user experience using location based services… Also back in April 2011

PeerLab review

Reviewed by Jonathan Krause. Introduction You’re probably aware by now that peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are a pretty successful and popular method of distributing data over the internet. It’s easy to see why; the client software that the end user installs

Paralan Now Offers Voom Computer Forensic Gear

Paralan (http://www.paralan.com) is now the official USA and off-shore distributor for Voom’s computer forensics solutions that are used by law enforcement to collect, analyze and present digital data. Paralan handles the sales, marketing and shipping responsibilities while Voom handles technical

Digital Forensics and Discovery Services Provider Expands to Taiwan

I-Analysis, an Asian company that specializes in digital forensics, discovery services (http://www.i-analysis.com.sg) and information management today announces the opening of its Taiwan office. Headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia, I-Analysis expands to Taiwan to meet client needs in

Euroforensics 2012, 3rd International Forensic Sciences Conference & Exhibiton

Euroforensics 2012 is an exclusive forensic sciences event dedicated specifically to the needs of government bodies, law enforcement agencies, anti-fraud professionals, cyber crime investigators, risk & compliance officers, crime scene investigators and medical forensic experts. Event Date & Location: 29-31

Guidance Software Expands EnCase eDiscovery Cloud Support

Guidance Software Inc. has announced a new version of its EnCase eDiscovery software with the ability to collect electronically stored information (ESI) from more cloud-based data services and a new collected data re-use feature for searching evidence collected for previous

Annual e-Discovery Demands, Expenses Skyrocket

The good news is companies are becoming increasingly familiar with predictive coding, but the more unsettling news is they are facing up to $20 million in annual e-discovery expenses. According to the third annual study of streamlining and reducing the

Interview with Yuri Gubanov, Founder of Belkasoft

Yuri is the founder of Belkasoft, an independent software vendor specializing in computer forensics and system software for the Windows and Mac OS platforms. Yuri, can you tell us something about your background and who you are? I have a

Scott Moulton’s “5-Day Data Recovery Expert Certification” Course

Reviewed by by Karlo Arozqueta. http://www.myharddrivedied.com/data-recovery-training Just about every individual who is immersed in the Information Technology field has either personally experienced it, or knows someone who has: The hard drive “click of death”. For most, this sound is the

Image MASSter Solo-4 Forensic

Reviewed by Jonathan Krause of Forensic Control. Here’s two things you can be sure of; hard drives will constantly increase in capacity and the requirement to finish the job as soon as possible at minimum cost will be an ever