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

Computer forensics growing part of Fed cybersecurity strategy

Computer forensic investigations aren’t just fodder for popular crime scene television shows. As federal computing environments expand and become more complex, and the numbers of attacks on government systems soar, it is increasingly critical for agency managers to understand how

Logicube Unveils New Digital Forensics Solution

Logicube has announced two new additions to its line of premier forensic data capture solutions. The Talon® Enhanced forensic data capture solution and the CellXtract™ data extraction solution for mobile devices. The Talon Enhanced provides fast data capture at over

Forensic tool for Android devices released

viaForensics has announced the release of viaExtract – Android Logical, a new analysis and reporting application for Android devices. This analysis and reporting tool expands on viaForensics’ AFLogical acquisition tool used by law enforcement. The application is self-contained in a

Firm’s delight at its deal with Dell over evidence software

A piece of software developed by a small Milton Keynes IT company has been taken up by one of the biggest computer companies in the world. Evidence Talks, based in Crownhill, has developed forensic intelligence software called SPEKTOR which can

UAE students create e-learning site for forensics

Three students at the College of Information Technology of Zayed University (ZU) last week launched a project that aims to act as digital forensics e-learning platform. The project is called ‘Jenaei’, an Arabic word that translates into English as ‘forensics’,

Paraben Releases Deleted Android Data Product

Paraben Corporation has announced the release of the Phone Recovery Stick. Once plugged in to a computer, users simply plug their Android phone in and run the program. It automatically downloads user data such as call logs, pictures, address books,

DFCB opens application process

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (www.dfcb.org) has re-opened the application process for the DFCP and DFCA certifications. Founded in 2004, the Digital Forensics Certification Board is a member-driven, non-profit, vendor independent organization of the National Center for Forensic Science, sponsored

Passware Partners with Guidance Software

Passware, Inc., has announced a partnership with Guidance Software, Inc. to expand encrypted evidence discovery and analysis in the upcoming release of EnCase v7. “As encrypted electronic evidence becomes more common in computer forensics, it is hard to overestimate the

Is Sony getting a bad rap on its data breach?

It’s common for companies to learn that breaches are more serious than first thought. That’s what happens as security experts are brought in and the forensic investigation progresses. Sony just had the misfortune of having its investigation scrutinized, said Rob

Standard Units in Digital Forensics

by Chris Hargreaves "One of the earliest lectures in the MIT Openware programme in Physics begins with the lecture “Units and Dimensional Analysis”. The notion of units of measurement in science is extremely important and it therefore seems sensible to

PitchLake – a tar pit for scanners

by Simon Biles"One of my first tasks in the office this morning, after a cup of coffee of course, was to review my server logs. As of yet I’ve not got enough staff to have a minion to do this

“Epilog” SQLite forensic tool now available

Researchers at CCL-Forensics have taken a significant step forward in their analysis of SQLite databases, which are extensively used by many computers, web browsers, mobile phones and SatNavs. The latest development within epilog allows investigators to reinstate these databases to

HBGary Unveils Responder™ Community Edition

HBGary, Inc., has introduced Responder™ Community Edition, a new, free version of its flagship Responder™ product for physical memory analysis. Limited copies of this new free tool are available on CD at HBGary booth #201 at the Computer and Enterprise

New Mike’s Forensic Tools releases

MFT Runtime – Following recent requests for CPS, this software quickly totals up the runtime of either individual video clips or a collection of video clips held in recursive folders. Exports to a detailed report. MFT PictureBox – Will recursively

BackTrack 5 Released

The BackTrack Dev team has worked in the past months on BackTrack 5, code name “revolution”. It was released to the public on May 10th. This new revision has been built from scratch, and boasts several major improvements over all