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

Need help to start from scratch…

"I work for a small police department in Georgia, and being the only one in my division able to competently use a computer I got sent to the Mississippi State University Introduction to Digital Forensics one week course. Now my

Suspect in $9 Million RBS WorldPay Hack Extradited to U.S.

One of the alleged ringleaders behind the 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay has been extradited to the U.S., where he was arraigned Friday in the Northern District of Georgia on charges that he helped coordinate the global $9.5 million bank

Your mobile forensics training course needs YOU!

"I am currently finalising the details for the Introduction to Connection Records course and wondered what do you want to know? Training is not about the trainer. It’s about your learning! Currently the course will contain lectures and practical exercises

Authentication and Authorisation

by Simon Biles "Authentication and Authorisation are fundamental to information security – identifying who a user is (authentication), and what they are allowed (authorised) to do allow us to restrict access to data in such a way that only the

USSOCOM selects triage tool

Several months ago, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM conducted an evaluation of computer media exploitation and cellular telephone exploitation products, systems, and tools…This article covers how USSOCOM tested and selected a triage tool that best fit the military’s

Safari Browser Analysis by Selena Ley

Selena Ley has written a new article about Safari Browser Analysis. In this article, she explores the files that you will find useful when performing a Macintosh or Windows examination with Safari installed. Read it here.

Second Edition of Digital Detectives Podcast on Legal Talk Network

The second edition of the new monthly podcast Digital Detectives was released on July 26, 2010 on Legal Talk Network. The podcast, entitled “Current Issues in Computer Forensics,” takes a look at how vital knowledge of e-Discovery is in today’s

Backbone’s Digital Steganography Database Exceeds 850 Applications

Backbone Security has announced the release of Version 3.6 of their Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) which now contains more than 850 steganography applications. Developed in Backbone’s Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), SAFDB is the world’s largest commercially available

HBGary and Skout Forensics Announce OEM Agreement

HBGary, Inc. and Skout Forensics have announced the signing of an OEM agreement. Under the agreement, Skout Forensics will integrate HBGary’s Windows memory acquisition tool FDPro™ into the company’s patent-pending flagship product, the Skout Forensics Data Collection and Preservation Kit,

iPhone Tool Classification article

Sam Brothers has written a new article titled iPhone Tool Classification. In this article, he explores the varying degrees of data extraction that can be performed on the iPhone with many of the available tools today and breaks down the

Passware Kit 10.1 Cracks RAR and TrueCrypt Encryption in Record Time

Passware, Inc. has announced Passware Kit 10.1. This is the first commercially available software that cracks passwords for the most difficult to decrypt file types – RAR archives and TrueCrypt hard disks – using advanced acceleration methods provided by graphic

Extreme Hex Jumping

For those of you unfamiliar with this term (that is pretty much everyone) – this is the new sport of throwing yourself out of a perfectly good aeroplane and then performing a forensic hex-dump on a mobile phone in mid-air.

To GUI or not to GUI?

by Chris Hargreaves "During the last two weeks I have spent a disproportionate amount of time staring at a command prompt. This has been for a couple of reasons, which will be mentioned later in this article. What was interesting

PeerLab review

A review of PeerLab by Jonathan Krause is now online here. Please use this thread for discussion of the review.