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Forensic Focus Digest, 16 Oct 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, 16 Oct 2026

16th October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore how the City of Johannesburg uses Detego Global to accelerate investigations, see how MD-LIVE takes investigators from first connection to a court-ready report, learn how iVe analyzes vehicle data to reveal driver behavior, and more....read more

Magnet Autokey: Accelerating Your Vehicle Investigations

Magnet Autokey: Accelerating Your Vehicle Investigations

15th October 2026

Jason Miranda and Evan Walker from Magnet Forensics show how Magnet Autokey pulls location history, connected devices and even text messages from encrypted vehicle infotainment systems in under 30 minutes....read more

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

14th October 2026

Digital evidence has evolved, and investigative tools must keep pace - discover how Semantics 21 helps investigators work faster, search smarter and maintain control without compromising professional judgement....read more

Announcing The Recipients Of The 2023 Magnet Forensics Scholarship Awards

Magnet Forensics announced today that five recipients will receive the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Award—providing an opportunity to advance their careers in digital investigations and expand their contributions to public safety. This is the fifth year of the Magnet Forensics Scholarship

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 29 2024

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Potent youth cybercrime ring made up of 1,000 people, FBI official says A senior FBI official recently disclosed the existence of a substantial and elusive cybercrime ring comprised of around

Forensic Focus Digest, May 24 2024

Read our digest of the latest content on the Forensic Focus website, including news, interviews, podcasts, articles, press releases, and more.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 22 2024

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: BreachForums seized by FBI for 2nd time In a significant move against cybercrime, the FBI has once again seized control of BreachForums, a notorious online platform linked to cybercriminal activities.

Lana Ramjit, Director Of Operations, Clinic To End Tech Abuse

FF: Lana, tell us about your background and how you became Director of Operations at the Clinic To End Tech Abuse. My professional training was in traditional computer science (doctoral work in distributed systems at UCLA and computer science undergraduate

The Differences Between Full Disk And Triage Acquisition

In digital forensics, data acquisition is a key first step in the investigation process. For acquiring data from either physical or virtual machines, there are two high-level approaches: full disk acquisition and triage acquisition. Each has its advantages and disadvantages,

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 15 2024

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: The REPORT Act Is Now Federal Law – Here’s What It Means for Child Safety In the current Congressional session (2023-2024), we have seen many bills introduced that relate to

Investigating Video: The Vital First Steps

David: Hi everyone and hope you’re all okay. It’s the afternoon here in the UK, late afternoon over in Italy and going to be evening time over in the East and then morning over for you guys in the States

Forensic Focus Digest, May 10 2024

Read our digest of the latest content on the Forensic Focus website, including news, interviews, podcasts, articles, press releases, and more.

Oxygen Forensic® KeyDiver

Jordan: Hello everyone, Jordan Portfleet here with the Oxygen Forensic training team. Today’s topic is going to be KeyDiver. Now, what is KeyDiver, you ask? Well, the time has come to introduce our new brute force module, the Oxygen Forensic

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 08 2024

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin pleads guilty in US, TASS reports Alexander Vinnik, accused of laundering over $4 billion via bitcoin, was arrested in Greece in 2017. After a conviction in

UK Parliamentary Legislation Introduced Against Deepfakes

On April 16th, the UK government announced plans to introduce legislation through an amendment to the existing Criminal Justice Bill, targeting the creation of deepfake pornographic content. This move comes in the wake of the Online Safety Act which criminalised

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 01 2024

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Thorn and All Tech Is Human Forge Generative AI Principles with AI Leaders to Enact Strong Child Safety Commitments We are at a crossroads with generative artificial intelligence (generative AI).