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6th August 2025

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 06 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – starting a digital forensic business, Hashcat v7.0.0, GenAI incident response guidance, cross-border investigation challenges, and more....

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Halfway Through The S21 Transcriber Spotlight Session

6th August 2025

We are halfway through the S21 Transcriber Spotlight — catch up on the latest demos and see how investigators are using the tool in real casework....read more

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Safeguarding ICAC Investigators: Detego Global’s Commitment To Mental Well-Being

5th August 2025

Protecting children online shouldn't come at the cost of investigators' mental health—see how Detego Global is changing the game....read more

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Semantics 21 Wants Your Help To Rename LASERi-X

5th August 2025

Semantics 21 is renaming their groundbreaking CSAM forensics tool—and your idea could win your team a free year of access....read more

Import Microsoft Outlook Data Files Into Oxygen Forensic® Detective

15th November 2022

Email messages can be a goldmine of digital evidence both in criminal and corporate investigations. Oxygen Forensic® Detective enables email data extraction from mobile devices, computers, and from the cloud. Overall, utilizing various extraction methods, investigators can extract the following

HTCIA, DFRWS-APAC, and the DFIR Events Industry: A Critique

14th November 2022

Simon: You see, I was thinking about this preamble, and I’ve been listening, no, no, no, no, you can’t laugh. This is recording, I want this to go live. Christa: All right. Desi: This is the preamble. Christa: I’m going

Register for Webinar: Tips and Tricks: Data Collection for Cloud Workplace Applications

10th November 2022

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Throughout the past few years, the way employees communicate with each other has changed forever.69% of employees note that the number of business applications they use at work has increased during the pandemic.Desk phones, LAN lines and even VoIP have

Greater Manchester Police Completes Digital Investigations 9.5 Hours Faster With Magnet AUTOMATE

10th November 2022

Magnet Forensics announced that the Greater Manchester Police, in conjunction with the United Kingdom’s Forensic Capability Network, has successfully accelerated its digital investigations into child sexual exploitation by deploying Magnet AUTOMATE. With Magnet AUTOMATE, a solution that uses automation and

Reveal by Grayshift Now Generally Available

9th November 2022

First Cloud-Native Mobile Device Forensic Analysis Solution Transforms How Public Safety Agencies Perform Digital Investigations Grayshift, LLC, a leading and trusted provider of mobile digital forensics solutions, today announced the official launch and general availability of Reveal by Grayshift. As the

MSAB Releases XRY 10.3.1 With More Extracted Devices, More Data, More Crimes Solved

9th November 2022

Today’s XRY 10.3.1 release brings incredible extraction and decoding capabilities to more mobile devices with the total number of supported devices exceeding 42,900, including over 4,277 app versions. Plus improved Warrant Returns support for Apple and data import for Snapchat My Data.

How to Identify Social Media Images and Analyze Them with Amped Authenticate

8th November 2022

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By Marco Fontani, Forensics Director at Amped Software It is increasingly common nowadays that an investigation involves imagery from Social Media Platforms (SMPs), such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., or from messaging apps such as Messenger and WhatsApp. Indeed, the

MSAB’s James Eichbaum Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Digital Forensic Tool Training

7th November 2022

Christa Miller: Just as digital forensics constantly adapts and evolves, so must the training that goes with it. This week, Christa and Si with the Forensic Focus Podcast welcome James Eichbaum, Global Training Manager at MSAB. Welcome, James. James: Ah,

Oxygen Forensics Advances Brute Force, Decryption, and Analysis Capabilities in Latest Release

4th November 2022

Oxygen Forensics, a global leader in digital forensics for law enforcement, federal agencies, and enterprise clients, announced today the release of the latest version of the all-in-one digital forensic solution, Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.15.1. This version offers multiple advancements to

The Historic View of Financial Cybercrime

31st October 2022

Desi: So, welcome back to the Forensic Focus Podcast. I’m Desi, and this week Si and I are talking to Alex Tilley. He’s currently part of the counter threat unit at Secureworks, and I recently saw Alex do a presentation

Register for Webinar: XAMN – The Best Digital Forensic Analysis Solution

27th October 2022

Join our MSAB webinar to learn about the MSAB analytics tool, XAMN. It combines efficiency with ease of use and powerful search capabilities, making it an excellent choice for digital investigators who need to discover, analyze, package, and share digital

Passware Kit 2022 v4 – Evidence Discovery on macOS Ventura

26th October 2022

What’s new in Passware Kit 2022 v4 Support for macOS Ventura Password recovery and data extraction from 1Password v8 Faster VeraCrypt password recovery Password recovery for a specified QuickBooks account Improved Windows password reset for UEFI systems New dictionary: Vietnamese

MediaTek Extraction: Physical Acquisition With File-Based Encryption

25th October 2022

Keith: Hey, welcome. This is Keith Lockhart from Oxygen Forensic Training. How’s it going? So listen, here’s a video on some MediaTek extraction, but more specifically when you have a device that’s encrypted (file based encrypted) where the user has

Cyacomb and the NEORFC Partner in First Terrorism Fighting Efforts in the United States

25th October 2022

Cyacomb and the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center (NEORFC) partner in the first terrorism fighting efforts in the United States Today, October 25, 2022, Cyacomb welcomes the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center (NEORFC) as their newest partner to the Cyacomb

Devon & Cornwall Police’s Steve Slater on Implementing RASSO Changes in Digital Forensics Units

24th October 2022

Christa: Welcome back to the Forensic Focus Podcast. I’m Christa Miller here with my co-host, Si Biles, and this week we’re with Steve Slater, Head of Digital Forensics at Devon and Cornwall Police in the United Kingdom to talk about

Detego Would’ve Been Ideal in My Previous Role : A Former Law Enforcement Professional’s Perspective

28th October 202221st October 2022

Long before I started working with Detego Global, I had an extensive career in law enforcement. For almost three decades, I worked in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Division of State Police. Here, I took charge of various roles, including that