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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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

Digital Forensics Round-Up, December 14 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Meta Plans to Add Encryption to Messenger, Stoking a Privacy Debate The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities

Tips And Tricks For Collecting Employee Chat Data

Monica Harris, Product Business Manager at Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, discusses tips and tricks for collecting employee chat data. She highlights the increasing importance of collecting data from mobile devices, particularly chat data, which has surpassed email data collection.

Focus Investigations With MITRE ATT&CK Insights

Integrate Automated Evidence Analysis and Mapping to Your Investigations Understanding an attacker’s behavior and their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) is vitally important to any investigation – it provides critical context that allows for more efficient and effective investigations. This

MSAB: Updates From The Frontline

An insightful webinar featuring industry experts, Adam Firman (Tech Evangelist, MSAB) and Simon Crawley (Senior Professional Services Consultant, MSAB). In the webinar, they provide a comprehensive overview of why you need a frontline environment for your mobile forensic solution and

Amped Authenticate: Introducing The New Video Mode

Amped Software is pleased to announce a significant addition to their software for photo analysis and tampering detection, Amped Authenticate. With the latest update, they released the new Authenticate Video Mode. This feature marks an important expansion of their software’s

UK Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge And CyberWomen Groups C.I.C.

Si Biles interviews Sophie Powell, Professor Sarah Morris, and Rob Black about the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge. The challenge is an opportunity for students to experience a simulated cyber crisis and provide advice to senior government decision-makers.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, December 07 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: Dots do matter: Why dots in Gmail addresses impact Google Workspace investigations Dots don’t matter in Gmail addresses… if you’re sending or receiving emails to a Gmail address with a

Digital Forensics Round-Up, November 30 2023

A round-up of this week’s digital forensics news and views: File Timestamps for NTFS on macOS using Mountly This blog post will examine the NTFS file system being used on macOS with the Mounty driver, and the conditions that cause