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12th August 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 12 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - NIST’s new ArtCat digital forensics catalog, Kohberger case methodology, Android intrusion log analysis, offline AI with BelkaGPT, and more....

News

Unmasked: Early Intelligence Should Not Be Manual

12th August 2026

Turn partial school badges into actionable leads with S21 School Badge Lookup v2.0, fast offline image intelligence built for CSAM and ICAC investigations worldwide....read more

Articles

How To Process A Clear-Key BitLocker Image File To Generate A Decrypted Raw Image

11th August 2026

Learn how to identify and decrypt BitLocker Clear Key–protected forensic images using dislocker and bdeinfo, from spotting the “-FVE-FS-” signature to mounting the recovered NTFS volume for analysis....read more

Jobs

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 10 2026

10th August 2026

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up....read more

GMDSOFT Tech Letter Vol21.ChatGPT Q&A: 10 Key Questions

20th May 2026

AI conversations are becoming critical evidence in digital investigations — GMDSOFT’s latest Tech Letter explores how MD-NEXT and MD-RED recover and interpret ChatGPT artifacts on Android devices.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 20 2026

20th May 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – on-scene digital forensics with ADF, YellowKey BitLocker bypass, IPsec traffic decryption from memory, Tesla dashcam telemetry decoding, and more.

The Cloud Attachment Problem: Why Modern Email Investigations Are Missing Critical Evidence

20th May 2026

Cloud attachments are now a critical eDiscovery challenge: Fookes Software explains why linked files can fall through standard collection workflows, and how Aid4Mail helps investigators preserve, retrieve, and audit them defensibly.

On-Scene Digital Forensics: Winning Investigations Before The Lab

19th May 2026

Stuart Hutchinson, VP of Sales at ADF Solutions, discusses on-scene digital forensics and empowering first responders during the golden hour of an investigation.

How The City Of Johannesburg In South Africa Accelerated Investigations With Detego Technology

19th May 2026

Detego Global’s Unified Digital Forensics Platform is helping the City of Johannesburg’s forensic team accelerate digital evidence acquisition, mobile extraction, AI-powered analysis, and court-ready reporting across complex cybercrime investigations.

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, May 18 2026

1st June 202618th May 2026

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up.

Finding Previous Locations Without Geolocation Data

18th May 202618th May 2026

No GPS? No problem! Berla shows how investigators can turn odometer events and open-source reachability tools into location-based leads when vehicle geolocation data is missing.

How Distressing Material Shapes Investigator Well-Being

14th May 2026

Dr Fazeelat Duran explores how repeated exposure to distressing material affects law enforcement staff over time—and what organisations can do to better support them.

Speed Up Your Video Redaction With Amped Replay

14th May 2026

Join Emi Polito, Forensic Analyst at Amped Software, for a look at Assisted Redaction in Amped Replay — a new tool that automatically detects people, vehicles, and license plates to streamline complex redaction tasks.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 13 2026

13th May 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – BlindSite’s forensic browser, MalChela macOS malware analysis, Android intrusion logging, and more.

Multimodal AI Forensics: Images, Audio & Video Analysis In One Tool | Belkasoft X

27th May 202612th May 2026

One tool that reads images, transcribes audio, processes video, and understands 100+ languages – this is what BelkaGPT in Belkasoft X actually does.

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, May 11 2026

11th May 2026

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up.

Eric Fookes, Founder & CEO, Fookes Software

11th May 2026

Email investigations are evolving fast—Eric Fookes of Fookes Software discusses AI, cloud evidence, privacy, and the future of forensic email analysis.

Forensic Focus Digest, May 08 2026

8th May 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the emerging threat of AI-generated CSAM, preview what’s to come at Techno East 2026, register free for Forensics Europe Expo 2026, and more.

DFIR In 2026 – AI ‘Button Pusher’ Forensics, Writing Courtroom Reports, Audio Breakthroughs And The Leica Geosystems Conference

7th May 2026

Si and Desi discuss a range of digital forensics topics, from writing forensic reports that juries can actually understand, to whether AI is coming for “button pusher” DFIR jobs.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, May 06 2026

6th May 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – WAInsight WhatsApp forensics, Volatility3 and Hindsight updates, cloud forensics challenges, and more.