Forensic Focus

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7th August 2025

The Balance Between Digital Forensic Examiners And Digital Evidence Technicians: Expertise Vs. Efficiency

Can digital forensic labs cut backlogs without cutting corners? Debbie Garner explores how tiered workflows using both examiners and technicians can strike the right balance....

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Forensic Focus Digest, August 08 2025

8th August 2025

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the balance between expertise and efficiency in digital forensics, tackle the challenges of multi-jurisdictional investigations, and learn how transforming organisational culture can improve mental health in the field....read more

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More Than Software: Amped Training Teaches You The Science Of Forensic Video And Image Analysis

7th August 2025

Push past button-clicking—Amped Software training teaches the science behind forensic video analysis....read more

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 06 2025

6th August 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....read more

Techno Security Returns to Myrtle Beach – One Month Early

16th March 2022

The Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA will host the 23rd edition of the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference flagship event, May 9-12 – nearly one month sooner than its accustomed kickoff the Sunday

Checkm8 Acquisition Method in Oxygen Forensic Detective 14.3

16th March 2022

We first added checkm8 acquisition from iOS devices in Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.12.6 in July of 2020. Not surprisingly, many things have changed since then. That being the case, we updated our tool several times over the last few months

Machine Learning Based Approach to Analyze File Metadata for Mobile Phone Triage

15th March 2022

Hi all, thank you for your interest in this presentation that will cover the research work conducted by myself, Cezar Serhal, and Dr An Le-Khac from UCD. Our paper presents a machine learning based approach to triage smartphone content using

Dealing With Multiple Data Sources: A Panel Discussion

14th March 2022

The inaugural E-Crimes Symposium: Cutting Edge Topics in Digital Forensics — offered on February 28th by the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven — brought together experts in a range of digital forensics

Computer Forensic Reference Data Sets For Digital Evidence

11th March 2022

Rick: Good morning. My name is Rick Ayres, I’m the project lead for the Computer Forensics Tool Testing project at NIST. My talk today is going to provide an overview on updates to our Computer Forensics Reference Data Sets project,

New Challenge of Drone Forensics, MD-DRONE

11th March 2022

Empower Your Investigation With Drone Forensic Solution, MD-DRONE. MD–DRONE is a forensic software for extracting and analyzing data from the various data sources of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)/Drones from global manufacturers such as DJI, Parrot, and PixHawk. Data can be

Emiliano Polito, Trainer, Amped Software

10th March 2022

Emiliano, congratulations on your new role! Your journey to Amped Software has been colorful — what first interested you about multimedia engineering as a career? Hi and thank you! My journey to Amped Software has been an eventful one for

A Deep Dive into Apple Keychain Decryption

9th March 2022

When it comes to the forensic investigation of Apple devices, a Keychain analysis is of particular importance. Not only does Keychain contain passwords from websites and applications, but it can also provide computer forensics with access to the same user’s

E-Discovery Business Takes New Approach to Collecting and Preparing Digital Evidence to Spur Growth

9th March 2022

Unique Wire assists service providers, corporations, law firms, and law enforcement agencies with identifying and understanding Digital Intelligence. Unique Wire, a digital forensics and e-discovery business focused on helping service providers, corporations, law firms, and law enforcement agencies, headquartered in

DFRWS-EU Open to Both Physical and Online Attendees in First-Ever Hybrid Event

8th March 2022

A hybrid in-person / online event is the order of the month for the Digital Forensic Research Workshop (DFRWS), which is returning at the end of March to Oxford, United Kingdom. Participants will have the option either to attend the

The EFF’s Eva Galperin on Using DFIR Skills To Help Victims of Stalkerware and Abuse

7th March 2022

Christa: Stalking and domestic violence affect huge proportions of people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about 7.5 million people are stalked in the United States each year, with about 61% of female victims and 44% of

How Viable Is Password Cracking In Digital Forensic Investigations?

4th March 2022

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Hello everyone. My name is Aikaterini Kanta and I’m a PhD student with University College, Dublin and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, and I’m very glad to be here today at DFRWA USA 2021 to present to you our

Exterro Launches Global Training Academy Across Its Entire Portfolio of Legal GRC Products

24th January 20253rd March 2022

Full-Time Academy Staff Will Manage In-Person, On-Demand and Live Virtual Training Courses, with New Offices in the U.S. and U.K. PORTLAND, Ore., March 2, 2022 — Exterro Inc. – the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for in-house

How Detego Helped One of the Largest Banks in Africa Stop Fraud in Its Tracks

7th October 20222nd March 2022

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The Background Detego’s customer* is a tier 1 bank in Africa which employs over 12,000 agents and supports customers through an extensive network of more than 200 branches. Faced with the constant risk of fraud, data breaches, money laundering and

I Can Login Without Your Password: Data Acquisition From Web-Based Server Using Credential Attack

1st March 2022

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Hi, I’m Jaehyeok Han from South Korea. I’m going to talk about data acquisition from web based service, without password, and I used credential attack. Before presentation, I’d like to appreciate this opportunity to show our study, following contents I’ve

Register Now For the Next Amped Software Webinars

2nd March 20221st March 2022

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Amped Software is are very excited to share the schedule of the next live webinars that will take place from March to June 2022. In the webinars you’ll have the opportunity to: Get a better knowledge on how to face video evidence challengesGet a