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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

How Detego Can Help Police Forces Obtain Critical Digital Evidence And Speed Up Investigations

7th October 202215th February 2022

A uniformed male police officer stands in the foreground in front of a police car with flashing red and blue lights

Law enforcement agencies worldwide are struggling to contend with increasing quantities of crimes connected to digital devices. Rising levels of cyber and digital crime are estimated to cost the world $6 trillion annually as of 2022, and the number of

Featured Job: Digital Forensic Laboratory Manager (London, UK)

15th February 2022

Employer Metropolitan Police Service Location Lambeth, London, UK Salary £49,940 to £54,649 plus a Location allowance of £1,639. You will receive £49,940 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £54,649 will be via incremental progression. Job Description Digital

How Better Processes and Information Can Improve Digital Forensic Science: January’s Research Roundup

14th February 2022

As digital forensics moves toward a more established presence within the forensic sciences, 2022 starts off on an existential note thanks to a set of papers exploring digital forensic expertise and process, and the language used to describe both. Technical

Robust Malware Detection Models: Learning From Adversarial Attacks and Defenses

11th February 2022

Hello to all of you. My name is Hemant Rathore and I’m here to present the work “Robust Malware Detection Models: Learning From Adversarial Attacks and Defenses.” The other authors of this paper are Adithya Samavedhi, Sanjay K Sahay, and

Magnet Forensics Introduces Magnet AUTOMATE Enterprise

11th February 2022

New solution will automate evidence recovery and processing, keep cyber investigations running 24/7/365 to reduce recovery time Magnet Forensics recently announced the release of Magnet AUTOMATE Enterprise, a solution that is transforming how organizations respond to security events by automating

New Release From MSAB: Recover Even More Digital Evidence From Apps With XRY 10.0.1

11th February 2022

Today’s release of XRY 10.0.1 offers improvements and added support to several popular applications on Android and iOS such as Viber, Tinder, Google Maps, Signal. This release comes with enhanced Snapchat Warrant Return support including improved handling of UTC, which

The Latest Guide to Discover Meaningful Data from Samsung Secure Folder

11th February 2022

Data Extraction and Analysis of Samsung Secure Folder Secure Folder is a separate storage space within the device, protected by ‘Knox’—a security technology of Samsung. By keeping sensitive data or personal contents and apps in Secure Folder, users can protect

Cellebrite Pioneers Industry-First Remote Mobile Device Data Collection Solution

11th February 202210th February 2022

Enterprise Endpoint Intelligence platform unifies remote mobile and computer data collection for the first time in one powerful solution that helps lower corporate risk by strengthening eDiscovery and Corporate Investigation capabilities (“Cellebrite”), a leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for

Discover How GrayKey Provides Critical Evidence in Sexual Assault and Robbery Case

9th February 2022

by Scott Hettinger Scott’s Journey to Digital Forensics From a very early age, I was always interested in the work of law enforcement officers. I often found myself watching shows or movies about police, and every time I saw a

Chip Chop: Smashing the Mobile Phone Security Chip for Fun and Digital Forensics

8th February 2022

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Hello, and welcome to Chip Chop: Smashing the Mobile Phone Security Chip for Fun and Digital Forensics. My name is Gunnar Alendal and I am a PhD candidate at NTNU in Norway, and I am going to talk about one

Exterro Law Enforcement Grant Program Announces 2021 Recipients

24th January 20258th February 2022

Five Law Enforcement Agencies to Receive Exterro FTK® Software Package and Training PORTLAND, Ore., February 1, 2022 — Exterro Inc., the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for in-house legal, privacy, and IT teams at Global 2000 and AmLaw

Mason Toups and Emre Tinaztepe on Efficient Incident Response Through Collaboration

7th February 20227th February 2022

Christa: Efficient, effective digital forensics and incident response involves not just the right tools and processes, but also the ability to share insights and collaborate on work. Here with us on the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about it this

JTAG-Based Memory Acquisition Framework

4th February 2022

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Hello everyone. My name is Muhammad Haris Rais. I am a PhD student at SAFE lab – Security And Forensics Engineering lab at Virginia Commonwealth University. The lab is led by Dr. Irfan Ahmed and is mostly focused around industrial

Passware Kit Forensic T2 Add-on: The First Password Recovery Tool for Macs With T2 Chips

4th February 2022

Passware continues to deliver cutting-edge decryption solutions for the forensic community. We are excited to announce the first forensic tool that recovers passwords for Macs with Apple T2 Security Chips! Passware Kit Forensic T2 Add-on runs on Windows or macOS

Behavioral-Based Forensics and Investigation Approach for Analyzing Attacks on Water Plants Using GANs

1st February 2022

Long tanks of treated clear water at a water plant at dusk

Hello. My name is Nataliia Neshenko. I am a PhD candidate in Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering & Computer Science working with Professor Fuhrt and in collaboration with Professor Bou-Harb from the University of Texas in San Antonio. Today,

Is More Efficient, Accessible Memory Forensics Possible?

31st January 2022

Christa: Memory forensics is a mainstay of incident response. Its relevance and necessity only growing with time, as encryption technology has become more integrated, especially in consumer devices. Yet memory forensics is neither intuitive nor simple. Looking to change that