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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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

Beyond Blur: Decision-Making In Complex Licence Plate Examination And Enhancement Casework

Beyond Blur: Decision-Making In Complex Licence Plate Examination And Enhancement Casework

13th October 2026

Guocai Wang explores why โ€œblurredโ€ is not a diagnosis in forensic licence-plate analysis, and why the processing strategy should follow the material while the strength of interpretation follows the evidence....read more

2022 Recap on GMDSOFT ‘MD-Series’

This articleย will help you to understand the important features that are released in MD-Series in 2022. If you are new to MD-Series, here’s a simple product introduction. Mobile data extraction software MD-NEXT Mobile data analysis software MD-RED On-site Mobile

5 Video Forensics Trends to Be Aware of in 2023

During investigations and trials, video is one of the most common and most effective forms of evidence, but unfortunately, it is often taken for granted. There are many challenges to consider in relation to video evidence, and it is of

When an Android Phone is All You Have

Announcer: The broadcast is now starting. All attendees are in listen only mode. Keith Lockart: Good morning, everybody. Well, I take that back. Good day everybody, depending on where you are. This is Keith Lockhart from Oxygen. It’s just about

2022 in Review with Binalyze Founder, Emre Tฤฑnaztepe

Itโ€™s with a massive amount of pride we can look back over the past 12 months and reflect on the collective achievements weโ€™ve made in the DFIR space throughout 2022. Our focus has been and will always be on our

Top Software Updates from Oxygen Forensics in 2022

As this year comes to a close, we want to review the top advancements weโ€™ve made to our software in 2022. Mobile Data Extraction This year weโ€™ve introduced numerous methods and features to allow investigators increased access to evidence from

Yulia Samoteykina, Director of Marketing, Atola Technology

FF: Yulia, please tell us about your background, how you got into digital forensics and your role at Atola. Yulia: I joined Atola in 2016, and it was the technology that first drew my attention. I was still fresh to

Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO, Magnet Forensics

FF: How are you doing Jad? Howโ€™s 2022 been for you and Magnet Forensics? Jad: Iโ€™m doing great, thanks! 2022 has definitely been a busy year for Magnet Forensics. We were so grateful to see so many customers and industry

Si and Desi Holiday Special 2022

Si: Welcome to the Forensic Focus Podcast. This is a holiday special which will actually, unlike some of the other ones, go out within a few days of the recording, because Desi’s a genius and is going to edit it

MSAB Releases XRY 10.4, XAMN 7.4 and XEC 7.4

Enhanced physical support options for MTK, added support to import data held in CLBX files, plus a whole new level of analytics in mobile forensics. Todayโ€™s releases of XRY, XAMN and XEC represent a substantial advance in our efforts to

Samsung Device Data Extraction in Oxygen Forensicยฎ Detective

Samsung Device Data Extraction in Oxygen Forensicยฎ Detective Samsung has been leading the global market in manufacturing mobile phones, smartphones, and tablets for many years. Gaining access to digital evidence stored in popular Samsung devices has always been of vital