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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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

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When every second matters for Incident Responders, isn’t it time to turbocharge your DFIR effort? In today’s highly sophisticated attack and threat landscape, incident response teams need to get the granular information they need at speed and scale. When the

Cyacomb Examiner and Cyacomb Offender Manager Tools

Bruce: Hi there, I’m Bruce Wilson and welcome to Cyacomb’s demonstration of Cyacomb Examiner and Cyacomb Offender Manager Tools. We’re gonna talk a bit about our technology today, the principles behind it, why it has such advantages over other technologies

Detego’s Andy Lister on Interoperability Between Field & Lab

Christa: As digital forensics decentralizes, shifting more responsibilities from lab to field personnel, tools that can manage the evidence from different user groups are ever more important. This week on the Forensic Focus Podcast, Si Biles and I talk with

Register for Webinar: Getting Started With Amped FIVE

From its beginnings, as an application dedicated to the scientific enhancement of images and video, Amped FIVE has grown into the most powerful software package for video and image analysis for law enforcement, investigations, and intelligence: one single tool for

Deepfake Detection Made Easier with Amped Authenticate

By Marco Fontani, Forensics Director at Amped Software Amped Software releases a new update to Amped Authenticate and adds deepfake detection capabilities, which increases the already broad coverage of Authenticate for localizing forgeries. In this article, you will learn more

Register for Webinar: When an Android Phone Is All You Have

Pick the scenario. You have to prove or disprove something and your proof is in a phone. What to do? In this scenario, the phone is unlocked, and you must determine what methods of data extraction to employ.  Will you

Exterro Continues FTK Grant Program in Winter 2022

Exterro Inc., the developers of FTK®, the recognized gold standard of forensic software for law enforcement and the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for in-house legal, privacy, and IT teams at Global 2000 and AmLaw 200 organizations,

Detective Lee Bieber on Digital Forensics Tools for Complex Cases

Christa Miller: Technology-facilitated child exploitation, including trafficking, has been the driver for much of the innovation behind most digital forensics tools. Here at the Forensic Focus Podcast to provide a customer perspective on that is Detective Lee Bieber of the