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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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

Exterro Hire Top Forensics and Legal Duo to Spearhead EMEA Drive for Legal GRC

Anna Urbani kick-starts newly created Director of Channel EMEA role alongside Nick Rich as Director of UK&I Corporate   London, U.K., October 5, 2022 —Exterro Inc., the industry’s first provider of Legal GRC software, which unifies e-discovery, digital forensics and

Cyacomb Examiner Product Demonstration

A software interface on a laptop screen provides color coded indications of content present on a scanned device
So we’re in this situation where a search warrant has been executed in relation to illegal images in a residential property. The search has recovered a number of items: we have a laptop from which I’ve removed the hard drive,

Have Your Say on The State of Enterprise DFIR

Magnet Forensics wants to know your thoughts on The State of Enterprise DFIR! We invite you to anonymously share your thoughts on the latest DFIR industry trends and developments, emerging threats, operational challenges, and where you see opportunities for improvement

In Which Si and Desi Are Left Unsupervised

Simon: Got it. I am coming to the very realistic conclusion that I hate computers. How about you? Alex: For years, years. Simon: Right. So I have an idea for today and I’ve set recordings starting. So seeing as there

The Basics of Forensic Video Recovery with DVR Examiner

Jimmy: Hello, and welcome to the basics of forensic video recovery and Magnet DVR Examiner. My name is Jimmy Schroering, and we’re today going to be looking at how traditional video recovery works and some of the challenges associated with

Event Recap: DFRWS-USA Virtual 2022

The Digital Forensics Research Workshop was back in virtual format for its USA edition running Monday, July 11th through Thursday, July 14th. Six sessions on memory forensics, similarity hashing, application forensics, live and static system analysis, multimedia forensics, and miscellaneous

Dan Dollarhide, Sales Engineer, Oxygen Forensics

FF: Dan, let’s start with a little about you. How and when did you first get into digital forensics, and what made you stay? Dan: I come from Law Enforcement, and while working as an Investigator I was assigned a

Digital Forensics Key to Preserving the Victim’s Right to Privacy

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) faced a complex case where child sexual abuse was suspected. However, they faced a serious challenge in finding the right mobile forensics tool that would only collect strictly relevant data without examining

The Great Resignation in DFIR

Christa: Welcome back to the Forensic Focus Podcast. I’m Christa Miller and we’re back this week with co-hosts Simon Biles and Alex Desmond. Simon: Hey, guys. Alex: Hey. Christa: Good to see you again. So I think we’re going to