Forensic Focus

27th August 2026

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator

What happens when disturbing material in a CSAM investigation has to be read, not viewed? Paul Gullon-Scott examines the psychological impact of messages, descriptions and AI prompts on digital forensic investigators....

News

How Semantics 21 Are Using Global Intelligence To Pre-Categorise Up To 70% Of Investigations

26th August 2026

No case should remain an island. S21 VisionX connects investigators to more than 3.7 billion contributed records, helping surface cross-case intelligence, reduce repeat review and bring critical connections forward faster....read more

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 26 2026

26th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - OpenAI forensic artifacts, Apple Screen Time evidence, RAM-based location analysis, AI-assisted investigations, forensic imaging bottlenecks, and more....read more

Articles

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

24th August 2026

Cellebrite shares 10 best practices for faster, safer, and more defensible AI-assisted investigations, with a focus on governance, traceability, and human oversight....read more

Huawei Devices: Decryption and Extraction in Oxygen Forensic Detective

20th April 2022

Physical extraction from Huawei devices on Kirin chipsets remains one of the most popular extraction methods in forensic solutions. Huawei produces smartphones based on this processor family, as well as under the Honor brand. Huawei models get all the new

Register for Webinar: Uncovering Windows Registry Data and the Latest Mac Artifacts

25th May 202219th April 2022

As the need for computer forensics grows so does the ability for investigators to stay up to date on all the operating systems. 1 in 3 U.S. employees use their own computer to enable remote work, creating more data in

Researcher Nina Sunde on Reducing Bias in Digital Forensic Analysis

18th April 2022

Christa: No professional in any discipline is free from bias, but how it affects decision making, especially decisions around a criminal suspect’s liberty is the topic of several years worth of research by Nina Sunde. Nina is a PhD fellow

Magnet Forensics Previews New and Upcoming Product Updates to Magnet Digital Investigation Suite

15th April 2022

Enhancements to Magnet AUTOMATE, Magnet REVIEW and Magnet ATLAS will support new evidence sources, simplify evidence review and further streamline digital investigations Magnet Forensics previewed a host of new and upcoming product updates for the Magnet Digital Investigation Suite at its Magnet

Oxygen Forensics presents major enhancements to computer artifact support

15th April 2022

Oxygen Forensics, a global leader in digital forensics for law enforcement, federal agencies, and corporate clients, announced today the release of the latest version of the all-in-one digital forensic solution, Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.14.4. This version solidifies Oxygen’s leadership in

Magnet Forensics Announces Major Innovations at Magnet Summit 2022

14th April 2022

New features for Magnet AXIOM and Magnet AXIOM Cyber will automatically recover cloud evidence and accelerate malware investigations Magnet Forensics announced a host of product innovations at its Magnet Summit 2022 conference. The company released new versions of its core

Magnet IGNITE Helps Enterprises Better Identify and Assess Cyber Threats With Rapid, Remote Triage

13th April 2022

New solution scans remote endpoints to identify malicious activity and helps businesses plan next steps Magnet Forensics announced the launch of Magnet IGNITE, a cloud-based triage solution enabling businesses to perform rapid, remote scans of target endpoints for malicious and

Passware Kit 2022 v2 – Password Recovery for bcrypt Hashes and OpenCL Acceleration on macOS

13th April 2022

What’s new in Passware Kit 2022 v2: Password recovery for bcrypt hash Passware Kit for Mac with GPU acceleration support QuickBooks 2022 support Windows Hello protectors bypass for Windows 11 OneNote Revision Store support FDE decryption improvements Password recovery for

Register for Webinar: MSAB Frontline Solutions

25th May 202212th April 2022

If we have learnt anything from COVID-19, it is that the risks inherent in having a centralized organizational model can all too easily end up being a single point of failure. Join the MSAB webinar to learn how some UK

2022 Q1 MD-Series Release Note Highlights

12th April 2022

Find out the major features in MD-Series that are supported in Q1 2022. Following versions of the product will be including features released in this Q1. MD-NEXT v1.91.1 – v1.91.3 Supports 182 new models, updated 57 Models. Android Full filesystem extraction

DFIR Consultant Kat Hedley on Finding the History — and Future — of DFIR at Bletchley Park

11th April 2022

Christa: The United Kingdom’s Bletchley Park is world renowned for its codebreakers’ role in shortening World War II by between two and four years, all by cracking codes the Germans used to communicate their plans. This week on the Forensic

Python Scripting for File Filtering With FTK

7th April 2022

This week, we’re combining Python and filtering for some forensic shenanigans on this week’s episode of FTK Feature Focus. Welcome to FTK Feature Focus. I’m Justin Tolman, the director of training over North America here at Exterro. And this week

20 Hidden Gems in Amped FIVE

11th April 20226th April 2022

Amped FIVE is the most trusted software for forensic video analysis and image enhancement for law enforcement, investigations, and intelligence. Here are 20 simple features, hints, and tips that may not be so obvious to you but will work wonders

MSAB Announces the First Major Release for 2022: XRY 10.1, XAMN 7.1 and XEC 7.1

6th April 2022

Full support for Windows 11 across all products and added support for data acquisition from over 41900 device profiles. The new releases of XRY, XAMN and XEC introduce a range of new and improved capabilities designed to help you accelerate

New Free Tool from Magnet Forensics: MAGNET Apple Warrant Return Assistant

6th April 2022

The MAGNET Apple Warrant Return Assistant, a one-click solution to download, decrypt, and decompress Apple warrant returns is available as a free tool. When a cloud service vendor shares a user’s account data based on a warrant return, (e.g., a

Magnet Forensics Awards Scholarships to Help Advance Careers of Digital Investigators

6th April 2022

Magnet Forensics announced it is awarding scholarships to investigators in the U.S., Ireland and Brazil to help them advance their careers in digital investigations. The four recipients of the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Awards will receive training led by highly experienced