Forensic Focus

News

2nd October 2026

Block Hash Scan: Illegal File Triage Completed On Site

See how MD-LIVE’s Block Hash Scan helps investigators identify known target files on-site without reading every file in full, and what a zero-detection result really means....

Today's headlines 2 Oct 2026

More news →

News

Forensic Focus Digest, October 02 2026

2nd October 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the biggest challenges in mobile forensics with Magnet Forensics, discover faster investigative workflows with Cellebrite Genesis, meet Radim Motycka, founder of Proofsnap, and more....read more

News

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 Decrypts Samsung Galaxy Watch

1st October 2026

Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v5 expands mobile forensics with Samsung Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 passcode recovery and data extraction, new Samsung and Unisoc device support, Enpass for Android decryption, and faster workflows with immediate passcode recovery....read more

News

Trust Is Not A Feature. It Is The Foundation.

1st October 2026

Discover what agencies should expect from a digital forensics partner and how MSAB puts transparency, accountability and long-term commitment at the heart of its work....read more

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

eDiscovery Investigations in the Age of Remote Work

5th April 2022

Julia O’Shea: Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining today’s webinar: eDiscovery Investigations in the Age of Remote Work. My name is Julia O’Shea and I’m a Product Marketing Manager here at Cellebrite. Now I’d like to introduce our speakers today: Derrick

Authors Graeme Horsman and Brett Shavers on Defining Digital Forensics Expertise

4th April 2022

Christa: Who is the digital forensic expert and what is their expertise? That’s the question posed in a new paper. Published at WIREs Forensic Fcience, the paper explores the concept of a digital forensic expert witness, while also considering whether

MSAB’s Simon Crawley on the Importance of Frontline Forensics

28th March 2022

Christa: Time is of the essence when field extractions of mobile devices are needed, but so are forensically sound extractions as strong links along the chain of custody. Today the Forensic Focus podcast welcomes Simon Crawley, a senior consultant with

Magnet Forensics Survey Shows Enterprises Expect to Make Major Investments in Digital Forensics

25th March 2022

Ransomware was identified as the most frequent threat and only 13 per cent of respondents were able to avoid paying a ransom after an attack. Magnet Forensics today announced the release of the IDC eBook, 2022 State of Enterprise DFIR.

Forging Trust in Digital Forensics as Technology Evolves

24th March 2022

A person holding a tablet with brightly lit icons representing law, trust, compliance

February’s publications continued a trending topic in recent research: establishing reliability in forensic science as a whole, and digital forensics particularly. Even as some works explored the decryption of encrypted data, and the use of “hacked” data from encrypted devices,

Leveraging Intel DCI for Memory Forensics

22nd March 2022

A small circuit board is connected to a larger circuit board via cabling

Hello, and welcome to my DFRWS US 2021 talk about leveraging Intel DCI for memory forensics. My name is Tobias Latzo and I’m in the security research group of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, which is led by Felix