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15th October 2026

The Forensic Focus State Of DFIR Survey Is Now Open

Caseloads, AI, tools, hiring and careers: tell us what DFIR work looks like today. About 8 minutes, anonymous, with early access to the report...

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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

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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

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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

I Can Login Without Your Password: Data Acquisition From Web-Based Server Using Credential Attack

1st March 2022

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Hi, I’m Jaehyeok Han from South Korea. I’m going to talk about data acquisition from web based service, without password, and I used credential attack. Before presentation, I’d like to appreciate this opportunity to show our study, following contents I’ve

Register Now For the Next Amped Software Webinars

2nd March 20221st March 2022

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Amped Software is are very excited to share the schedule of the next live webinars that will take place from March to June 2022. In the webinars you’ll have the opportunity to: Get a better knowledge on how to face video evidence challengesGet a

Accuracy of Geolocation Metadata on Pictures Taken Using a Mobile Phone

25th February 2022

Hi, everyone. Thank you DFRWS for having me, and thank you for your interest in this short presentation. These are observations from a little side quest that I had to do within my PhD. Here, let me take away the

Meet the New FTK Family for Modern Forensics

24th February 2022

Holli: Hi everyone. My name is Holli Hagene, welcome to today’s webcast. We’ll get started in just a minute, first I wanted to let you know a few things. All of the lines have been muted to reduce background noise,

Featured Job: Digital Forensic Specialist (London, UK)

24th February 2022

Employer Metropolitan Police Service Location Lambeth, London, UK Salary £43,292 to £47,380 plus a Location allowance of £1,639. You will receive £43,292 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £47,380 will be via incremental progression. Job Description Met

Featured Job: Digital Forensic Technician (London, UK)

24th February 2022

Employer Metropolitan Police Service Location Across London, UK Salary £35,844 to £40,731 plus a Location allowance of £1,639. You will receive £35,844 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £40,731 will be via incremental progression. Job Description This

Featured Job: Digital Forensic Specialist Trainer (London, UK)

24th February 2022

How to Estimate the Speed of a Vehicle with Amped FIVE

23rd February 2022

After intensive development, Amped Software is pleased to start 2022 with the release of a powerful new filter for Amped FIVE: Speed Estimation 2d. Below you can find a step-by-step guide on how to estimate the speed of a vehicle

Using Micro-Services and Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Images in Criminal Evidences

22nd February 2022

Hi everyone. My name is Gabriel Souza, and now I will present a paper to the Digital Forensic Workshop USA, and the article is entitled “Using Micro-Services and Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Images in Criminal Evidences.” So, this work has

Binalyze Secures $10.4 Million in Seed Funding to Develop Its Real-Time Enterprise Forensics Platform

22nd February 2022

Binalyze enables enterprises to respond to cyber breaches in real time, which dramatically speeds up investigations and remediation; this funding will expand the platform’s capabilities Estonia, 25 January 2022 – Binalyze, the Enterprise Forensics platform which enables enterprises to respond

Ali Hadi and Jessica Hyde on Accessible, Affordable Digital Forensics Training

21st February 2022

Christa: As cyber crimes and incidents rise, so does the need for well prepared, professional, digital forensics and incident response practitioners. However, while there’s no shortage of digital forensics training and education, whether it’s accessible enough and addresses enough of

Passware Kit Mobile Now Supports iOS 15.3 and Exports Data as DAR Archives

21st February 2022

Passware has released Passware Kit Mobile 2022.2.1 with support for iOS 15.3 and an option to save acquired file systems as DAR archives. This allows computer forensics to seamlessly analyze the mobile data decrypted and extracted by the Passware Kit

Forensic Analysis Of Xiaomi IoT Ecosystem

18th February 2022

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Good evening. My name is Evangelos Dragonas and today we’ll talk about the Forensic Analysis of Xiaomi IoT Ecosystem. Before I begin, let me introduce myself. I live in Greece where I work as a digital forensics examiner. Currently I

Oxygen Forensic Detective 14.3 Supports Kirin 985 Chipset and WhatsApp QR Multi-Device Cloud Service

18th February 2022

We are delighted to introduce the latest update of our flagship software, Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.14.3! This version introduces support for a new Kirin 985 chipset, full file system extraction of iOS 15 devices, import of Google Takeout data, support

Remote Mobile Collection for Corporate Investigations

17th February 2022

Julie: Hi everyone! Thanks for joining today’s webinar: remote mobile collections for corporate investigations. My name is Julie O’Shea, and I’m a product marketing manager here at Cellebrite. Now, I’d like to introduce our speaker today: Ashley Hernandez. Ashley is

How Detego helped Nebraska State Patrol’s Special Operations Division Minimise Backlogs and Speed Up Investigations

7th October 202216th February 2022

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The Background Protecting residents since 1937, Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is a police agency covering 77,000 square miles with 400 sworn officers serving a population of more than 1.9 million. NSP’s Special Operations Division, The Nebraska State Patrol Technical Crimes