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15th October 2026

The Forensic Focus State Of DFIR Survey Is Now Open

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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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

Behavioral-Based Forensics and Investigation Approach for Analyzing Attacks on Water Plants Using GANs

1st February 2022

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Hello. My name is Nataliia Neshenko. I am a PhD candidate in Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering & Computer Science working with Professor Fuhrt and in collaboration with Professor Bou-Harb from the University of Texas in San Antonio. Today,

Is More Efficient, Accessible Memory Forensics Possible?

31st January 2022

Christa: Memory forensics is a mainstay of incident response. Its relevance and necessity only growing with time, as encryption technology has become more integrated, especially in consumer devices. Yet memory forensics is neither intuitive nor simple. Looking to change that

Seance: Forensic Divination

28th January 2022

Hi everybody, my name is Ryan Maggio. I am a recent graduate from the Louisiana State University and today I’m going to be presenting a project called Seance that was worked on by myself, Andrew Case, Aisha Ali-Gombe and Golden

Detego Global’s Trevor Wooding on Investigative Challenges and How Detego’s Products Help Overcome Them

27th January 2022

Forensic Focus talks to Trevor Wooding, Detego’s Digital Forensics Consultant and Technical Director about his experience in lab-based investigations and training, the challenges faced by investigators, and how Detego keeps evolving their products to give customers an edge in the

What Do Incident Response Practitioners Need To Know? A Skillmap for the Years Ahead

26th January 2022

Okay, good afternoon. My name is Radek Hranincký. I’m currently finishing my PhD at Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic. And together with my colleagues from different corners of Europe, we made this paper called “What do incident

Register For Webinar: Grayshift Insights

25th May 202225th January 2022

As some of you may know, Grayshift recently celebrated its five-year anniversary. Since our inception, we have seen incredible growth with Graykey, which is now in use by over 1,000 law enforcement agencies and continues to be adopted globally. We are

Lecturer Jade James on Her DFIR Career Transition From Lab to Academia

24th January 2022

Christa: Among the many decisions a digital forensics professional will make in their career, whether to pursue a graduate degree is among the biggest. Costs in time, and sometimes money, factor in, as well as how a degree could shape your future.

Year In Review: 2021 MD-Series Product Highlights

24th January 2022

Go check how MD-Series got new and improved features in 2021. If you want to read the full version of 2021 Release Note Highlights, visit our blog at the link below. MD-NEXT v1.89.13-v1.90.17 Supports 1,500 new models and updated 261 models. Supports 66 downgrade apps MD-RED

Coffee Forensics: Reconstructing Data in IoT Devices Running Contiki OS

21st January 2022

Hi, my name is Jens-Petter Sandvik and I’m a PhD student at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU for short). In addition to trying to finish a PhD, I’m working for the Norwegian police in the national cyber crime

How Detego Helped Airport-Based Counterterrorism Units Speed Up Investigations With Rapid Data Extraction and Triage Tools

7th October 202220th January 2022

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The Background Detego’s client* is one of the busiest airports in London and handles close to 30 million passengers each year. Used by a large number of the region’s budget airlines, the airport facilitates travel to over 200 destinations in

NICE and Magnet Forensics Partner to Digitally Transform Police Case Building and Investigations

20th January 2022

Integration of companies’ technologies will enable police agencies to automatically merge digital forensic evidence from Magnet REVIEW with other digital evidence in NICE Investigate to streamline case building NICE and Magnet Forensics today announced a partnership to digitally transform police

John Graham, Director of Sales and Business Development, Atola Technology

19th January 2022

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John, you will soon be celebrating your 10-year anniversary of working for Atola Technology. Tell us how the company has changed since you joined. Atola has grown incredibly since I started, from just a few people to now teams in

Time Well Spent: Precision Timing, Monotonic Clocks, and the PowerLogs Database for iOS

18th January 2022

Hello, and welcome to our talk on Time Well-Spent: Precision Timing, Monotonic Clocks, and the PowerLogs Database for iOS. As you might’ve guessed, we both work for Magnet Forensics, and this is the story of our research journey through PowerLogs

Passware Kit 2022 v1: Full Support for Windows 11, macOS Monterey, and Acronis Backup Passwords

18th January 2022

Passware Kit 2022 v1 fully supports the latest OS releases: Windows 11 and macOS Monterey, including BitLocker and APFS decryption, extraction of SAM passwords, and password recovery for Keychain files. We are continually expanding the range of file types and

How Human Factors Confound and Enrich Digital Forensics: The November-December Research Roundup

17th January 2022

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Human complexity lies at the heart of so much of digital forensics – both the artifacts that offer insights into people’s motives, means, and opportunity to commit wrongdoing, and the investigations that reveal them. Our research roundup for the end

Amped Software Interviews Dr. Cecilia Pasquini (University of Trento) About Deepfakes

18th January 202217th January 2022

Deepfakes and computer-generated images have been around for a few years now, and they’ve become quite popular. Amped Software has recently authored an article in the Evidence Technology Magazine about the challenging task of dealing with deepfakes. Much like it happens for cryptography-vs-cryptanalysis,