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15th October 2026

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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Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools

Semantics 21 Is Calling Time On Outdated Investigation Tools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

Register for Webinar: Delivering the DFIR Advantage to the Frontlines

Explore rapid on-scene digital forensics solutions for the Police, Military and Digital Forensics community Deploying ‘usable’ Digital Forensic technology to the frontlines has never been more important as organisations are challenged to do more with less. As the Digital Forensics

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I have been using Oxygen Forensic Detective for almost two years now.  During my time using the software, I have had the occasion to provide inculpatory evidence on numerous cases, some of which rely solely on the digital evidence obtained

Identifying Interception Possibilities for WhatsApp Communication

Hello everybody. My name is Dennis Wijnberg, and together with Dr Nhien-An Le-Khac, I’m presenting about Alternative Methods for WhatsApp interception. This research project was part of my dissertation in partial fulfillment of my Master of Science degree for the

How to Automatically Tag Your Assets During an Investigation

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How many Web Servers, Mail Servers, Domain Controllers, and other critical assets do you have on your network or the network you have been asked to investigate? More often than not, nobody can answer this question quickly and this slows

Register For Webinar: AI Helping Good People Make This World Safer

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Modern devices allow users to store a tremendous amount of data, including thousands of photos and videos. AI is one of the solutions that might significantly facilitate the investigator’s job and reduce the time they spend on manually analyzing significant

Your Car Is Recording: Metadata-Driven Dashcam Analysis System

Hello everyone. Thank you for being at this presentation. My name is Kukheon Lee from Digital Forensic Research Center at Korea University. It is an honor to present. Thank you to the DFRWS committee for inviting us here. My presentation

MD5 Limited Announces the Launch of VFC Version 6

MD5 are excited to announce the launching of  VFC version 6, and as an ongoing commitment to our loyal customer base and the hardship caused by the ongoing pandemic VFC Version 6 is at no extra cost. In this release the

What’s New in XRY 9.6 and XAMN 6.2

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Android File System Extraction With Oxygen Forensic Detective

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Hey everyone, Keith Lockhart here from Oxygen Forensics Training. This video is a short look at the Android file system extractor. This option here in our Android extraction section of our forensic extractor for our devices. So, I’ve got the