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7th August 2025

The Balance Between Digital Forensic Examiners And Digital Evidence Technicians: Expertise Vs. Efficiency

Can digital forensic labs cut backlogs without cutting corners? Debbie Garner explores how tiered workflows using both examiners and technicians can strike the right balance....

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Forensic Focus Digest, August 08 2025

8th August 2025

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore the balance between expertise and efficiency in digital forensics, tackle the challenges of multi-jurisdictional investigations, and learn how transforming organisational culture can improve mental health in the field....read more

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More Than Software: Amped Training Teaches You The Science Of Forensic Video And Image Analysis

7th August 2025

Push past button-clicking—Amped Software training teaches the science behind forensic video analysis....read more

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 06 2025

6th August 2025

Read the latest DFIR news – starting a digital forensic business, Hashcat v7.0.0, GenAI incident response guidance, cross-border investigation challenges, and more....read more

Amped Replay Update 16856 With Spotlight, Project Files Import/Export And Descriptions For Bookmarks

10th June 2020

Amped Software is happy to announce yet another update to Amped Replay, a universal video player for investigators, frontline officers, first responders, security personnel, and CCTV operators to conduct a quick first-level analysis of their video, with easy conversion, quick

Oxygen Forensics Adds Time Saving Features In New Release

10th June 2020

Oxygen Forensics, a global leader in digital forensics for law enforcement, federal, and corporate clients, announced today the release of Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.12.5. This release introduces features that will increase efficiency by implementing alternative solutions for law enforcement and

Register For Webinar: Thwarting Mac T-2 Encryption & SIP With AXIOM Cyber Remote Acquisition

10th June 2020

MacOS has created roadblocks for examiners for years. Investigators must contend with not only hardware-based encryption like the T-2 chip, to System Integrity Protection (SIP), which prevented disk and write access to specific directories across the Mac. Now with macOS

How to Identify Small Differences Between Two Times In A Video Using Amped FIVE

10th June 20209th June 2020

by David Spreadborough, Amped Software To help in setting the scene, let me tell you a story. A young guy decided to steal a charity box from a post office. The theft itself could not be seen on the video,

Digital Video Source Authentication: Groundbreaking Insights Into Digital Video Evidence

13th August 20208th June 2020

by Brandon Epstein, Walter Bruehs, Bertram Lyons, and Dan Fischer Video evidence is prolific in modern criminal investigations, and cell-phone video is one of the most prevalent ways video is captured [1]. While these silent witnesses can provide excellent investigative

Secure Your Digital Evidence Automatically From Telegram With XRY Photon

5th June 2020

New XRY 9.0.2 now released – with support for a brand new app in Photon Auto, plus added support for Samsung Galaxy S, A & J series with Exynos chipsets and support for newer Spreadtrum chipsets. TRY XRY FREE FOR

Magnet AXIOM 4.1 Is Here To Help You Get To The Evidence Faster And With More Efficiency

2nd June 2020

Magnet Forensics is continuing to build on the significant progress of Magnet AXIOM 4.0 and Magnet AXIOM Cyber 4.0 with Magnet AXIOM 4.1 and Magnet AXIOM Cyber 4.1! Find out below how AXIOM 4.1 will let you get to the

Following Up: When Digital Forensics Vendors Hire Research Talent, Where Does It Leave Research?

8th June 20201st June 2020

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus When we published our March opinion piece, “When Digital Forensics Vendors Hire Research Talent, Where Does It Leave Research?” the reaction on Twitter — mostly from vendor representatives themselves — was swift and strong. While

AccessData Announces New Versions Of AccessData’s FTK® And AD Lab That Deliver Expanded And Enhanced Internet And Mobile Analysis

24th January 202529th May 2020

AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated digital forensics and e-discovery software, recently announced the release of FTK® and AD Lab 7.3, new versions of the company’s digital forensics software solutions that feature enhancements that make it easier for users

Upcoming Webinar: Trust But Verify: Digital Artifact Edition

29th May 2020

How to make sure you’re telling the whole truth using supporting evidence in an investigation. Revealing the truth is our job as forensic analysts. Artifact parsing, in its efficiency, is helpful, but has the potential to steer us down the wrong

New Version Of AccessData’s AD Enterprise Expands Remote Data Collection Capabilities From Mac Operating Systems

27th May 2020

AccessData Group today announced the release of AD Enterprise 7.3, a new version of its software for managing internal forensic investigations and post-breach analysis that contains first-to-market remote Mac® agent deployment. The new version expands remote data collection capabilities to

Illicit Image Investigations Part One: Making The World A Safer Place

16th October 202126th May 2020

Keith: Hey, this is Keith Lockhart from oxygen forensics training. I have Amanda Mahan with me from our team. Welcome to a series of webinars about making the world a safer place. So our first in the series is using

Forensic Focus Legal Update: The COVID-19 Edition

22nd February 202325th May 2020

When employers worldwide instituted remote-work policies to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the impact to entire criminal justice systems — from law enforcement to evidence processing through the courts — was profound. Digital evidence examiners in

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

25th May 202025th May 2020

Welcome to this month’s round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Can you contribute to this study of language in digital forensics? Can you help this member with a LNK file question? Forum members discuss processing times in

Live Virtual BlackBag Forensic Workshops Dive into Digital Investigations for Windows & Mac

25th May 202021st May 2020

Join BlackBag for an upcoming virtual forensic workshop where attendees will learn digital investigation techniques for Mac and Windows. During this session, forensic analysts will be showing you the new triage features within MacQuisition 2020 R1 and the ability to

Breaking The Cycle: How Police Forces Can Eliminate Device Backlogs

25th May 202020th May 2020

Written by Paul Slater, Robert Savage Following a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests the UK’s “The Times” newspaper published a story reporting that the 12,000 digital device backlog faced by UK Police in 2019 remains unchanged in 2020.