1. 馃 AI-Assisted Forensics (BelkaGPT)

  • New BelkaGPT integration with multi-modal AI analysis
  • Can assist with:
  • Artifact interpretation
  • Case summarization
  • Evidence correlation
  • BelkaGPT Hub allows distributed AI processing across multiple systems (offline) – This is one of the biggest changes in 2025 DFIR workflows

2. 馃攰 Audio & Media Forensics Expansion

  • New audio forensics capabilities
  • Speech recognition
  • Search within audio files
  • Advanced image/video analysis
  • Ability to process large volumes of media automatically

馃憠 Critical for:

  • CSAM investigations
  • Voice evidence
  • Media-heavy cases

3. 馃攼 Improved Decryption & Mobile Extraction

Enhanced support for:

  • MTK decryption
  • Integration with tools like hashcat
  • Advanced mobile acquisition:
  • iOS (checkm8-based, agent-based, keychain extraction)
  • Android (ADB, chipset-based, rooted/physical extraction)
  • Mobile extraction continues to improve against encryption challenges

4. 馃寪 Multi-Source Acquisition (Cloud, RAM, Vehicles, Drones)

Full DFIR coverage:

  • Computers
  • Mobile devices
  • Cloud accounts
  • RAM
  • Vehicles and drones

5. 馃搳 Advanced Analytics (Timeline, Graphs, Correlation)

Built-in features for:

  • Timeline reconstruction
  • Connection graphs
  • Case-wide search
  • Helps identify relationships between:
  • People
  • Devices
  • Events
  • Fraud
  • Organized crime
  • Pattern-of-life analysis

6. 馃 Anti-Forensics Detection & Deep Artifact Analysis

Improved ability to handle:

  • Deleted data recovery
  • Metadata analysis
  • SQLite database parsing
  • Steganography detection
  • Focus is shifting to: hidden, wiped, or manipulated evidence

7. 鈿欙笍 Automation & Large Case Handling

  • Automated workflows:
  • Unattended processing
  • Command-line operation
  • Massive datasets
  • Multi-device investigations
  • Less manual review, more automation

8. 馃摫 Expanded Artifact Support (1,500+ Apps)

  • Supports 1,500+ applications across:
    • Mobile
    • Desktop
  • Constant updates for:
    • messaging apps
    • social media
    • system artifacts
  • Chat analysis
  • App-based evidence

9. 鈽侊笍 Cloud & Remote Acquisition

  • Supports:
  • iCloud
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Social media platforms
  • Remote acquisition of endpoints also supported
  • Corporate investigations
  • Cloud-heavy cases

10. 馃搫 Reporting & Evidence Sharing

  • Built-in reporting engine
  • Portable Evidence Reader for sharing cases
  • Court presentation
  • Collaboration between teams

The biggest shifts in Belkasoft are:

  1. AI-driven analysis (BelkaGPT)
  2. Automation for large-scale data
  3. Expansion into non-traditional sources:
    • vehicles
    • drones
    • cloud
  4. Better handling of encrypted and anti-forensic data
  5. Less manual parsing, more automated intelligence

馃殧 Why This Matters for You – Belkasoft has exciting new features to help your team move forward in 2026:

  • Multi-source investigations (device + cloud + vehicle)
  • Pattern-of-life analysis
  • Automation of large datasets
  • All-in-one investigation + automation + AI layer
  • Automated, AI-assisted, multi-source intelligence platform