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Virtual Hard Disk Image Format – A Forensic Overview

by Anil Kumar Types of Virtual Hard Disk Image Format The hard disk of a VM is implemented as the files, which live on their native file systems of the host machine. MS Virtual PC & MS Virtual Server support

Forensic Analysis Of Third Party Applications: Instagram

by Nor Zarina Binti Zainal Abidin Abstract Forensic analysis of mobile phones’ third party applications is a new area that needs to be explored. There are a lot of third party applications available in App store. Mobile forensic software tools

The Future of Mobile Forensics: November 2015 Follow-Up

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov Mobile forensics is a moving target. In our recent article, “The Future of Mobile Forensics”, we described acquisition techniques that used to be state-of-the art back then. Weeks later, some things had changed

Countering Anti-Forensic Efforts – Part 2

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 In the first part of this paper we talked about the most common – and also some of the simplest – ways suspects can try to cover their tracks

Windows 8 Touch Keyboard Forensics

Microsoft released Windows 8 in 2012. With this new version, Microsoft made a fundamental shift in Windows 8 as compare to older versions of Windows. It does not only target netbooks, laptops and traditional computers, instead they decided to use

Countering Anti-Forensic Efforts – Part 1

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev & Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 Computer forensic techniques allow investigators to collect evidence from various digital devices. Tools and techniques exist allowing discovery of evidence that is difficult to get, including destroyed, locked,

Linux Timestamps, Oh boy!

Timestamps are critical for analysts; they usually deal with different filesystems and understanding how the file timestamps work on each is crucial to what they do. If you do an online search for linux timestamps, you’ll get ton of information

Standard Processes in Windows 10

by Robin Brocks On the 29th of June, Microsoft announced  the release of Windows 10, so it is time to have a deeper look at this new Operating System from the perspective of an Incident Responder. To make it easier

NAS Forensics Explained

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev & Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 Network Attached Storage (NAS) have a long track history of corporate deployments. Their scaled-down versions (ranging from single-bay to four-drive enclosures) are frequently used at homes and in

Project Spartan Forensics

by James Gratchoff & Guido Kroon, University of Amsterdam Project Spartan is the codename of the new Microsoft Edge browser and successor to its previous, Internet Explorer. This research paper gives insight into the current artefacts that the current development

The Future of Mobile Forensics

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev & Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 Most would agree that the golden age of mobile forensics is over. There is no longer an easy way to get through the passcode in new iOS devices

Acquiring Windows PCs

by Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev and Yuri Gubanov In our previous article, we talked about acquiring tablets running Windows 8 and 8.1. In this publication, we will talk about the acquisition of Windows computers – desktops and laptops. This class

Evidence Acquisition and Analysis from iCloud

by Mattia Epifani & Pasquale Stirparo iCloud iCloud is a free cloud storage and cloud computing service designed by Apple to replace MobileMe. The service allows users to store data (music, pictures, videos, and applications) on remote servers and share

Capturing RAM Dumps and Imaging eMMC Storage on Windows Tablets

Oleg Afonin, Danil Nikolaev, Yuri Gubanov © Belkasoft Research 2015 While Windows desktops and laptops are relatively easy to acquire, the same cannot be said about portable Windows devices such as tablets and convertibles (devices with detachable keyboards). Having no

Electronic Voiceprints: The Crime Solving Power of Biometric Forensics

By Jared Stern Fingerprinting has been used for years to determine the individuality of a person. But, newer technology allows investigators to capture a person’s voice, a so-called “voiceprint.” Sometimes, a person’s voice is the only clue that police and