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Windows Forensics and Security

By Adrian Leon Mare www.ExpertDataForensics.com The world we live in today is a technologically advanced world. While on one hand, commercialization of IT (Information technology) revolutionized our modern day lifestyle, it has raised a big question mark about the confidentiality

Forensic analysis of the ESE database in Internet Explorer 10

———————————————————— Due to me not being able to reformat our thesis in a good way I strongly suggest you look at the whole paper in PDF format here: http://hh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:635743/FULLTEXT02.pdf /Philip ———————————————————— Forensic analysis of the ESE database in Internet Explorer

WhatsApp – discovering timestamps of deleted messages

ABSTRACT:  This is a procedure for locating and parsing deleted messages timestamps in Android WhatsApp database. I did a little reverse engineering, using the hexadecimal tool of Physical Analyzer (UFED by Cellebrite), of the database of the popular messaging app

Man In The Middle Attack: Forensics

Yes, that’s right! Mr. Upset did not post ‘I am hating my new job’ as it appears in Figure 2, instead he wrote ‘I am loving my new job’. Then how did it happen and who did it? This article

Extracting Evidence from Destroyed Skype Logs and Cleared SQLite Databases

Summary This article describes common approaches used for the recovery of cleared Skype histories and deleted chat logs, and discusses methods and techniques for recovering evidence from cleared and damaged SQLite databases. Introduction It is difficult to underestimate popularity of

Bitcoin Forensics Part II: The Secret Web Strikes Back

In last week’s post, we talked about Bitcoin, Tor and some of the hidden websites only accessible via Tor, such as Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI on October 1st. Well, just over a month later and

OS X Mavericks Metadata

Apple recently released the newest version of their desktop operating system, Mac OS X Mavericks.  As a free update to all supported Apple desktops and laptops, a wide adoption rate was expected, and in fact it was estimated that within

Bitcoin Forensics – A Journey into the Dark Web

There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st. As many of you already know, Tor is a

Analysis Of iOS Notes App

As part of my third year studying Digital Security,Forensics & Ethical Hacking at GCU, I took part in a group research project to study the artifacts created when using the notes app on an iPad Mini, and if they could

Forensic Software in Child Protection Cases

According to recently released statistics from ICAC, an agency whose aim is to make the internet safer for children, only 2% of reported child protection cases are investigated in the United States each year. Often the media seize every opportunity

ForGe – Computer Forensic Test Image Generator

Introduction Creating test material for computer forensic teaching or tool testing purposes has been a known problem. I encountered the issue in my studies of Computer Forensics at the University of Westminster. We were assigned a task to compare computer

Streamlining Digital Forensics through Google Glass Eyes

The world of digital forensics involves the use of a very diverse array of tools, some highly specialized and technical and others pretty simple, as we all know, and these tools are constantly evolving as the digital landscape itself changes

Cyber Security Challenge in Scotland

Towards the end of August, I was part of the team who were offered to help out and participate at an exciting event held at Glasgow Caledonian University. The event ran over five days with each day varied in content