Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog

Worthless Security Practices by Oleg Afonin

Many security practices still widely accepted today are things of the past. Many of them made sense at the time of short passwords and unrestricted access to workplaces, while some were learned from TV shows with “Russian hackers” breaking Pentagon. In this article we’ll sort it out. While your password [...]

X-Ways Forensics, X-Ways Investigator, WinHex 20.4 released

What's new in v20.4? (please note that most changes affect X-Ways Forensics only) Mention this blog and get a discount on Certified X-Ways Forensics Training by H-11 Digital Forensics. * Support has been added for the QNX file system as commonly found in current car entertainment systems. X-Ways Forensics, if [...]

Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware

Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent further abuse and harm to its users, Apple is also [...]

How one Utah school district is taking steps to address the digital divide

Technology plays a massive role in our lives, something that has been more evident than ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, not everyone is able to rely on technology, or even have access to it. Lack of access to high-speed internet or broadband is a human rights [...]

AirTag Tracker – Is there a Hacking Risk?

The Apple AirTag is a small tracking device, designed to help you find your lost keys or wallets. But to extend the reach beyond just your phone’s wireless range, the AirTag can communicate with a network of Apple products to help get tags (which are presumably attached to something more [...]

Magnet Forensics releases new update for AXIOM

Magnet Forensics releases a new version of AXIOM. Version 5.7.0.27176 , released on 2021-11-15 provides many new features and updates. Artifacts BEAM Wallet | iOS and Android: Added support for recovering information about transactions and addresses from BEAM Wallet. Coinbase | iOS and Android: Added support for recovering transactions, addresses, [...]

Tesla Car Crash Evidence Recovered

DriveSavers recovers evidence to show customer was not at fault. Learn how we can help you recover data from your car's computer and from your smartphone and devices. Protect yourself and your loved ones. Get the evidence you need to help win your case. Excellent video on our partner DriveSavers. [...]

F-Response 8.3.1.8 – Updates to Collect, Classic, and Windows 11

New Updates for F-Response (TAC, CE, CE+C, EE, UNIV, COLLECT) Profile Collection for F-Response Collect An astute user noticed an issue with how Collect profile images resumed and brought it to our attention. A reasonably simple solution to address, this correction allows F-Response Collect to better resume profile collections, and [...]

Institute for Cyber Security launched at Marshall University

Marshall University officially launched its newly formed Institute for Cyber Security (ICS). “This is a partnership between WVU and others in the federal government to create opportunities in cybersecurity,” said Marshall President Jerome Gilbert. Gilbert said the institute is an academic and research cluster that will support cybersecurity-related programs across [...]

Rusolut VNR – Block Rotation Element for Phison and SanDisk Devices

With VNR 5.1 update, Rusolut introduced a new element – Block Rotation for Phison and Sandisk devices. With this user-friendly Block Rotation element, in almost all Phison and Sandisk cases, you now have a simple way to reverse it. The first question that arises is how to determine if we [...]