Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Is your online data and communication really that safe?
In October 2020 we shared some analysis reporting on "State of Ransomware – Excellent Analysis by Lumu Infographic". Since then we have followed various reports and restatements. It seems people are over-trusting their smartphone and IoT Apps. Somehow there is a belief that all is well with sharing data, images, [...]
X-Ways Forensics, X-Ways Investigator, WinHex 20.3 released
X-Ways Forensics has updated their tools. Some of the changes are: Text Extraction and OCR capabilities OCR can be applied as part of logical searches or indexing to suitable files such as document scans, TIFF, PDF, and JPG files Multiple Languages can be recognized File System Support Compressed data chunks [...]
Do you want to stalk your Customers?
Wrench.AI is a platform that provides personalization through data insights, with a goal of enabling marketing professionals and salespeople to save time and energy. The process is to parse data that is publicly available and try to match preferences, likes, and interests. Hence, marketing teams can focus more accurately on [...]
UPDATED 10-AUG-2021 / Urgent Update: MS-Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability
Point and Print Default Behavior Change - from the MSRC Team 10-AUG-2021: "Our investigation into several vulnerabilities collectively referred to as “PrintNightmare” has determined that the default behavior of Point and Print does not provide customers with the level of security required to protect against potential attacks. Today, we are [...]
Visual NAND Reconstructor 5.0 is now AI-Powered
The new VNR 5.0 software comes with a new cutting edge AI-powered solution for automatic XOR key synthesis and data descrambling in flash devices! Read the chip, find ECC and page structure, then launch XOR key synthesis. The XOR key doesn’t have to be supported in our database, the whole [...]
How are banks deploying biometrics and identity document scanning functions, and are they secure?
Consumers’ desire for digital banking is currently going unmet by most financial institutions (FIs), however, with only 45 percent of those in the U.S. and the U.K. offering some form of digital account opening. 49 percent of Americans say they would be happy never to set foot in a bank [...]
Digital Intelligence PCIe SSD Write-Blocking Kit
The Digital Intelligence USB 3.1 - PCIe write blocker kit is used to create forensically sound images of PCIe connected NVMe M.2 and U.2 SSD storage drives. This imaging device is sold as a kit only and includes all components necessary to quickly and efficiently image M.2 and U.2 SSD's. [...]
Companies that pay the ransom for ransomware attacks are likely to be attacked again!
New research from endpoint security vendor Cybereason examined the short- and long-term effects of ransomware in a survey of 1,263 infosec professionals from the U.S., United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, United Arab Emirates and Singapore. One of the most significant findings was that 80% of organizations that paid a ransom [...]
Amazon Sidewalk-enabled devices are connecting everyone to you!
Yes folks, it is true. Amazon is going to provide you with a range of experiences from helping find pets or valuables, to smart security and lighting, to diagnostics for appliances and tools. Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor [...]
Advanced Windows Forensic Field Kit – Desktop Triage
Desktop Triage is an on-site collection tool of over 35+ key Windows artifacts in just a few minutes, including security, application, and other related event logs. For registry category, we have all the essential ones (Prefetch, Shellbags, RecentFile, UserAssist, etc.) Acquire critical files and pack them to a zip as [...]