Digital Evidence Good Practice The ACPO good practice guide for dealing with computer based evidence was first released in the late 1990s. Since then, there have been five iterations; some of the changes include an update in document title. The guide is essential reading for anyone involved in the field of digital forensics. The latest […]
Introduction to Blade® v1.9 We are pleased to announce the release of Blade v1.9. This release of Blade® brings a number of fixes and some great new features. This is the first release of Blade® to have evaluation capabilities which allow the user to test and evaluate our software for 30 days. When Blade™ is installed […]
Introduction One of the growth areas in digital forensics is the use of USB dongles for the licensing of software. Every single practitioner now finds themselves in dongle hell trying to manage a veritable menagerie of tiny USB devices just to enable them to carry out their day-to-day work. Of course, where dongles for core […]
Introduction A frequent question when dealing with browser forensics is ‘Does the Hit Count value mean that the user visited site ‘x’, on ‘y’ occasions?’ Most browsers record a ‘Hit Count’ value in one or more of the files they use to track browser activity, and it is important that an analyst understands any potential […]
Internet Explorer Data As forensic examiners will be aware, Microsoft Internet Explorer stores cached data within randomly assigned folders. This behaviour was designed to prevent Internet data being stored in predictable locations on the local system in order to foil a number of attack types. Prior to the release of Internet Explorer v9.0.2, cookies were […]
Introduction Over the past few weeks, there has been worldwide interest in the trial of Casey Anthony which was held in Orlando, Florida. Anthony was indicted on charges of murder following the discovery of the body of her daughter Caylee Marie Anthony in 2008. On Tuesday 5th July 2011, the jury returned a not guilty verdict […]
Introduction Safari is a web browser developed by Apple and is included as part of the Apple Macintosh OS X operating system. It has been the default browser on all Apple computers since Mac OS X version 10.3 Panther and its first public release was in 2003. Safari is currently at major version 5 released […]
Introduction to Userdata Internet Explorer 8+ user data persistence is a function which allows online forms to save a small file to the system with information about values entered in a particular form. This allows the user to retrieve a half filled web based form when they revisit. Persistence creates new opportunities for website authors. Information […]
Introduction to Blade® v1.8 This release of Blade has a number of new features and improvements. We have added 8 new Data Recovery Profiles to the Global Recovery Database, as well as releasing some new Professional Modules. We have released a new 3GP/MPEG-4/ISO Base Media Format Intelli-Carve® Recovery Profile for the recovery of MP4/3GP video files. […]
Introduction to NetAnalysis® v1.52 Digital Detective is pleased to announce the release of NetAnalysis® v1.52 (and HstEx v3.6). The release of this version has been eagerly awaited, so we are glad to say the wait is finally over. NetAnalysis® v1.52 adds a number of new features and fixes some minor bugs. Some of the major new features released […]
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