Web browsers are widely used to access different online platforms and services. Digital investigations pertaining to criminal cases, cybersecurity incidents, or other illicit actions require important insights into people’s online behaviour, which can be obtained through the analysis of browser artifacts. Cookies, cache files, downloaded files, and browsing histories are ...
Do disk forensics approaches such as block-level analysis apply to solid-state devices and flash drives? Flash drives completely eliminate the concept of a block or any rotating portion, so what happens now? Do your delete, erase, wipe, and format concepts continue to function similarly? So on and so forth.Do your ...
Mobile Acquisition Possibilities Mobile devices provide a variety of possible acquisition opportunities. The capacity to collect a specific sort of acquisition will be determined by the mobile device’s make/model/operating system, as well as the lab’s accessible instruments. The mobile acquisitions include Full File System, Physical, Logical, After First Unlock (AFU), ...
Error deleting is never safe. In a file system, deleting a file just deletes the file’s entry (pointer) from the file index. Consequently, the actual data is still present on the disk and is simply retrievable with the use of a simple data recovery program. Thus, before discarding, donating, or ...
The name USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. A “bus” is a circuit link that transfers data or power between components in an electronic system. A “serial” bus sends data one bit at a time via a single wire. USB is an engineering standard that specifies the connectors and cables ...
Introduction The demand for professionals with expertise in digital forensics is growing as technology is used more and more. The field of digital forensics involves the collection, preservation, and analysis of electronic data in order to investigate and thwart criminality. This field is crucial and requires a certain set of ...
A VPN (or Virtual Private Network) is a technology that was primarily developed to serve businesses. Its major function was to provide secure, cost-effective, and flexible solutions to safeguard corporate networks. It made work tools and data accessible to employees while restricting access to everyone else. Rather than depending on ...
A Driver A group of files that enable one or more hardware devices to communicate with the computer’s operating system. Without drivers, the computer would not be able to send and receive data correctly to hardware devices, such as a printer. A Message Digest Algorithm 5 (MD5) Hash An algorithm ...
Introduction Cold case investigations, which were formerly confined to historical archives of unsolved mysteries, have gained fresh hope and energy as a result of recent technical advances. These once-dormant cases are being revitalized by modern tools and methodologies, reviving the pursuit of justice. The collaboration of forensic science, technological advancement, ...