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Digital Forensics
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Hub ArticleHow to Use ExifTool to Look at Metadata
Today, we’ll discuss a very well known tool written by Phil Harvey. ExifTool is an extensively used tool to look at metadata from various types of files. It supports reading metadata from common file formats such as GPS, image files from many different digital cameras, video files, Microsoft Office files and many more. It’s freely available and can be downloaded from www.exiftool.org.
ArcPoint Forensics · Jun 20, 2022
Hub ArticleUnderstanding Tox Chat
Over the past several years, there has been an evolution in end-to-end encryption (the acronym E2EE for short) messaging services. “WhatsApp”, undoubtably the most popular and most utilized E2EE service in the world (estimated 2 billion users), was acquired by Meta (Facebook) over 7 years ago. Second to “WhatsApp”, the E2EE messaging platform “Telegram” has over 800 million users. It would be safe to deduce that privacy oriented communication has become a staple for the world today.
Keven Hendricks · Apr 18, 2022
Case StudyEnabling ICAC Teams to Protect Children and Fight Exploitation with Detego’s DFIR Technology
Child abuse, exploitation and trafficking are some of the most appalling crimes committed in our society. Unfortunately, the problem is far more significant than most of us realize. In the fiscal year of 2020, the Homeland Security Investigations unit (HSI) arrested more than 3,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the distribution and production of illegal materials, and the trafficking of children.
Detego · Feb 15, 2022
Hub ArticleWorking with Virtual Machines
Throughout the course of investigations, you run into individuals who have all types of technical backgrounds. For times when you have to look at evidence from a more technically savvy user, you may run into virtual machines installed on the machine. Virtual machines are separate instances of an operating system that you can run virtually.
ArcPoint Forensics · Feb 9, 2022
Hub ArticleMedia Files Forensics
The modern Internet is all about media. Suppose you look at any list of the most popular apps. All of them are somehow connected to media: TikTok featuring short videos, Instagram showing you photos, or YouTube, where you can watch films, podcasts and listen to music.
Belkasoft · Nov 11, 2021
Hub ArticleInstalling Autopsy on macOS Big Sur
Many forensic examiners and investigators are used to having resources at their place of employment to work cases. We believe the learning process never stops and no one can be an expert in everything. Therefore we have to use the resources we have at our disposal and when we’re away from work, we may not have the computer forensic towers or dongles needed to run software. Autopsy is an open source forensic software that’s built on the Sleuthkit that is amazing for what it does at its price point (free).
ArcPoint Forensics · Nov 2, 2021
Hub ArticlemacOS Forensic Artifacts
It’s pretty much given that we live in a Windows-centric world. The majority of businesses and individual users out there use Windows machines to get work done. And because of that, it’s safe to say that the majority of incidents and forensic investigations target Windows machines. It leads many digital investigators to be well-versed in Windows forensics and know exactly where key artifacts are. But eventually, we all come across that MacBook Pro or iMac that we need to forensically examine.
ArcPoint Forensics · Oct 13, 2021
Hub ArticleParaben releases a new 3.0 version of the E3 Forensic Platform
Paraben releases a new 3.0 version of the E3 Forensic Platform, the all-in-one solution for digital evidence and data investigations. Paraben’s E3 Platform was the first platform that allowed for a unified investigation of digital data from multiple sources such as computers, smartphones, the cloud, and IoT.
Amber Schroader · Jul 30, 2021