Cyber forensics is hard, but it is even harder when servers are hosted in different geographical locations and an investigation needs all localities to cooperate and hand over every part of the data consistently. This is primarily due to privacy laws that each region may apply or carry out in Read more…
One of the hardest things you can do after trying to get a startup or product off the ground is to simply give up and call it a day. After all, you’ve put an awful lot of blood, sweat and tears into it, and you have probably done this for Read more…
So before we begin, let me just tell you that this is a pretty useless thing to do.. But I was playing around with it while waiting for a C++ project to finish compiling, so why not! The code (click here for the Gist): magic = 0x616f-0x414f numbers = [ Read more…
Sometimes you just need to know where that image shown on your desktop is stored! For this, there is a simple but effective line of text you can pop into your terminal. defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE;killall Dock This will render the image’s location pathname and image name over Read more…
In Cyber Forensic there are a vast array of tools that are used throughout most investigations, however, not all jurisdictions allow or even agree to the usage of some of them. This is mainly due to each specific geographical region’s view on their citizens right to privacy. Some of the Read more…
Operating systems (OS) really have come a long way since the very first one was created by General Motors in 1956 (WIHT, 2017) to run on an IBM mainframe. Since then, there have been countless attempts at popularising OS’s and a few companies have truly stood the test of time. Read more…
Operating Systems come in a few competing choices, of which the major players are Apple’s MacOS, Microsoft’s Windows and then the various flavours of Linux, of which most are open sourced while the remainder are proprietary to their vendors. Of the three, Windows is the most dissimilar, with MacOS and Read more…
In digital and cyber forensics, there are three main types of categories when it comes to forensic tooling. They can be considered as: Graphical User Interfaces (GUI’s) Interactive Text-based Consoles Command-line interfaces (CLI’s) Of these, the main competitors are really just GUIs and CLIs as they certainly differentiate most from Read more…
Investigations are not proven in a jurisdiction until a detailed forensic report is created and presented to a judge or jury who can take it to the next level. Presenting digital evidence should be laid out that it is not overly technical in order for all parties to fully understand Read more…
Ever since it has been possible for humans to operate computers, some have used it to perform criminal activities. Part of a cybercriminal’s gameplay is to cover up or otherwise alter digital evidence in one form or another. There are many reasons why cybercriminals may try to alter computer evidence; Read more…