BlackLight

When Microsoft released Windows 7, a new artifact was released to the forensic world, Jump Lists.  Since that time most examiners have become used to...

How and where the BlackLight case is stored has a direct effect on performance.  Even the fastest workstation will benefit from this simple concept of...

Direct physical access to evidentiary devices is not always feasible, if possible at all. It can require travel and time that examiners simply do not...

Apple has officially discontinued security updates for QuickTime on Windows, which opens the possibility for vulnerabilities. The Zero Day Initiative has already issued advisories for...

In Part 1 of this series, we examined at a very high level the purpose and benefits of memory forensics, and then took a look...

Internet history is a part of most forensic investigations today. Knowing how a user accessed a specific website is, in a lot of cases, just...

For examiners who aren't yet accustomed to using BlackLight every day in their casework, the following question sometimes arises, since the answer is not altogether...

Have you noticed missing Superfetch or Prefetch data when analyzing Windows volumes? There are some legitimate reasons for not seeing Superfetch and Prefetch data.  The...

Here's a common misconception that can lead to some frustration in iPhone and iPad investigations: What is a device's "encrypted backup password?" Is that simply...

In a recent blog entry we highlighted BlackLight's ability to parse and display Volume Shadow Copies (VSCs), one of several new Windows analysis features in...