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In working with various Law Enforcement agencies, we have recently learned of investigators having issues acquiring certain LG smartphone models. A specific LG driver is...

BlackLight 2016 R1 includes many powerful new features to assist in conducting MS Windows system examinations. These features can have a crucial impact on digital...

As part of out newest 2016 R1 release, BlackLight now has support for performing Windows memory analysis. In light of this arguably underutilized type of...

BlackLight parses out dates and times of iMessages and SMS messages, showing each message’s date sent, and perhaps date read and/or date delivered, depending on...

As has been previously noted, the BlackBag blog team is composed of several ex-law enforcement professionals with a dedication to sharing their knowledge with fellow...

FileVault is Apple’s "Full Disk Encryption" utility. When enabled, the contents of the entire HFS+ (Mac OS X) volume is encrypted with 256-bit encryption. The...

With Apple integrating numerous services between iOS and OS X devices, knowing that a user has an iCloud account can be invaluable in an investigation....

Shellbags are a set of registry keys that provide retention functionality with regards to Windows Explorer and a system user's activity. Shellbags essentially record when a...

What time is it? The time is 3442503385. This number makes sense to our startup chiming Mac machinery (it is a Mac OS timestamp), but we’ve...

In part one of this blog series, we covered ways a Mac forensic examiner may view .plist files using both Apple and third-party tools. Part...