Digital forensics

SkypeFreak: A Cross-Platform Skype Forensic tool

This is a small tool that can be used to investigate Skype user accounts stored in your PC. First of all, let's learn how to investigate data manually. This

Securing Cloud-Based Applications with Docker

Introduction to Docker In this article, we'll first introduce Docker and try to explain how it works. After setting the stage, we'll simulate the file upload

Recycle bin forensics

An icon on the Windows desktop represents a directory in which deleted files are temporarily stored. This enables you to retrieve files that you may have acc

Skype Forensics

Skype is an application that enables voice and video calls, instant messaging, file transfers, and screen sharing between users. Millions of people download

Cloud Forensics: An Overview

Introduction When discussing cloud forensics, we're actually talking about the intersection between cloud computing and network forensic analysis. Cloud comp

Forensic Investigation on Windows Machines

Digital forensics is the process of identifying and collecting digital evidence from any medium, while preserving its integrity for examination and reporting

Windows Systems and Artifacts in Digital Forensics: Part III: Prefetch Files

1. Introduction In this article, I'm going to focus on prefetch files, specifically, their characteristics, structure, points of interest in terms of forensi

SIM card forensics: An introduction

The SIM (subscriber identity module) is a fundamental component of cellular phones. It also known as an integrated circuit card (ICC), which is a microcont

Gentoo Hardening: Part 3: Using Checksec

Checksec The checksec.sh file is a Bash script used to verify which PaX security features are enabled. The latest version can be downloaded with the wget com

Gentoo Hardening: Part 2: Introduction to PaX and Grsecurity

Configuring PaX with Grsecurity We've already briefly discussed PaX, but now it's time to describe it in detail. PaX provides the following security enhancem