I recently wrote about tools and options people had to analyze computer usage. OS Forensics is a program for Microsoft Windows systems that I would have included in the guide if it had been released back then. The program is a system information gathering software. It is currently offered as a beta version. The developers [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Disk cloning or copying serves several purposes. It can be helpful for users who want to migrate to a larger hard drive for instance, or used for forensic or file recovery purposes as it is usually advised not to work with the original source. You find plenty of disk imaging tools on the Internet, some [...]

Categories: Software

There are times when you need to delete a file…REALLY need to delete a file. Anyone who has been in the business of PCs long enough knows that when you simply delete a file it can be recovered. If someone is clever enough, and has the means, they could recover a file that had been [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Security, Software, Tutorials Basic

The National Software Reference Library has been initially be designed to aid computer forensics experts in the investigation of crimes that involve computers. It basically consists of a list of nearly 40 million files and hashes that are used to alleviate the process of determining evidence by excluding files from the investigation that are found [...]

Categories: Security

The guys of darknet.org.uk have posted a new article that lists the 10 best security live cd distros. Each distribution is introduced in a small paragraph and features links to the distributions homepage.

Categories: Security