LCD Monitors The majority of computer displays use a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is formed of a number of rows and columns of liquid crystal molecules that are coloured red, green or blue and form a pixel. The LCD is formed of an LCD panel that produces the image, a backlight that illuminates the […]
Microsoft Windows File Encryption Explained
What is Microsoft Windows File Encryption? Windows File Encryption is available within Professional versions of Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 and allows the user to encrypt specific files or folders on their computer. When the file is encrypted, only the user profile that has encrypted it can view the content. The file becomes linked […]
Programming Languages
Assembly Code Assembly language is the lowest level of code and is specific to the processor architecture that it has been written for as well as the BIOS and device drivers and forms a bridge between software and the hardware. Assembly language provides the hardware with instructions to handle operation requests from the operating system […]
Android Artifacts
Where possible a full file system or physical extraction of the device being examined should be taken, this ensures that all potentially relevant data is retrieved from the device as per 2.2.5 of the ACPO Guidelines for Computer Based Evidence, where it states: 2.2.5 This may be a physical / logical block image of the […]
Police Officer – Unauthorised Phone Access
After a 5 day trial, Former Guernsey Police officer, Aaron Cusack was found guilty of intending to pervert the course of justice. During the Trial he admitted to accessing a mobile phone belonging to an alleged rape victim before it was examined by the Digital Forensic Unit. The ex-Detective had previously admitted to 3 counts […]
