The Difference Between The Device and Volume Serial Numbers on a USB Device A USB device normally contains 2 unique serial number identifiers, a device serial number and a volume serial number. The device serial number is embedded within the firmware of the device and is only visible from an examination of the device itself, […]
What is the DNS Domain Name System?
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a naming system for devices connected to a network, including the Internet. The DNS translates names to the IP addresses needed to identify computers, servers and other devices and services. It means that, instead of needing to remember the IP address that contains a website, the user only needs to know the […]
Vehicle Forensics – Murder of Gerald Corrigan
Vehicle Forensic Evidence in the Investigation of the Murder of Gerald Corrigan Gerald Corrigan, 74, and Marie Bailey were at home on Anglesey, North Wales on the night of 18th April 2019. Marie had gone to bed early and left Gerald watching TV. At around 0030 hrs the TV lost it’s signal and so Gerald […]
End-To-End Encryption Explained
What is End-to-End Encryption End-to-end encryption provides a system of communication that permits only the sender and the recipient of a message from reading the content of it. In order to decrpyt the messages requires a cryptographic key that is automatically held by the sender and the recipient involved in the discussion and no one […]
iPhone Photodata Thumbnails
When an image is stored to an Apple iOS device, including an iPhone, iPad or iPod, it is stored within a folder named DCIM (Digital Camera IMages). Images can also be stored to this folder automatically by applications, such as WhatsApp. When images are stored to the DCIM folder and the folder is browsed by […]
