When dealing with mobile phone evidence, it is common to encounter an iPhone and, occasionally, an iPhone can be examined that contains less information or communication on it than you were expecting. The phone may be an older model that contains either limited or only recent call records and messages. On these occasions it is […]

When a compact disc is written using a computer, it is possible to finalise or ‘close’ the disc, so that no further information can be stored to it or the disc can be left ‘open’ so that other files and data can be stored to it at a later date if required. What Happens with […]

Dictionary and Brute Force Attacks A dictionary password attack is when a list of words is used against the password in order to guess it. These lists of words containing likely passwords can even be downloaded from the Internet. A brute force attack is the use of all possible combinations of characters in order to […]

What is Digital Forensics? The term ‘digital’ relates to the examination of computers, phones, memory cards, USB memory sticks, digital cameras and any other type of device that contains digital storage. The ‘forensics’ aspect relates to the method of examination that, where possible, avoids alteration of the information contained on the digital devices so that […]

When you connect your Apple iPhone or iPad to your computer, iTunes automatically starts and you can select to synchronise the device with your PC so that any music, emails, photographs etc that are on one device are transferred to the other. It is also possible to take a full backup of the content of […]