As Halloween comes around every October, most people think of trick-or-treaters, zombies, and witches. But at DriveSavers Data Recovery, Halloween comes to mind nearly every day. We specialize in “raising data from the dead.” In this case, “the dead” is data from physically damaged or mechanically challenged computer hard drives,…
By John Ahearne, Forensic Analyst, and Bob Mehr, Sr. Legal Services Advisor Apple confirmed on June 14 that a security feature announced at the June 4th Worldwide Developers Conference, called USB Restricted Mode, will come standard with the upcoming iOS 12 operating system for iPhone and iPad smart devices. This…
By John Ahearne, Forensic Analyst This article is part of a series that delves into each step of the digital forensic process. If you missed one of the previous articles, you can read them at the links below: Digital Forensic Process—Introduction Digital Forensic Process—Identification Handling Digital Evidence Handling of evidence…
Rene Novoa, DriveSavers Sr. Manager of eDiscovery and Digital Forensics, will be joining Ronen Engler, Cellebrite Sr. Manager of Technology and Innovation, to speak at the Enfuse Conference in Las Vegas. Title: A Primer on Current Android Device Forensics Date/Time: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 11:00AM – 12:00PM Location: Caesars Palace, Las…
Since joining DriveSavers in 2001, Rene has performed data recovery on thousands of storage devices plagued with mechanical failures, physical damage and logical corruption. Over the past 5 years, he has focused his efforts on emerging technology while developing proprietary forensic processes for failed devices. As senior manager of the…
Original article published by Vice Motherboard. By Joseph Cox This is part of a Motherboard mini-series on the proliferation of phone cracking technology, the people behind it, and who is buying it. When cops have a phone to break into, they just might pull a small, laptop-sized device out of a…
In 2013, DriveSavers digital forensic team helped solve the murder of a Texas teen, Shania Gray. Last week, two more events took place to help bring closure for Shania’s family, friends and loved ones. Contributions from the lead prosecutor in the case, now Dallas County Judge Brandon Birmingham, the Balch…
IACP 2016 Conference and Exposition San Diego, CA • October 15–18 Booth #5751 Every year, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition brings together an unmatched educational program, renowned keynote speakers, community-building special events and the largest collection of tactical equipment and technology solutions available…
Chris Bross, Chief Technology Officer at DriveSavers, will be speaking at the SNIA Data Storage Security Summit this year examining the issue of data recovery and data forensics versus data security. Event: Data Storage Security Summit Date: September 22, 2016 Time: …
By Rene Novoa, Manager of eDiscovery and Digital Forensics The recent FBI probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email likely mirrored eDiscovery tactics used by DriveSavers when processing electronically stored information (ESI) and digital evidence for law firms, corporations, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals. As an eDiscovery…
