«With massive external hard drives and smartphones everywhere, the USB interface continues to be a major channel for data theft and malware infections. For anyone working in digital forensics and incident response, building a solid timeline of when a USB device was plugged in, used, and removed is often essential. Whether you are investigating a […]»

25 February, 2026Oleg Afonin

«The discipline of digital forensics and incident response relies fundamentally on the persistent, systemic traces left by both legitimate users and malicious actors. The Windows Event Log system serves as a primary chronological record of operating system activity, capturing security events, application behaviors, service and driver activity, and user authentication telemetry. Due to the immense […]»

18 February, 2026Oleg Afonin

«The release of the checkm8 exploit was a breakthrough for mobile forensics, finally granting investigators verifiable access to the file systems of various Apple devices. This accessibility established the current “gold standard” for extraction: using the bootloader exploit to access the file system and dump it into a simple tar archive. While convenient, a tar […]»

16 February, 2026Vladimir Katalov