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How to determine if JPG EXIF data has been changed by "OEM" software (without third party tools)?

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Matthew Peters

I have a JPG and I am analyzing it to determine it’s efficacy. The image metadata clearly indicates that the image was digitized at 15:10:13, Dec 31, 2015 and I need to determine if this date digitized has been altered in any way.

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Can you recover original data from a screenshot that has been ‘blacked out’?

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Matthew Peters

Is there a threat from screenshots with blacked out info? That is can someone take out that aftermarket addition so to speak?

For instance

I take a screenshot (using MS snipper)

Then I ‘blur/blackout’ some info

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Can malware physically damage a hard drive?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Matthew Peters

I recently responded to an incident of supposed malware infection. The symptoms were simply, “My computer freezes at random times.” The response ended with replacement of the physical hard drive and re-imaging the machine.

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