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I used a virtual machine (Windows host/Linux mint guest) to store some very sensitive and private data (it shouldn’t be uncovered by state-level actors). Today I decided to check how much deleted files can be recovered from my host system … Continue reading How can data from VirtualBox leak to the host and how to avoid it?
Sometimes I come across tools like DroidKit which promise to recover your data from Android phone without root. I do not understand, how they obtain raw binary access to internal storage over USB only. Or is it just a marketing trick when … Continue reading How do Android data recovery tools work without root? [migrated]
My old 2TB SCSI External HDD has died. There was a clicking sound when I tried to mount it. I was able to recover the important data, so the issue is mostly to do with if this journalctl entry looks like it’s dead and irretrievably so?
Mar… Continue reading Does this journalctl log look like my SCSI HDD is well and truly dead?
I’m using Mac OS Ventura.
Got a 128GB SSD using APFS.
I deleted a pdf from the Trash about a month ago.
I used a trial of EaseUS and it was able to recover the file.
However, I couldn’t download as it was trial software.
There was a previe… Continue reading Recover deleted file that was already overwritten [migrated]
I am studying information security, I have a question that I need help with.
Which of the following storage options would give the organization the
best chance of recovering data?
A. Encrypted physical copies of the data and their encrypt… Continue reading Storage options would give the organization the best chance of recovering data
I’m just wondering from a security stand point if a deleted file on an SSD with trim enabled can be recovered? I’ve did some research and it would seem it is impossible unless for some reason trim wasn’t called on the deleted file blocks.
… Continue reading Can a deleted file on an SSD with trim enabled be recovered? [duplicate]
yesterday I turned of my long life running Windows machine that uses Bitlocker for years. In the shutdown sequence, windows installed updates.
Today I started my machine and I get asked as usually after my password. I entered this password… Continue reading BitLocker I know my Password but not the recovery key [migrated]
Windows File Recovery is a free command-line utility for recovering… Continue reading How to Use Windows File Recovery to Recover Lost Files
I read "Data Remanence in Semiconductor Devices" by Peter Gutmann, in which it is stated that it is possible to reconstruct the content of an erased SRAM based on changes of properties of the memory cells (thresholds, times).
Doe… Continue reading Data remanence – DDR2
In their 2018 paper "Solid state drive forensics: Where do we stand?", Vieyra et al. discuss recovering deleted data from SSDs.
For their experiments, they wrote large amounts of text to twelve SSDs, then shift-deleted the files,… Continue reading Reasons for recovering small amounts of deleted data from SSDs