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I am consulting here to find out how the content of a storage device can be erased so that it is not recoverable. When I say, that it is not recoverable, I do not mean that methods that are too paranoid are recommended, but rather, I hope … Continue reading What is the best method to safely erase Flash Drive, Hard Disk and NAND Flash from Smartphone? [duplicate]
Considering how log4shell seems trivial to exploit and the important control level it gives to an attacker, should we wipe everything affected and start over?
For example, we find out that a publicly accessible server in production has log… Continue reading Log4shell – Should affected servers be "nuked from the orbit"?
When performing a factory reset on Android devices, it is my understanding that the pointers to the data located in the SD card are simply erased while the data itself remains intact, waiting for future overwriting.
However, I have recentl… Continue reading Can SD cards on mobile phones and tablets truly be erased?
Usually, when a file is deleted on your computer, it is simply unlinked. The file data is still stored on your disk, there’s just nothing pointing to that spot in the memory, and the OS interprets that block of mem as free and open to be … Continue reading What happens to apps, files, objects in a VM if it gets deleted
When thinking of encrypting a file (also how I implemented it in a program of mine), I think of getting the data of a file, encrypting it, and writing it back into the file (overwriting the file).
But actually, is that the usual way of enc… Continue reading Encrypting file = Overwriting file?
Which heat ensures permanent loss of data on flash memory, in particular, on consumer-grade USB thumb drives (e.g., http://www.amazon.de/dp/B085SXT9FS or http://www.hood.de/0094819941.htm )? How long should be the exposure to that temperat… Continue reading Which temperature ensures permanent erasure of data on flash?
Recently I had been reading up on the wear leveling mechanisms of SSDs and other flash storages.
Given that I purchase and sell a lot of used flash storages no longer needed, I’m wondering if there’s a way to maximise the effect of data sa… Continue reading Would it be viable to sanitize deleted unencrypted data with with encryption afterwards for flash storages? [closed]
An idea I have would be to create a conditional execution that’s looks in it’s most basic form like this:
FaradayStatus = Yes when No signal visible for all RF components (GPS, Cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc…) Even though these RF chips… Continue reading Kill switch for devices placed in Faraday bag/box
Recently my PC fell subject to some malware. The malware is hidden and all the antivirus software can’t find/detect it. The things it has done so far is spyware like, it disabled System Restore from the cloud forcing me to do a local reins… Continue reading How can I wipe an infected SSD
I have a cheap cellphone bought about ten years ago. It has a physical SIM card. I have in-phone "deleted" all sent and received messages, but very strongly suspect that these are still there (as well as any deleted contacts) whe… Continue reading Is there some way to "fully delete" received and sent SMS messages (and any other "deleted" data") on my cellphone?