how public vpn service providers avoid being liable for illegal activity of their customers [migrated]

There are tons of VPN service providers that allow VPN connections for some little amount like 5-15$ per month. Imagine a malicious person using some of these services to hide his cyber-criminal activities. Say, he hacked a website resulti… Continue reading how public vpn service providers avoid being liable for illegal activity of their customers [migrated]

Can Cellebrite be used to access any phone by the government? What is the point of encryption if they can get into any phone?

I’m currently studying forensics, and one thing that keeps coming up is the authorities breaking into phones.
There are several third party tools they can use, but one of the most popular is ‘Cellebrite’.
My understanding of this device wa… Continue reading Can Cellebrite be used to access any phone by the government? What is the point of encryption if they can get into any phone?

New forensic tech may nab criminals by the look of their shoes

Although most of our clothes fold and crease with our bodies as we move, our shoes maintain the same shape and appearance pretty much all the time. With that fact in mind, scientists are now developing a method of catching criminals via shoe ID.Continu… Continue reading New forensic tech may nab criminals by the look of their shoes

Decomposed bodies found at home are on the rise in England and Wales

Despite overall improved mortality rates, the number of people found at home so decomposed that it is impossible to determine their cause of death is on the rise in parts of the UK. A new study led by University of Oxford researchers tries to parse the… Continue reading Decomposed bodies found at home are on the rise in England and Wales

New DNA tech uses a single cat hair to hone in on crime suspects

Lending new meaning to the phrase ‘cat burglar’, a single feline hair left at a crime scene can be traced back to an individual animal through a new method that can highlight a unique, rare genetic ‘fingerprint’.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: U… Continue reading New DNA tech uses a single cat hair to hone in on crime suspects

How to acquire memory from a Macbook running on Apple silicon chip? [closed]

One part of incident response is acquiring memory from the affected device. How can this be done on a Mac running on an Apple silicon chip (M1/M2)?
I’ve found some dated articles about it, but they all seem to talk about the Intel era, and… Continue reading How to acquire memory from a Macbook running on Apple silicon chip? [closed]