Grayshift Co-Founders David Miles, Chief Executive Officer & Braden Thomas, Chief Product Officer

Tell us a little about how Grayshift’s new Android capabilities have built on your iOS access and extraction foundation. What drove the decision to start with the latest Samsung models on the Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets, and how have customers &… Continue reading Grayshift Co-Founders David Miles, Chief Executive Officer & Braden Thomas, Chief Product Officer

Grayshift Accelerates Forensic Access And Extends GrayKey To LG Mobile Devices And MediaTek Chipsets

Grayshift, LLC, a leading provider of mobile device digital forensics, specializing in lawful access and extraction, today announced the latest release of its flagship GrayKey solution, which now supports LG Android phones and introduces several new ca… Continue reading Grayshift Accelerates Forensic Access And Extends GrayKey To LG Mobile Devices And MediaTek Chipsets

Research Roundup: New Tools And Techniques And Ensuring Their Quality

The month of May saw a robust, diverse set of academic papers published. Tools and techniques are as present as ever — focusing that month on Windows 10 and mobile malware — but so are discussions about how to ensure … Read more The … Continue reading Research Roundup: New Tools And Techniques And Ensuring Their Quality

What’s Happening at Techno Security Myrtle Beach: June 6th-9th, 2021

In 2020, as workplaces and schools worldwide shut down to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, many professional conferences followed suit. Some promoted professional development via webinars; others kept a three- to five-day form… Continue reading What’s Happening at Techno Security Myrtle Beach: June 6th-9th, 2021

Industry Roundup: Mobile Field Triage Solutions

The ability to collect digital evidence in the field — away from a forensic laboratory — has long been a need in corporate, private, and law enforcement investigations.

That’s only accelerated over the past decade, as more people’s mobil… Continue reading Industry Roundup: Mobile Field Triage Solutions

NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones

Criminals have found to their cost that reducing a device to a pile of rubble means nothing if the internal chips are still in working order. Continue reading NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones

Leaked Emails Show Cops Trying to Hide Emails About Phone Hacking Tools

Motherboard recently filed public records requests for law enforcement messages in mobile forensic email groups. But cops are trying to avoid giving up their communications, according to other leaked emails. Continue reading Leaked Emails Show Cops Trying to Hide Emails About Phone Hacking Tools

Who’s Down With PTP?

Hello again readers and welcome back! Today’s blog post covers a series of (unfortunate) events that I had to work through in order to acquire data from an LG Aristo phone. These methods might also work for other devices, especially ones that are sever… Continue reading Who’s Down With PTP?

The company known for cracking iPhones is making tons of money

Cellebrite, the Israeli company known for hacking into smartphones on behalf of governments, is making more money than ever. On the back of newly achieved breakthroughs against Samsung Galaxy S phones and LG products, the company announced record-high revenue for 2017 at a 38 percent jump over the same time last period. Cellebrite’s customers’ commitment to spending money — known as “booking” — grew 65 percent over 2016, an indication that the company will continue to grow. Cellebrite has a few different lines of business, but all fall under the auspices of “digital intelligence.” Most famously, the company specializes is cracking open smartphones and extracting every last byte of data. They sell that to corporations, militaries and governments with interests in gathering and understanding mobile data. In a statement on Monday, CEO Yossi Carmil announced Cellebrite added 100 new employees in the last quarter, established a new operation in Australia and began offering forensics tools […]

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