Collaborate Disseminate
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
Running hdparm -I /dev/sda on a SanDisk SSD PLUS 1000GB produces this:
not supported: enhanced erase
2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT
What does that mean?
I assume that I could do hdparm –security-erase PWD to securely delete data within two… Continue reading 2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT
Let’s for a moment forget about the possible drawbacks of SEDs themselves. One of the upsides of SEDs is that the encryption key never leaves the drive but wouldn’t using eDrive negate this advantage because the key is also stored in the T… Continue reading Self-encrypting drive – eDrive vs ATA Security
Are the updates signed? Or can anyone make a piece of software to do this?
Continue reading Can you infect a SSD firmware with malware?
The countdown for the first step on humanity’s return to the Moon has begun. The countdown for Artemis 1 started on Saturday morning, and if all goes well, the un-crewed …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 28, 2022
I was watching this DefCon talking about Solid State Drives (SSDs) destroying forensic and data recovery jobs. It was interesting to note, that the speaker did acknowledge that it is unknown how long deleted files will remain recoverable f… Continue reading Can ransomware impact SSD drives?
I am trying to determine the security of an SSD drive and comparing Windows vs Mac for a project. Reading online, I understand all about trimming and how that process works, however I can’t determine how often each OS runs this process by … Continue reading How often do windows and mac run the trim command and therefore when will a deleted file become unrecoverable? [migrated]
I have to give my computer back to my boss.
I want to delete all the data from my SSD. I found "ThinkShield secure wipe" which is implemented in the BIOS apparently.
It gives me two options:
ATA Secure Erase method or ATA Cryptog… Continue reading ThinkShield secure wipe – SSD does it forbid data recovering?
I use LUKS encryption on my entire drive. Do SSD drives ship with any storage areas which store unencrypted data, even though the data is saved encrypted on user-available SSD storage?
Maybe inside the over-provisioning area, the DCO (Devi… Continue reading Does an SSD store software-encrypted data in unencrypted form somewhere?
Recently, I was subject to being hacked. I tried to wipe Windows and delete the old Windows files after re-installing, but I feel a rootkit was installed and hidden from Norton scans. I randomly received a Google sign-in attempt from my PC… Continue reading What steps should I take to format my SSD to ensure that malware is removed? [migrated]