Updated on 28 Jan,2025 When investigating emails during digital forensic analysis, knowing where and how emails are stored locally can...

Updated on 28 January, 2025 Email security has always been a challenge because the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) wasn’t built with...

In our previous exploration of email headers, we delved into some of the most common and widely recognized fields like Message-ID and...

Emails are an integral part of modern communication, serving as both a personal and professional lifeline. Behind the scenes of every...

Emails, a ubiquitous form of communication in the digital age, hold a treasure trove of information for forensic investigators....

Email forensics is indeed a powerful in the realm of digital investigations. 1. Who sent the email? Identifying the sender is pivotal as...

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Introduction: Solid-state drives (SSDs) have revolutionized data storage with their speed, reliability, and lack of moving parts....

Updated in 17 Feb,2025.. Ever downloaded a Word document or PowerPoint presentation and noticed it says "Trust this file to edit"? That...

In today's digital age, forensic investigators face the challenge of extracting valuable evidence from various storage devices, including...

1. UserAssist Key Understanding the UserAssist Key: The UserAssist key, located within the NTUSER.DAT hive of the Windows registry,...

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9. System Boot autostart programs: NTUSER.DAT NTUSER.DAT\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run NTUSER.DAT\Software\Microsoft\...

8. Network profile key: -First and last name connected: Windows XP: The Legacy of Wireless Zero Configuration In the Windows XP era, the...

5. NTFS last access time on/off The Misconception: One common misconception about last access timestamps is that they solely indicate the...

1. Identify the Microsoft version: An investigator will receive a disk image and have no idea what the specific Windows operating system...

1. MRU Lists (Most recent used lists) NTUSER.DAT for particular user (If we use Registry explorer in my case c:\users\user\ntuser.dat)...

The Windows operating system caches writes to the registry in two locations. The first is in memory. The second is on disk in the...

Windows Registry Overview: The Windows registry is a crucial database storing system, software, hardware, and user configuration data....

Introduction: In the realm of digital forensics, gaining insights into the changes made to files and volumes over time can be critical...