The term “IP address” is probably not a new term and many may already be familiar with it as an address assigned to your computer or mobile device when connected to a network. However, let’s go a little deeper than the definition and try to understand the protocol itself, its versions, types and how it […]
Digital Forensics
Most Used Digital Forensics Tools
As digital evidences can be comparatively more fragile in nature and easier to alter and tamper with, there are various digital forensic tools that helps to simplify the process and gets the job done. Digital forensic tools can either be open source or proprietary: open source tools are free and provides access to their source […]
Phases of a Cyber Attack
Computer systems and digital devices have become an essential part of the modern society and with it, crimes, have also taken a digital turn. Criminals and attackers no longer need physical tactics to bring about serious damages to their targets and nations no longer require military troops to start a war on another nation. Our […]
Types of Hackers
Hacking is an attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network inside a computer. Simply put, it is the process of gaining unauthorized access to a computer network or an electronic device. Individuals breach into a system either to cause harm or to highlight vulnerabilities in existing security measures. There are seven main […]
Hashing and Data Imaging
Hashing and data imaging are two terms or concepts that are fundamental to digital forensics. The most important rule in digital forensics is to never perform direct examination and analysis on the original digital evidence. In doing so, the date and time or the file properties such as MAC (Modified, Accessed and Created) will be […]
Types of Cryptography in Digital Forensics
In our previous post, we read about Cryptography in Digital forensics and some commonly encountered terms used in cryptography. In this post we will talk about various types of cryptography. There are several ways of classifying cryptographic algorithms. One of them is based on the number of keys that are employed for encryption and decryption, […]