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Tag Archives: USB
Force Enabling ReadyBoost Windows 7/8
Whilst writing a presentation on USB Forensics, I was hit with a problem with ReadyBoost being disabled on my Virtual Machine. The message would read This device cannot be used for ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost is not enabled on this computer because … Continue reading
USB Roadmap v2
A quick update to the USB Roadmap, a few comments from the first version were regarding the arrows. They were a little overwhelming and annoying, so I thought I would re-arrange it a little. I will look at any changes … Continue reading
USB Forensic “Roadmap”
As I have been researching and investigating USB Forensics I put together a “Roadmap” for my own personal reference. I made it using Maltego Case File and refer to it every now and then when I am attempting to remember … Continue reading
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Tagged artefact locations, hats off security, USB, windows 7, Windows Registry Forensics, Windows8
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Mounted Devices Key
Here is a screen capture of a Mounted Devices key. As you can see it can appear quite daunting. In a previous blog post I covered how a USB Mass Storage devices would simply convert ASCII to Hex and use … Continue reading
USB Forensics Update
Update #1 This is a late update to USB Forensics Part 4 – Volume Serial Number An important side note: As I have done more investigations I realised that this key will not be populated if the machine is deemed … Continue reading
USB Forensics Final Part! (aka Pt. 7) Device first/last plugged in
The USB forensics thread can continue until the end of time, or at least the end of my free space on here, with this in mind I am only showing you the basics of USB forensics. I may cover more … Continue reading
USB Forensics Pt. 6 Which user account used the USB device
Having all this information is all well and good, but right now all we can say for sure is that a USB device was used on this machine. Just because someone logged on to that machine doesn’t make them the … Continue reading
USB Forensics Pt.5 Determine the Drive Letter
Finding the last Drive letter used by the USB device is actually quite simple…. or at least it should be! Go to the following Key: SYSTEM\MountedDevices Each drive letter is listed, however in my example on the VM the E: … Continue reading
USB Forensics Pt. 4 Volume Serial Number
On to Part 4 of our ongoing discoveries about USB forensics. A quick recap So far we have managed to get details of two devices which have been connected to our image. We have looked at how to get: Unique … Continue reading
USB Forensics Pt. 3 Discover the Volume Name
Part 3 of our investigation is to discover what the Volume Name of the USB device was. This can be helpful when looking into Link (.lnk) files (which I will cover in a later blog post). It can also occasionally … Continue reading
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