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Customer advisory OpenText™ Tableau TX1 Firmware Update 21.1 is now available The 21.1 firmware update for OpenText Tableau TX1 forensic imagers adds additional data security features for evidence integrity. What's new in Tableau TX1 Firmware Update 21.1 NIST wiping standard compliance Compliance with US federal data erasure guidelines and the NIST wiping standard allows for clean destination media so it may be reused without cross-contamination. This feature provides customers with a digital forensics best practice and allows federal agencies who must comply with the NIST standard to use Tableau in their investigations. Custom wiping TX1 now provides users the option to define a custom data pattern to be applied when wiping destination media for uncompromised use. The custom data pattern is specified using hexadecimal characters (combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F) and is limited to a two-byte maximum. For a multi-pass wipe, the custom data pattern will be applied on...

Oxygen Forensics version 13.3 Sony MTK Dump MOBILE FORENSICS Oxygen Forensic® Detective 13.3 implements a new extraction method entitled “Sony MTK Dump”. This method allows investigators to bypass the screen lock and create a full physical dump of Sony devices based on MTK chipsets with Full Disk Encryption (FDE). If Secure Startup is enabled, investigators can use the built-in brute force module to find the user passcode. Supported devices include Sony XA1, Sony L1, Sony L2, and Sony L3. New Method for Qualcomm Devices MOBILE FORENSICS This update also offers a new method of extraction for Android devices based on Qualcomm chipsets. If a device is unlocked and has Security Patch Level (SPL) no later than February 2020, investigators can apply a built-in exploit to gain temporary root rights and perform a file system acquisition. This method covers multiple devices based on over 25 variations of Qualcomm chipsets running Android...

New release of Belkasoft X Belkasoft announces a new release of Belkasoft X, the flagship digital forensics and incident response product by Belkasoft. In the version 1.2 you will find: Logical acquisition of rooted Android devices. Before, Belkasoft X was able to extract only physical dump, what makes less sense nowadays due to encryption. The possibility to acquire a logical image in case of a rooted phone or tablet helps to avoid encryptionFull file system iOS acquisition using checkm8 method updated for iOS 14.3 and 14.4iOS СhatSecure application analysis supportNotifications and netconfig analysis for macOSA number of issues fixed and improvements made Please review the complete 'What's New' at https://belkasoft.com/new. More on the new product: https://belkasoft.com/x Call for papers for BelkaDay Europe Belkasoft team is happy to announce that our second online DFIR conference is coming soon. This year we invite you to share your expertise on digital forensics and incident response with your colleagues from all over the world. We welcome...