By Max on February 1, 2010
You can use Windows Hibernate to conserve batteries, electricity, save the environment, the world and the polar bears. However, did you know that by putting your computer into “hibernation” mode that you are essentially creating a snapshot of the contents of your computers RAM which is then saved to the root of the hard drive as “hiberfil.sys”?
Posted in Hex Editing, Windows | Tagged hiberfil, hiberfil.sys, hibernate, hibernation, hxd, windows hibernation
By Max on September 13, 2009
Use a hex editor to modify the file signature of a WinRAR archive to that of an executable file to beat the EnCase forensic software’s file signature analysis.
Posted in EnCase, Hex Editing | Tagged EnCase, file signature analysis, hex editing, hex editor, timestomp, winrar
By Max on March 5, 2009
There have been a million articles written on using timestomp.exe. However, the goal of this article is to give some ideas on how to use timestomp and avoid leaving evidence behind that would point to its use.
Posted in Anti-Forensics Software, Hex Editing | Tagged compression, hex editor, packing, timestomp, timestomp.exe, upx, windows xp
By Max on March 1, 2009
In a previous post I mentioned that TrueCrypt leaves behind a string in its boot loader (that identifies it as a TrueCrypt boot loader) when using the full disk encryption feature. As you can see in the screenshot below I have modified the original “TrueCrypt Boot Loader” string to read “Windows Boot Loader.”
Posted in Encryption, Hex Editing | Tagged Encryption, hex editing, TrueCrypt, winhex
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