Insight’s case management system has been created to help users efficiently keep track of hard drive-related information. Even if a hard drive has already been used for a while, imaging and hashing have already been performed, it is still possible to open the case and make adjustments to its details. Read more…
Last week we released Atola Insight Forensic 4.9, which includes Thunderbolt extension module. This extension provides Insight users with the capability to image, calculate hash and perform other forensically sound operations on all generations of MacBooks. This guide will explain how to connect a MacBook to Insight using Thunderbolt extension. Read more…
We are delighted to announce the release of Atola Insight Forensic 4.9! With this release we introduce our new Thunderbolt extension module, which will enable forensically sound imaging and other operations on all generations of MacBooks. The full list of Atola Insight Forensic 4.9 changes can be found here: Atola Read more…
So you have a Source evidence drive and its image on a different device, and you have a record that their hash values were identical in the past. If you get a different hash value when you calculate the hash of the target now, it could be due to hardware Read more…
Insight’s Case Management system includes flexible printing functionality. To print a report click the Print link in the case’s Home page. In the Print Case History window you get all the reports listed, sortable by date or by reported operation. It is possible to tick just some of the reports Read more…
It is not uncommon that source evidence drives and their images may be involved in a long-running investigation case or wait to be presented in court for months or even years. Data stored on hard drives or image files may get corrupt over time. That is why an investigator may Read more…
While physical imaging involves sector-for-sector copying the whole evidence drive from the first LBA to the last one, logical acquisition implies bit-for-bit copying of the file structure. Logical acquisition is handy, when time is limited and you need to quickly start working with the file structure. At the same time, Read more…
Insight’s Case Management system records every step of data acquisition process saving them into reports grouped by cases. To view the whole list of cases and their devices: Go to Case category in the top menu Click on Search/Open option In the Search and Open Case window you will see Read more…
Atola team attended the annual Forensic Europe Expo on May 3 – 4 in London. We were pleased to meet both our existing and potential customers, and answer their questions about Atola Insight Forensic. Those of you who were not able to attend this event may have similar questions, so Read more…
Last November Atola Technology team presented a new hashing method called Segmented hashing. Unlike the conventional linear hashing, segmented hashing produces not a single hash, but a list of hashes of corresponding LBA ranges of the image saved into a CSV file in this format: Hash, start LBA, end LBA Read more…