Recovering deleted internet history from System Restore points

13 Jan 2018

Depending on when System Restore points are created and how long they are retained for, they can provide us with historical data that wouldn't otherwise be available. In order to take advantage of this additional data source we have updated our software to capture internet history from System Restore points.

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Uncovering plain text passwords in internet history

21 May 2017

Poor security practises on the websites we visit can lead to our passwords being insecurely stored on our computer. This can occur on login forms that have a “show password” feature, that allows the user to view the password they have entered before submitting it.

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Analysing web browser history by URL category

16 Jan 2017

Searching for keywords can be a very effective method of analysing browser history when you are searching for a specific term, however some types of searches require a much broader approach. Therefore, BHE now includes a new Category Filter feature, which allows the user to filter all browser history records by a specific category. The currently supported categories are Adult and Malware.

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Timestamps in internet history

15 Oct 2016

When analysing web browser history the date and time that a particular action occurred can be just as important as the action itself. For example, you may be analysing history on a device that multiple people have access to and the exact time a particular action occurred could make all the difference.

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Examining internet history in forensic images

03 Jul 2016

There are a number of ways we can capture and present internet history data to Browser History Examiner (BHE) for analysis. Whichever method is chosen the investigator will need to mount the forensic image in order to present the internet history data to BHE, as it does not directly support the parsing of forensic image files.

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