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VTO CEO Steve Watson interviewed Apostle Elvis Akwa-Bonsu of Detectware Security Group, Ghana, Africa, to discuss the similarities of...

Finally a solution to keep digital forensics examiners safe from devices that have been exposed to dangerous substances like fentanyl,...

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What do you do when you can't quite make out the engraved characters on the chip you want to identify? Grab some white correction fluid!

Underfill is a type of liquid polymer applied to the printed circuit board (PCB) after it has been subjected to the reflow process. It...

Our first surprise is a deleted, corrupted video that was identified on a DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise. The Mavic 2 Enterprise has two eMMC...

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Prying at a radio frequency (RF) or electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield using pliers or snips can damage the printed circuit board...

When most think of digital forensics, they imagine phone data or video footage. Rarely do we consider medical devices. But the wealth of...

Conformal coating is a protective chemical coating that is applied to parts of or all of the topography of the printed circuit board...

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It's a good idea to know all you can before beginning teardown of a device. An X-ray will provide lots of information before diving in.

VTO Labs has created a proprietary process for the safe decontamination of electronic devices exposed to hazardous materials. Evidence...

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At VTO Labs, we are frequently engaged by organizations needing to retrieve data from unusual devices. In November 2019, an industry...

In 2015, I started an applied research project to understand the effects of long-term water submersion on mobile phones. The first year I...