VTO in the News
The VTO team and our leadership has received broad industry and media recognition for our work in the digital forensics space. We capture a portion of the media coverage in the articles below.
2020 January 31. McSweeney, Kelly. ZDnet. "Burn, drown, or smash your phone: Forensics can extract data anyway"
Link to post: https://www.zdnet.com/article/burn-drown-or-smash-your-phone-forensics-can-extract-data-anyway/
2020 January 28. Press, Richard. NIST News. "NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones"
Link to post: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/01/nist-tests-forensic-methods-getting-data-damaged-mobile-phones
2019 December 16. Shacklett, Mary E. GeoDataPoint. "Forensic Examination of Drones"
Link to post: https://www.pobonline.com/articles/101968-forensic-examination-of-drones
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2019 October 15. Boyd, Shaun. CBSLocal. "Is Your Thermostat Spying On You? Cory Gardner Introduces Bill To Fight That"
Link to post: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/10/15/smart-device-cory-gardner-thermostat-spying/
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2019 June 18. Mie Stage, Ing.DK. Digi.No. "Data kan lagres i DNA: Åpner for nye muligheter for ulovlig dataoverføring"
Link to post: https://www.digi.no/artikler/data-kan-lagres-i-dna-apner-for-nye-muligheter-for-ulovlig-dataoverforing/467533
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2019 March 7. French, Laura. Forensic Magazine. "Bridging the Biohazard Protection Gap for Digital Forensics Examiners"
PDF available by request.
2019 March 7. Shafi, Haniah. Medium. " Digital Forensics is ready for its latest challenge: Drones"
Link to post: https://medium.com/@haniahshafi/digital-forensics-is-ready-for-its-latest-challenge-drones-936c1418e928
2019 March 2. French, Laura. Forensic Magazine. "Virtual Case Notes: You Have the Suspect’s Phone. It’s Soaked in Drain Cleaner. Now What?"
PDF available by request.
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2019 January 30. IOT for All. “3 IIoT Trends Affecting Major Industries"
Link to post: https://www.iotforall.com/3-iiot-trends-affecting-major-industries/
2018 December 28. ZDNet. McSweeney, Kelly. “How drone forensics can reveal pilot identity.”
Link to post: https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-drone-forensics-can-reveal-pilot-identity/
2018 December 06. Joondalup Times. Brown, Tyler. “World’s leading experts in drone security converge on ECU Joondalup.”
Link to post: https://www.communitynews.com.au/joondalup-times/news/worlds-leading-experts-in-drone-security-converge-on-ecu-joondalup/
2018 December 05. The West Australian. Thomas, Geoffrey. “WA experts warms of security risk from ‘sinister’ drone users”.
Link to post: https://thewest.com.au/news/aviation/wa-experts-warns-of-security-risk-from-sinister-drone-users-ng-b881039741z
2018 November 19. PJ Media. Baker, Phil. “Drones Reveal a Treasure Trove of Data about Their Users, Police Investigators Say.”
Link to post: https://pjmedia.com/trending/drones-reveal-a-wealth-of-data-about-their-users-police-investigators-say/
2018 November 16. Wired. Niiler, Eric, “Your Drone Can Give Cops A Surprising Amount Of Your Data.”
Link to post: https://www.wired.com/story/your-drone-can-give-cops-a-surprising-amount-of-your-data/
2018 September 19. C4ISRNET. Atherton, Kelsey D., “Could drone scraps lead back to an enemy pilot?”
Link to post: https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2018/09/19/drone-forensics-could-extract-flights-from-scraps/
2018 September 04. Inside Unmanned Systems. Choi, Charles, “Extracting Forensic Data From Drones.”
Link to post: http://insideunmannedsystems.com/extracting-forensic-data-from-drones/
2018 September 02. Robertson, Nicolas. L'Usine Nouvelle. "Entre menace et opportunités, ce qu'Interpol pense (vraiment) des drones"
Link to post: https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/entre-menace-et-opportunites-ce-qu-interpol-pense-vraiment-des-drones.N735749
2018 June 14. Government Computer News. Leonard, Matt, “NIST builds drone forensics dataset.”
Link to post: https://gcn.com/articles/2018/06/14/drone-forensics.aspx
2018 June 08. IEEE, Electronics 360. Brown, Peter. “How to Extract Forensic Data from Drones.”
Link to post: https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/11976/how-to-extract-forensic-data-from-drones
2018 June 06. ExecutiveGov. Martin, Nichols, “NIST Adds Drone Forensics Resources on Website.”
Link to post: https://www.executivegov.com/2018/06/nist-adds-drone-forensics-resources-on-website/
2018 August 30. Interpol. “Drone technology: security threats and benefits for police focus of INTERPOL forum”.
Link to post: https://www.interpol.int/ar/News-and-media/News/2018/N2018-087
2018 July 20. The Drive. Margaritoff, Marco, “VTO Labs Can Retrieve Data Including Credit Card Info From Even Damaged Drones.”
Link to post: http://www.thedrive.com/tech/22278/vto-labs-can-retrieve-data-including-credit-card-info-from-even-damaged-drones
2018 July 20. We Talk UAV. Dwyer, Feilidh. “Picking up the pieces – tech company finds way to extract data from crashed drones.”
Link to post: https://www.wetalkuav.com/tech-company-extracts-data-from-crashed-drones/
2018 July 18. Publication: Denver Channel 7 (ABC). Larson, Jace, “Tech company finds way to pull data from damaged devices, including drones.”
Link to post: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/the-now/tech-company-finds-way-to-pull-data-from-damaged-devices-including-drones
2018 July 13. Forensic Magazine. French, Laura, “Another Tool for Digital Forensic Examiners: Drone Images.”
Link to post: https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/07/another-tool-digital-forensic-examiners-drone-images
2018 June 19. UAS Magazine. Miller, Patrick C., “Forensic images help law enforcement catch drone criminals.”
Link to post: http://www.uasmagazine.com/articles/1872/forensic-images-help-law-enforcement-catch-drone-criminals
2018 June 08. Drone Below. Smith, Phillip, “Drone Forensic Database Gets Boost on NIST Website.”
Link to post: https://dronebelow.com/2018/06/08/drone-forensic-database-NIST/
2018 June 07. Homeland Preparedness News. Martin, Aaron. “NIST adds popular drone models to forensic reference datasets to assist investigators.”
Link to post: https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/28820-nist-adds-popular-drone-models-forensic-reference-datasets-assist-investigators/
2018 June 05. NIST News. Press, Richard, “Drone Forensics Gets a Boost With New Data on NIST Website.”
Link to post: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2018/06/drone-forensics-gets-boost-new-data-nist-website
2017 August 02. UAS Magazine. Miller, Patrick C. “VTO Inc. gets federal contract for cyber forensics project.”
Link to post: http://www.uasmagazine.com/articles/1726/vto-inc-gets-federal-contract-for-cyber-forensics-project
2017 June 24. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “News Release: DHS S&T Awards VTO Inc. $928K for Drone Forensics R&D.”
Link to post: https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2017/07/24/news-release-dhs-st-awards-vto-inc-928k-drone-forensics-rd
2016 November. DFM Team. Digital Forensics Magazine. "Damaged Device Forensics"
Link to post: https://www.digitalforensicsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1091&Itemid=99
2016 June 02. WPTV News. “Austin & Perry’s families seek help with iPhone.”
Link to post: https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/live-perry-cohens-family-back-in-court-over-cellphone
2016 March 03. Yahoo Finance. “Aubrey McClendon’s car will tell whether he killed himself.”
Link to post: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aubrey-mcclendon-s-car-will-tell-if-he-killed-himself-182023313.html