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VTO News Fall 2023
Training courses, webinars, drones, and more... Check out VTO's latest newsletter!

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Dec 4, 20231 min read


Skimmer Forensics
Companies need to stay on their toes! Not only are there overt smash and grabs, but criminals are very savvy with credit card fraud as...

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Jun 1, 20221 min read


Video: VTO Digital Forensics Services
Security camera remains found in arson case? Mobile phone evidence drenched in toxic chemicals? Case-pertinent data "trapped" on a...

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Mar 24, 20221 min read


Retail Crime Forensics
The holidays brought record numbers of shoppers flooding into retail businesses. As sales rise during in this frantic season, so does...

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Jan 20, 20221 min read


Drone Forensics
VTO Labs takes drone forensics out in the field and into the lab for countless hours of cutting edge research. We also offer hands-on...

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Nov 1, 20211 min read


Webinar - IoT Artifacts
In this webinar, Steve Watson, Jim Darnell, and Matt Domanic of VTO Labs explore what types of data may be accessible from IoT devices....

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Oct 4, 20211 min read


Blood Damage
VTO has done extensive research on damaged devices, but to truly understand what law enforcement come upon at a gruesome crime scene, we...

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Aug 17, 20211 min read


Webinar - Fire Damaged Devices
In this webinar, Steve Watson and Matt Domanic of VTO Labs explore the impact of fire on digital evidence items. The webinar walks...

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Jun 1, 20211 min read


Fire Damage Lab Research
Following VTO Labs' experiments with a local fire department, VTO Forensics Lab Analyst Matt Domanic shows fire investigators the best...

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Mar 18, 20211 min read


Fire Damage Field Research
With the assistance of a local fire department, VTO Labs placed several devices (computers, laptops, and hard drives) in wooden...

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Feb 24, 20211 min read


DFRWS APAC Keynote
VTO CEO Steve Watson gives the keynote presentation at this year's Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) Asia-Pacific Conference,...

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Jan 30, 20211 min read


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

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Nov 17, 20201 min read


VTO Tips & Tricks: White it out
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!

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Oct 6, 20201 min read


VTO Tips & Tricks: Removing RF shields
Prying at a radio frequency (RF) or electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield using pliers or snips can damage the printed circuit board...

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Sep 1, 20201 min read


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

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Aug 14, 20201 min read


VTO Tips & Tricks: Screen Before Teardown
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.

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Jul 28, 20201 min read


Decontamination of Electronic Devices – narcotics, bloodborne pathogens, and viruses
VTO Labs has created a proprietary process for the safe decontamination of electronic devices exposed to hazardous materials. Evidence...

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Jul 21, 20201 min read


New Video Series: Tips & Tricks
What should you do if you find a device in water? Find out in our first VTO Tips & Tricks video.

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Jun 9, 20201 min read


Frozen Forensics: Exploring VTO’s radical new research on water damaged mobile devices
Can data be retrieved from a smart phone that has been in a frozen pond? The forensic scientists at VTO Labs needed to find out.

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Apr 8, 20206 min read


Video - Damaged Devices Research
VTO Labs conducts leading research in the area of damaged devices. We have experience retrieving data from devices exposed to all manner of

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Mar 9, 20201 min read
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