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...

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...

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...

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

VTO is known for our work in drone forensics. Now the output of our research program for the U.S. DHS is back online.

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

More and more, we see the need to expand our circle of chip-off education. As technology grows, litigation matters follow. On May 21,...

This presentation stemmed from our own investigation and lab practices on dealing with evidence that has been exposed to toxic and biohazard

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.

"Our research shows that quite often, the data still exists on the chip even though the circuit board is severely damaged.” Watson said.

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

A video about our last Brews & Bytes event!

In 2016, our CEO Steve Watson and Dr. Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph) wrote an article entitled Digital forensics: the missing piece

At VTO Labs, we are frequently contact to consult on cases that occur around the world. In this article from Yahoo Finance in