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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks to a DoJ funded project, Oklahoma State University and @Hexordia are excited to offer a FREE On Demand IoT Forensics - Analyzong Smart Devices course to US Law Enforcement. The course is now available!!!

Please register here by Sept 30, 2025 for access bit.ly/IoT4n6OnDemand

#DFIR

IoT On-Demand Interest Form

Sign up to be notified when the IoT On-Demand IoT Forensics Course launches later this year! With IoT technology deeply embedded in homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure, these devices are be...

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Apr 8

Check out our first episode of the #TruthInData podcast! Our topic this week: Evidence Gone: The Perils of Delayed Mobile Acquisition

youtu.be/vb0G-uLvwMM?...

With Debbie Garner & Kim Bradley #DFIR

Truth in Data: EP1: Evidence Gone: The Perils of Delayed Mobile Acquisition

YouTube video by Hexordia

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Apr 7

So excited to collab with Debbie Garner and Kim Bradley on the #TruthInData podcast to bring a weekly deep dive into a different digital forensic topic each week! Subscribe to the Hexordia YouTube channel and never miss the conversation. #DFIR youtube.com/@hexordia

Hexordia

Mobile Forensics and Digital Forensics Training and Services #DFIR

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 28

Interesting paper from Hannes Spichiger & Hexordia’s Frank Adelstein on “Preserving meaning of evidence from evolving systems” - how do we test to ensure that we understand the meaning of data at the time it was created? #DFIR

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Preserving meaning of evidence from evolving systems

Preservation is generally considered as the step in the forensic process that stops evidence from decaying. In this paper, we argue that the tradition…

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 24

Love it

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 24

Mobile evidence? Image as soon as you can!

Acquisition 👏 is 👏 Prervation

Check out Lars Daniel’s article to learn why! #DFIR
www.forbes.com/sites/larsda...

Disappearing Evidence—Why Your Phone Can’t Wait For Forensics

Modern smartphone evidence vanishes fast. Preserve now or risk losing it forever.

www.forbes.com

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thanks for catching up with me Forensic Focus!

Forensic Focus @forensicfocus.bsky.social · Mar 18

Jessica Hyde shares updates on Hexordia, DFIR training, CTFs, and the importance of community collaboration in digital forensics. #digitalforensics

Jessica Hyde, Founder, Hexordia

Jessica Hyde shares updates on Hexordia, DFIR training, CTFs, and the importance of community collaboration in digital forensics.

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 20

Acquisition 👏 is 👏 Preservation!

Without it we are loosing potentially Exculpatory and Inculpatory evidence.
#DFIR

www.forensicmag.com/3425-Feature...

Data Preservation on Mobile Devices: The Quicker, The Better

Recent updates to mobile phone technology have changed the current playing field in terms of ensuring the most complete technology.

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 12

Keep talking about it!!!

Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 12

I brought it up in a workshop I was doing today!

Preservation 👏 is 👏 Acquisition 👏

Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Mar 11

Important must read position paper from Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) about the use of timely acquisition to preserve evidence. Mobile data has potential to degrade each day you wait to do an acquisition. #DFIR www.swgde.org/25-f-001/

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 18

Missed the @magnetforensics.bsky.social Virtual Summit #CTF but want the images for testing and learning? We have already shared them with @nist.bsky.social CFReDS cfreds.nist.gov/all/Hexordia...

CFReDS Portal

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James McGee @sqlmcgee.bsky.social · Feb 13

Many thanks to Magnet Forensics, Hexordia, and the CTF authors for this great experience! Glad the timing worked out that I was able to participate - really enjoyable, creative, and challenging. Still may go back and look at some more of these questions..

Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations to the winners of the Magnet Forensic Virtual Summit 2025 CTF powered by Hexordia
1st place: @deagler
2nd Place: @Cognitor4n6
3rd Place: @Potato
1st Place Team: @X
Still time to play for the First to Finish!

#MVS2025CTF #DFIR

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 14

Glad you enjoyed it!! You did great. The board is open till Feb 28. Would love to see how you solved some of these!

Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thanks for playing! Hope it was fun :)

Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations to the winners of the Magnet Forensic Virtual Summit 2025 CTF powered by Hexordia
1st place: @deagler
2nd Place: @Cognitor4n6
3rd Place: @Potato
1st Place Team: @X
Still time to play for the First to Finish!

#MVS2025CTF #DFIR

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 13

Sometimes you need to deal with data from a protocol buffer. Here are some tools to help! #DFIR
github.com/protocolbuff...
github.com/mildsunrise/...
www.cclsolutionsgroup.com/forensic-pro... (Grab a 30 day trial of this - it does SO MUCH more!)

GitHub - protocolbuffers/protobuf: Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format - protocolbuffers/protobuf

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 12

Looking for a good source of forensic tools, blogs, and cheat sheets? Check out @stark4n6.bsky.social Forensic Start Me #DFIR

start.me/p/q6mw4Q/for...

Forensics - start.me

A startpage with online resources about Forensics, created by Stark 4N6.

start.me

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 10

Today, Feb 10, is the last day to sign up for the Magnet Forensics Virtual Summit 2025 #CTF! Sign up by 5pm ET to play #DFIR -

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Feb 10

Want to break down what is in a URL? Try Unfurl from Ryan Benson and gain further insights! dfir.blog/unfurl/
#DFIR

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Extract and Visualized Data from URLs

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Jan 15

#DFIR 💭 of the Day: Consensus based documents are important to our field.

SWGDE is constantly working on development of standards Feeling left out of the current meeting, several draft documents are in the public comment period. Consider reading and submitting comments www.swgde.org/documents/dr...

Drafts Released For Comment - SWGDE

Drafts Released For Comment SWGDE encourages stakeholder participation in the preparation of documents. The following documents are draft versions being provided for comment by all interested parties ...

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Jan 12

Agreed. Technology allows smart people to focus on challenges and harder problems. But there are those who will think it is a replacement. That said, those that are less skilled or merely tool operators are a different story.

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Jessica Hyde @b1n2h3x.bsky.social · Jan 12

#DFIR 💭 of the Day: AI doesn’t know what it doesn’t know.

This is one of the super powers of Human #DFIR pros - when we don’t know - we test, we validate, we learn. And those findings aren’t always what a “synthesized assumption” would propose as an axiom.

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