Tag Archives: encryption

PC-3000 for HDD. The password removing procedure for old Seagate drives

Posted on 07/28/2017 by ACELab team

Dear Friends, In this article we would like to describe the procedure of password removing for old Seagate drive. We have tested this method for Night Hawk Plus family of Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 series. However, this approach works for other … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Data Extractor. A practical example for FileVault decryption

Posted on 06/26/2017 by ACELab team

In this article, we will demonstrate using Data Extractor to identify encryption key location in the Macintosh system encrypted with FileVault. We will also share some tips and techniques for using Data Extractor for maximum effectiveness. For a basic introduction to … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Data Extractor. How to identify EndPoint encrytion using Data Extractor

Posted on 09/23/2016 by ACELab team

The use of strong encryption is becoming more commonplace by the day. Most enterprises know full disk and file-level encryption is a necessity if you have something worth protecting. One of the strengths of PC-3000 Data Extractor is the ability to identify encryption … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Western Digital. The decryption of encrypted image.

Posted on 09/21/2016 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! All of us can face the situation when we forgot to select the “Decrypt” checkbox in Data Extractor settings: and read the part of data or the whole image encripted via the SATA interface. How to decrypt the … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. How to solve the SED problem in 2,5″ WD drives

Posted on 06/19/2015 by ACELab team

Let’s consider the stuation when we need to recover data from a 2.5 inch WD drive with a USB interface. We have already changed the connection type from USB to SATA (using a compatible SATA PCB or SATA adapter), but when … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Flash. How to search and apply XOR from the list of available patterns

Posted on 06/08/2015 by ACELab team

XOR – is some kind of special operation which allows controller encrypt data with special pattern. So, basically we can call it “soft encryption”, because this XOR can change user data and does not allow us to find any headers in … Continue reading →

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