Sunday, May 10, 2009

XBox Forensics

It has recently been found that criminals often hide illicit data on XBox in the hope that a gaming console will not be seen as a likely evidence target. A new progam developed by computer scientist David Collins called XFT can mount an image of the FATX file system used by the XBox, allowing the user to explore in detail the directory structure. He is a digital forensics expert at Sam Houston State University. XFT will help provide solid evidence by retreving the data that the criminals have stored on the consol.

1 comment:

JPGP said...

This article summary was very interesting. It seems almost bizarre, it was something I was completely unaware of, and it seems that this could be very helpful in the future. However, the summary could have been longer and I am unsure as to how it was discovered that this occurs. That being said, it was certainly an interesting topic, and it was presented in a clear and straight-to-the-point manner.