Black Hole Faraday Bags
Our line of Black Hole Faraday Bags have been designed to aid police, military, and consultants in the collection, preservation, transport, and analysis of wireless evidence. Wireless devices such as cell phones, GPS, netbooks, bluetooth devices, laptops, etc. are shielded from cellular, WiFi, bluetooth and radio signals when inside of our faraday bags.
Our newest Black Hole bag with a shielded USB 2.0 connection not only offers shielding for seizure and transport but analysis as well. In the past, shielded analysis has been limited to large and expensive enclosures, making shielded analysis in the field nearly impossible. Our Black Hole Data Bag is a truly unique and revolutionary product built to the demands of our customers.
Faraday Bags in the News
From Digital Forensics Magazine, Issue 4, August 2010.(Full article available on our Usage Page)
"The iPhone supports a remote wipe function that will either zero the data storage or remove the encryption keys (depending on the version). The advantage is that if a phone is lost or stolen the administrator or owner can issue a remote wipe command that removes stored information and deactivates the device. Similarly the command can be invoked by policies if say after 5 failed password attempts. Very useful security features!
However, the digital forensics investigator sees the functionality as considerable risk for evidence preservation. Although there are many ways to deactivate the wipe command all involve altering the evidence. The 'Find My Phone' command can be switched off or the WI-FI but every action potentially alters evidence. Enter the Faraday Bag!
The Faraday Bag is an easy to purchase specialist bag that comes in a choice of sizes. It has a specialty designed plastic coating that embeds Silver, Nickel and Copper metals to shield an iPhone from external contact. Coupled with a conductive mesh it provides a secure environment for transportation and return to the laboratory. It is much cheaper than a Faraday Box or room and can be reused as required. It is easy to use and a must for iPhone Digital Investigations."
- By Brian Cusack & Ben Knight.