What to do next?
Contents
Background information
This page is more of a collection of websites,books and verious other resources that I found personally interesting/cool and wanted to make note of
because They either inspired me, I wish someone had shown me them earlier or they are useful.
consider this a what to do next after you finished with this page.
Not listed in any perticular order
External references in wiki references can just be cited through the keyword link
- Books
- Nand Flash Data Recovery Cookbook (free)- Igor Sestanj, 2016
- Basiswissen professionelle Datenrettung(paid)- Mark B, 2022
- Basiswissen professionelle Datenrettung(paid)- Mark B, 2022
- Getting started with professional data recovery-Paid(english)
- Hardware Hacking Handbook (free/paid) - Colin O'Flynn, Jasper van Woudenberg, 2021
- The Hardware Hacker(free/paid) - Andrew "bunnie" Huang, 2017
- Every Tool’s a Hammer(paid) - Adam savage ,2019
- Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth edition (paid)- Paul Scherz,Simon Monk, 2016
- Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering (paid) - Eldad Eilam, 2005
- Chip War (paid) - Chris Miller, 2022
- Lost Media and Research Handbook(free/paid)- Ziggy Cashmore, 2023
- That Book About Forensic Stories (paid)
Incredible in-depth guide on Nand flash pretty much everything you ever need to know goes well with Micron NAND 101
Incredible in-depth guide for information surroding data recovery a good read(despite it being in german but can be translated through the use of a browser extention such as TWP - Translate Web Pages
Explains the funimentals of hackerware hacking such as JTAG,URART,Finding information. As well as practical tasks and how to set up a lab
Writen as a techical story book based of the experence of Bunnie himself, highly recomend as it provides insight into how techincal genuis thinks instead of just how it acts.
Writen one of the Mythbusters himself, This book teaches you how to organise and complete a project through a endearing story and experences from Adam's many years of experience as a maker. (Must read)
While a few years out of date, still a incredible way of gaining a deep understanding of electrical engnearing which always helps when it comes to working with sensitive devices and components.
While old but by not means not gold, This book is a personal faviroute of mine as it provides easy to do tasks alongside the in depth topics of reverse engineering, which is a particularly useful skill to have in your tool belt.
A detailed history of the mircochip right from the invention of transistor to present day events. highly recomend if your interested in the history of chips.
While focused more of digtal media, still a indepsenable guide for tracking hard to find informtation such as datasheets or detailied reviews of a device.
This book was one of the first books I read on the topic of forensics, so its been included solely in the hope it may inspire others which is ultilmately the whole goal of this project.
- Papers
- Rusolut knowledge database(free)
- Micron NAND 101(free), Mircon, 2006
- Investigation of JTAG and ISP Techniques for Forensic Procedures (free) - Stefanos Pappas, 2017
- Improving the Reliability of Chip-Off Forensic Analysis of NAND Flash Memory Devices(free) - Aya Fukami, Saugata Ghose, Yixin Luo, Yu Cai, Onur Mutlu, 2017
- Extracting a Full Bit-Stream Image from Devices Containing Embedded Flash Memory (free)- Jim Swauger, 2012A/a>
- Forensic Data Recovery from Flash Memory (free) - Marcel Breeuwsma, Martien de Jongh, Coert Klaver, Ronald van der Knijff, Mark Roeloffs, 2007
- Case Study for In Situ Memory Reading on Damaged MultiMedia Card (free) - F. Thomas-Brans, A. Fukami, Q. Clement, Th. Heckmann, D. Sauveron, 2024
- Vehicular Infotainment Forensics: Collecting Data and Putting it into Perspective - Jesse Lacroix, 2017
- Varying Instructional Approaches to Physical Extraction of Mobile Device Memory (free) - Joan Runs Through, Gary D. Cantrell, 2017
- Vehicular Digital Forensics: What Does My Vehicle Know About Me(free) - Jesse Lacroix, Khalil El-Khatib, Rajen Akalu, 2016
- Retrieval of Infotainment System Artifacts from Vehicles Using iVe(Free) - Celia J. Whelan, John Sammons, Brian McManus, Terry W. Fenger, 2018
- Chip-Off Technique in Mobile Forensics(Free) - Vikas Razdan, 2022
A extremely detailed knowledge basse on how data recovery techquies work as well as information regarding how NAND functions, while based around Virtual Nand recontrustor, still a exicent read.
Organially created for industry enginears to learn how Nand works, what better why to learn that straight from the people who make it and use it on a daily basis.
A How-to guide on the practical uses of JTAG and ISP for data extraction.
A paper that discusses better methods of "chiping off" a Nand module such as tempture, methods, techquines.
A magazine article that provides a overview of the entire chip off process, a little dated but still a decent read if you want to know more.
Old school techquies but the information it gives on how Nand works at each level makes it perfect for a easy to refer to guide.
A Great guide on repair methods for devices such as Pen drives,SD cards and devices with NAND chips on them.
A updated case study showing multiple ways to extract data from devices.
Lengthly read but interesting to see how a entire project is performed in detail.
Instruction guide that covers multiple physical extraction techquies, also gives timed results which has proven useful in my experence for estimating the length's of tasks.
While a interest read, it is not stricly relivent to data recovery but it does provides a insight into the working of a fairly modern vehicle..
Covers the extraction of data from a vehicle, rather niche but useful to have if you ever need to.
Small but useful in detailing the most common methods of chip of techquies.
- Videos
- Data Recovery & Forensics (Free)
- Hard drive platter swap how to(Free)
- How to fix a cracked mircoSD card(uncut) (free)
- Guide on how to build a Laboratory(free)
- DIY Laminar Flow Hood how to(free)
A mix of videos but overall great eudcation content
In depth how to video, perfect for learning.
Long video but it shows a complete operation of how fixing a cracked mircoSD card which is a real rarity
Execlient guide on how to locate professional grade equitment for extrmely low cost, highly recomend.
Detailied step by step guide on how to build a Laminar Flow hood cheaply, absolute game changer.
Youtube channels
- Channel about data recovery procures,tools,short form videos on repairs(great start to watch and learn the basics)
- -Channel about electronics repair and data recovery
- - Channel about fixing vintage electronics(easy watching but still educational)
- -Channel about hardware hacking and the physical extraction of data
- -Channel about indepth guides on data recovery techquies,electrionic repairs,font of all knowledge,right to repair news,full uncut videos on data recovery produrces
- -Channel about device teardown guides and reviews,general knowledge on electrionics and the repairing of them
- -Channel about reverse engnearing,tool guides,reviews,in-depth techical knowledge
- -Channel about data recovery courses(5 day,52 hours of content) and industry techquies
- Courses
- MyHardDriveDied 2020 Data Recovery Class (free)- Scott Moulton, 2020
Absoltely amazing Half of this material would likely not exist if it was not for this course, gold standard in free data recovery information (MUST WATCH)
- websites
- usbdev.ru(free but in russian)"
A website covering how to access a Nand based storage devices controller allowing you to reflash firmware of the controller amongs other tasks (good resource)