USB WriteBlocker Forensic Tool Makes USB Drives Read Only
WiebeTech today fixes one of the few glaring holes in USB storage devices. The USB WriteBlocker is a flash drive based USB pass-through connector which allows Mass Storage USB devices to be read and prevents them from being written to. Simply plug any USB drive into the WriteBlocker and plug the WriteBlocker into a PC or Mac. They also make a software utility (PC Only) for use in conjunction with the WriteBlocker that displays information about the connected drive. This will be of great use to forensic investigators trying to preserve the contents of a hard drive during investigations. Too often, operating systems leave traces of their connections on slave drives which can compromise the legal chain of evidence or alert a suspect they are under scrutiny. The devices claims to be able to process mono-directional data transfer at up to 10MB/s. This is not as fast USB 2.0 but internal processing of the data imposes its own limits.
Some operating systems will complain about not being able to write at least some data to attached drives. When the operating system gets confused or encounters too many errors it may freeze up. They include a simple toggle button to disconnect and remount the drive to help cope with those errors. We've often wished for the ability to write-protect USB drives. This would allow someone to use them for antivirus without worrying about getting infected when updating portable virus signatures. Unfortunately the price is pretty steep at $199 but it for many it's worth it.
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Abrams' Star Trek Film on a Flash Drive
Abrams' version of Star Trek is credited as a wildly successful reboot of the sci-fi series, despite of some weird plot holes. Now that the film will be released on physical media (i.e. DVD and Blu-ray) on November 17th. At the same time, a limited quantity will also be made available for fans who would love to own a digital copy of the movie on a flash drive that resembles the signature Starfleet communicator badge.
The individually numbered flash badge has 4GB, but only 1GB of which is taken up by the DivX-certified DRM protected movie. You can authorize unlimited layback on up to five devices, and you are allowed to burn the movie on DVD. Seriously though, the publisher could have compressed the Blu-ray version into a 720p that will make good use of all the storage rather than waste it for nothing. Regardless, you still have plenty of time to decide whether to drop آ£17.99 on a so-called movie collectible.
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