Case Study: Overcoming EFS Encryption Without Original Hardware

Originally published by Police Technical magazine, this technical case study outlines how the Alaska Bureau of Investigation successfully bypassed Microsoft Encrypted File System (EFS) protection during a felony investigation into the exploitation of a minor. When standard forensic tools like FTK and PRTK failed to decrypt evidence located on a loose "suspect drive" separate from the original operating system, the investigators...

Both Wet, Warm and Noisy and Pagan's Legacy are out on audiobook! Narrated by Eric Priessman, they are available to Download through the Amazon sales pages or surf on over to...

As I wandered through social media this morning—scrolling past posts, comments, headlines, and hot takes—I noticed a familiar pattern. People tend to cluster around voices that echo their own. It’s human nature, really. We gravitate toward viewpoints that align with ours because it feels safer, simpler, and more validating. Especially as we get older, we become less tolerant of cognitive dissonance—the discomfort that comes from holding or encountering conflicting ideas. We start pruning our...

Warning: a couple wee spoilers.

I finished this book today. It wasn’t the kind I normally read, but it was recommended by someone I love, so I gave it a try.

It was melodramatic. There were no magical spells, spaceships, or alternate dimensions. It was about people. Relationships. Love, hate, anger, envy, and above all else, a relentless frontier spirit that drives the plot forward.

It’s set in Alaska, and I live in Alaska, so that pretty slick. But it’s set in the 70’s, which is different, and...

Warning: not spoilers, but kinda-sorta hints will reveal themselves in this review.

Ok, this isn’t a perfect book. You won’t walk away from it as a changed person, you won’t fall in love with any of the characters, and you won’t cry, or scream in horror, or anything like that.

But it is fun.

It’s campy, satirical, creative, and entertaining in the way that merry-go-rounds and waffle cones are fun. Dean Koontz seems better known for suspense, sci-fi, supernatural works, and this has some of that...