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Backbone Security Expands Digital Steganography Database
Newest Version of SAFDB Contains Hash Values of 768 Steganography Applications
PRESS RELEASE
February 1, 2010
FAIRMONT, WV - Backbone Security is pleased to announce the latest version of their
Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) is now available. SAFDB is
the world's largest commercially available hash set exclusive to digital steganography
applications.
The database is widely used by U.S. and international law enforcement agencies;
the intelligence community; and private sector computer forensic examiners to detect
digital steganography applications on seized digital media or in a network traffic
stream. Discovery of a steganography application during a computer forensics examination
is a strong indication the application has been, or will be, used to conceal evidence
of criminal activity.
Developed in Backbone's Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), SAFDB
version 3.4 contains seven different fingerprints, or hash values, ranging from
CRC32 to SHA-512, of every file artifact associated with 768 digital steganography
applications.
SAFDB is an integral part of the Steganography
Analyzer Artifact Scanner (StegAlyzerAS), a computer forensics tool, and
the Steganography Analyzer Real-Time Scanner
(StegAlyzerRTS), a network security appliance.
StegAlyzerAS uses the hash values in SAFDB to detect steganography applications.
It also offers the unique capability to detect Microsoft Windows registry artifacts.
This makes it possible to identify a specific steganography application was used
even if the user uninstalled the application and deleted the associated files and
folders.
StegAlyzerRTS is the world's only commercially available network security appliance
capable of detecting steganography applications in real-time. It uses the hash values
in SAFDB to detect steganography applications downloaded by trusted insiders in
the inbound packet stream. When a detection event occurs, an alert is immediately
sent to the Management Console to notify the administrators monitoring the network.
Existing customers may download SAFDB v3.4 by logging into their account on the
SARC website.
For additional information about Backbone's steganalysis tools, please visit
www.sarc-wv.com or send email to sarc@backbonesecurity.com.
About the SARC - The SARC is a Center of Excellence in digital steganography research and development within Backbone Security. The SARC has established the worlds largest commercially available repository of digital steganography applications, fingerprints, and signatures and has developed industry leading computer forensics and network security steganalysis tools for detecting and extracting information hidden with digital steganography applications.
About Backbone Security - In addition to the world class digital steganography research and development conducted in the SARC, Backbone is an Approved Scanning Vender (ASV) certified by the Payment Card Industry-(PCI) Security Standards Council to conduct automated PCI Data Security Standard compliance assessments with a One-Stop Scanning Solution.