Reverse-Wipe Data on a Storage Medium

This experimental study suggests an alternative method of data deletion which can be considered secure up to an acceptable level for most purposes while maintaining anti-forensics characteristics. It is a quick and “dirty” solution to remove data from a storage medium while achieving to confuse the investigator about the contents of the i.e. the hard disk. More specifically, working upon the file system of the storage medium it fills all the empty space leaving no slack space available. Consequently, this approach could provide an insight today, as in how it could be used as an anti-forensics method tomorrow.