Changelog (Entire Website)

November 23, 2024

  • Full Hash Sets release that incorporates 3,414,314 new and unique hash values for October and November 2024 and the 2,573,729 previous hash values from the August and September 2024 ‘Rolling Hash Sets’.  
  • WhiteHashSet was increased from 66,879,967 (July 2024) to 72,868,009 (November 2024). That is 5,988,042 new and unique hash values since the last ‘Full Hash Set’ release. 
  • There are 63,860,848 hash values in our WhiteHashSet which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset release 2024-09-1 (September 2024).
  • We have begun installing and analyzing Windows Arm64 operating system versions (US English and United Kingdom editions) and MS Windows Arabic (32bit/64bit). 
  • We are currently at 802 operating system versions that we have installed, applied subsequent manufacturer updates, forensically analyzed and gathered hash values and meta-data from since 2003. 
  • For active Subscription members we have updated our Simple Hash Search Engine (link) with our latest hash values. 
  • See our latest ‘Operating System’ details (link) page for full information on operating system version updates. 

September 19, 2024

  • Added into our temporary ‘Rolling Hash Sets’ a total of 665,625 new and unique MS Windows unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256) and 50,929 new and unique macOS operating system hash values.
  • The Rolling Hash Sets can be found on this linked page for our current subscription members. 

August 27, 2024

  • Added into our temporary ‘Rolling Hash Sets’ a total of 1,097,587 new and unique MS Windows unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256) and 759,587 new and unique macOS operating system hash values.

    Note: Rolling Hash Sets are released early until we have subsequently added them into our next ‘Full Hash Sets’ release (tentatively scheduled for November 2024) along with all other hash set formats (e.g. Encase, Forensic ToolKit, X-ways, SleuthKit, etc).   

  • The Rolling Hash Sets can be found on this linked page for our current subscription members. 

July 15, 2024

  • Full Hash Sets release that incorporates newest hash values for June and July 2024, previously released ‘Rolling Hash Sets’ (March, April and May 2024) and NSRL comparisons. 
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 62,732,215 (February 2024) to 66,879,967 (July 2024). That is 4,147,752 new and unique hash values. 
  • There are 57,948,867 hash values in our WhiteHashSet which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset release 2024-06-1 (June 2024).
  • For active Subscription members we have updated our Simple Hash Search Engine (link) with our latest hash values. 
  • We are currently at 782 operating system versions that we have installed, analyzed and gathered hash values and meta-data from since 2003. 
  • See our latest ‘Operating System’ details (link) page for full information on operating system version updates.

May 26, 2024

  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Sets a total of 1,122,524 MS Windows unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256).  Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we have added them into our next Full Hash Set release and into our Search Engine.  

April 18, 2024

  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Sets a total of 741,260 MS Windows unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256).  Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we have added them into our next Full Hash Set release and into our Search Engine.  

March 17, 2024

  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Sets a total of 1,256,266 MS Windows unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256).  Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we have added them into our next Full Hash Set release and into our Search Engine.  

February 19, 2024

  • Full Hash Sets release that incorporates the previous ‘Rolling Hash Sets’ (November 2023 thru January 2024) and NSRL comparisons. 
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 57,959,940 (October 2023) to 62,732,215 (January 2024). That is 4,772,275 new and unique hash values. 
  • There are 53,929,573 hash values in our WhiteHashSet which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset release 2023-12-1 (December 2023).
  • Please note that in this Full Hash Set release we have additional known-good/safe/non-threatening hash values we missed adding into our Rolling Hash Sets (November 2023 thru January 2024).  
  • For active Subscription members we have updated our Simple Hash Search Engine (link) with our latest hash values. 
  • We are currently at 781 operating system versions that we have installed, analyzed and gathered hash values and meta-data from since 2003. 
  • See our latest ‘Operating System’ details (link) page for full information on operating system version updates.
  • We have recently added new links to our download pages that allows faster downloads from two global locations (North America – West and Europe – Central).

January 13, 2024

  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Set more than 1+ Million unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256).  Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we have added them into our next Full Hash Set release and entered into our Search Engine.  Specifically, the following operating system updates:
    • MS Windows 2016 Standard Server (US English)
    • MS Windows 2019 Standard and Datacenter Servers (US English)
    • MS Windows 2022 Standard and Datacenter Servers (US English, Swedish, German and Russian) 
    • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (US English, Polish, Great Britain and Hebrew)
    • Windows 10 Education (US English)
    • Windows 10 Education Pro (English International)
    • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (US English 64bit and Swedish 32bit/64bit)
    • Windows 11 Enterprise (US English)
    • Windows 11 Pro for Workstations (Swedish)

December 28, 2023

  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Sets more than 718,000+ unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256).  Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we have added them into our next Full Hash Set release and into our Search Engine.  Specifically the following operating system updates:
    • macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, 11.7.5, 11.7.6, 11.7.7, 11.7.8, 11.7.9, 11.7.10
    • macOS Monterey 12.6.1, 12.6.2, 12.6.5, 12.6.6, 12.6.7, 12.6.8, 12.6.9
    • macOS Ventura 13.0.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.3.1, 13.4, 13.4.1, 13.5, 13.5.1, 13.5.2, 13.6, 13.6.1
    • macOS Sonoma 14, 14.1, 14.1.1, 14.1.2

December 17, 2023

  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Sets more than 328,000+ unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256). Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we add into our next Full Hash Set release and into our Search Engine.  
  • More specifically the following operating system updates: MS Windows 2016 Standard Server, MS Windows 2019 Standard and Datacenter Servers, MS Windows 2022 Standard and Datacenter Servers, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (US English, Great Britain and Hebrew) and Windows 10 Home (Hebrew)
November 16, 2023
  • Added into our temporary Rolling Hash Sets more than 1.7M+ unique hash values (MD5/SHA1/SHA256). Rolling Hash Sets are released upfront and early until we add into our next Full Hash Set release and into our Search Engine.    
  • More specifically the following operating system updates: MS Windows 2016 Standard Server, MS Windows 2019 Standard and Datacenter Servers, MS Windows 2022 Standard and Datacenter Servers, Windows 11 (US English, Great Britain, French Canadian, French, Spanish, Spanish Mexican, Hebrew, Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai.)   
October 2, 2023
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 56,364,904 to 57,959,940 unique hash values.  This is a direct result of adding 1,595,036 new and unique hash values for October 2023.     
  • The aforementioned new hash values involved updating 26 MS Windows operating system versions including Windows 2019 Standard and DataCenter Server, Windows 2022 Standard and DataCenter Server, Windows 10 (Education, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Professional, and Home) and MS Windows 11 (Education, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Professional, and Home). 
  • The aforementioned version were affiliated with English, English International, French Canadian, Spanish Mexican, Great Britain, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Hebrew.
  •  We are currently at 49,224,926 hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2023.09.1 released September 2023) for comparison purposes.
  • Our next release will include the latest macOS updates including Sonoma. 
  • If you are looking for Operating System Changelog (click here).
July 12, 2023
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 54,154,783 to 56,364,904 unique hash values.  This is a direct result from adding 2,210,121 new and unique hash values for July 2023.     
  • The aforementioned new hash values is result from adding 67 new or updated Linux distributions including: AlmaLinux, ALT Education, ALT Server, ALT Workstation, Archcraft Linux, ArchLabs Linux,
    AV Linux, CachyOS Linux, EndeavourOS, Freespire, KDE Neon Linux, Kubuntu, Linspire
    Linux Mint, Linux Ubuntu, Neptune Linux, OpenMamba Linux, OpenSUSE, Parrot Architect, Parrot OS Home, Puppy Linux, Qubes, RebornOS Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server,
    Redhat Fedora Server and Workstation, Regata OS Linux, Rocky Linux, Siduction OS Linux,
    Simply Linux, Springdale Linux, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu Desktop and Zorin Linux.  
  •  We are currently at 48,049,704 hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2023.06.1 released June 2023) for comparison purposes.
  • Our next release will include the latest MS Windows updates. 
  • If you are looking for Operating System Changelog (click here).
March 20, 2023
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 52,403,695 to 54,154,783 unique hash values.  This is a direct result from adding 1,751,088 new and unique hash values for March 2023.     
  • We added 977,566 new and distinct hash values encompassing twenty-three MS Windows operating system versions including Windows 10 Education (64bit); Windows 10 Home (64bit) – Hebrew; Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (64bit) English International/Great Britain/Hebrew/Polish; Windows 10 Professional Education (64bit) – English International; Windows 11 Pro for Workstations (64bit) English, Hebrew, Polish; Windows 11 Professional (64bit) – French/French Canadian/German/Norwegian/Russian/Spanish Mexican; Windows 2016 Standard Server (64bit) – Polish; Windows 2019 DataCenter Server (64bit); Windows 2019 Standard Server (64bit); Windows 2022 DataCenter Server (64bit); Windows 2022 Standard Server (64bit) and Windows 2022 Standard Server (64bit) – Polish. 
  • We also added 773,522 new and unique Software Applications and Hardware Drivers hash values (Java and Ruby application, programming and scripting files).
  •  We are currently at 46,430,893 hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2023.03.1 released March 2023) for comparison purposes.
  • If you are looking for Operating System Changelog (click here).
January 20, 2023
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 50,720,420 to 52,403,695 unique hash values.  This is a direct result from adding 1,683,275 new and unique hash values for January 2023.     
  • We now have a total of 631 installed operating system versions up from 614 during our previous December 2022 release. 
  • We updated MS Windows 11 Pro for Workstations (64bit) – English and MS Windows 10 Pro (64bit) – English.   
  • We also updated our Gold Disks by adding MS Windows 11 Pro for Workstations and MS Windows 10 Pro with installations of Visual Studio 16.x (Community and Professional versions).  
  • We also added the newest installations of BSD editions (FreeBSD 10.4, 11.0, 11.1, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, OpenBSD 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, NetBSD 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3)
  •  We currently have 45,376,209 hash values not yet known by
    the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.79 released December 2022).
  • If you are looking for Operating System Changelog (click here).
December 16, 2022
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 47,030,337 to 50,720,420 unique hash values.  This is a direct result from adding 1,855,001 new and unique hash values for December 2022 and adding the additional 1,835,082 from our August 2022 ‘Rolling Hash Set’ release.   
  • We now have a total of 614 installed operating system versions up from 607 during our ‘Rolling Hash Set’ release. 
  • We added MS Windows 11 Pro for Workstations (64bit) – English, Windows 10 and 11 Pro for Workstations (64bit) – Hebrew and MS Windows 10 and 11 Home edition – Hebrew to our latest new operating system versions.  
  • We also added macOS Monterey 12 (12.01, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5 and 12.6) and Ventura 13 hash values.
  •  We currently have 43,982,414 hash values not yet known by
    the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.79 released December 2022).
  • If you are looking for Operating System Changelog (click here).
August 17, 2022
  • Added 1,835,082 new and unique MD5/SHA1/SHA256 hash values into our “Rolling Hash Set” representing several MS Windows 10 and 11 desktop versions and several Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022 versions.
  • We now have a total of 607 installed operating system versions which is from 595 during our April 2022 release. 
April 29, 2022
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 44,166,323 to 47,030,337 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 1,706,139 new and unique hash values from the below mentioned operating system installations and updates AND incorporating 1,157,875 hash values from the February 2022  ‘Rolling Hash Sets’.
  • We now have a total of 595 installed operating system versions which is up from the previous 562.
  • We have added the latest distributions for AlmaLinux, Linux Mint, Linux Ubuntu Desktop and Server, OpenSUSE, Oracle Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Desktop and Server, Red-hat Fedora Server and Workstation, Slackware and Zorin.
  • We added macOS version 11.6.5 hash values.
  •  We are currently at 41,206,900 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.76 released March 2022).
February 1, 2022
  • Added 1,157,875 new and unique MD5/SHA1/SHA256 hash values into our “Rolling Hash Set” representing several MS Windows 10 and 11 desktop versions and several Windows Server 2019 and 2022 versions.
November 22, 2021
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 43,426,960 to 44,166,323 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 739,363 new and unique hash values from the below mentioned operating system installations and updates.  
  • We now have a total of 562 installed operating system versions which is up from the previous 547.
  • We have added as NEW installations Windows 11 (64bit) for English (USA), French, French Canadian, German, Great Britain, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Spanish Mexican.
  • We have added as NEW installations Windows 2022 Standard Server (64bit) for English (USA), French, German and Russian. 
    We have also added as NEW installations macOS 11.5 and 11.6.
  • We have UPDATED Windows 2019 DataCenter (64bit),
    Windows 2019 Standard Server (64bit) and Windows 2019 Server Essentials (64bit).
  •  We are currently at 38,740,744 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.74 released September 2021).
 
July 28, 2021
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 42,232,708 to 43,426,960 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 1,194,252 new and unique hash values from the below mentioned operating system installations and updates plus the previous temporary rolling hash sets from May 2021. 
  • We now have a total of 547 installed operating system versions which is up from the previous 546.
  • We have UPDATED Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (64bit) English, Great Britain, French Canadian, Russian and Ukrainian; Windows 10 Education (64bit) French Canadian, Russian and Ukrainian; Windows 10 Professional (64bit) French Canadian, Russian and Ukrainian; Windows 10 Home (64bit) French Canadian, Russian and Ukrainian;  Windows 10 Professional Education (64bit) French Canadian, Russian and Ukrainian. 
  • We have added as NEW installations macOS 11, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 and 11.4.  
  •  We are currently at 38,185,085 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.73.1 released July 2021).
 
May 10, 2021
  • Implemented a new “Rolling Hash Sets” to expedite access and download to hash values we are working on until we publish our next Full Hash Sets release (usually once we hit near 1 million new and unique hash values). 
  • Added 337,393 new unique hash values into our “Rolling Hash Set” involving MS Windows 2019 Servers (English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish).  
February 12, 2021
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 41,103,356 to 42,232,708 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 1,129,352 new and unique hash values from the below mentioned operating system installations and updates. 
  • We now have a total of 546 installed operating system versions which is up from the previous 528.
  • We have UPDATED Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Enterprise (US, Great Britain, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish) and Windows 2019 Standard Server 64bit (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish).  
  • We have added as NEW installations operating systems Windows 10 Professional (64bit)/Windows 10 Professional for Workstations (64bit)/Windows 10 Education (64bit)/Windows 10 Pro for Education (64bit)/Windows Home Edition (64bit) for English International edition, French Canadian, Russian and Ukrainian.
  •  We are currently at 37,150,265 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.71 released December 2020).
November 1, 2020
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 39,193,860 to 41,103,356 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 1,909,496 new and unique hash values from the below mentioned operating system installations and updates. 
  • We now have a total of 528 installed operating system versions which is up from the previous 494.
  • We have UPDATED macOS (OSX) 10.15 (10.15.6 and 10.15.7), Windows 10 Enterprise 32bit/64bit (US, Great Britain, French, German, Italian and Spanish) and Windows 2019 Standard Server (64bit).  
  • We have added as NEW installations operating systems Windows 10 Professional 32bit/64bit (Norwegian, Russian), Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit (Chinese Simplified and Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese), Windows 2019 Standard Server 64bit (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish) and Windows 2019 Standard Sever Core 64bit (Japanese).
  • We have also added newer versions of Linux Ubuntu (Desktop and Server), OpenSUSE, Oracle Linux, Red-hat Enterprise Linux Server, Red-hat Fedora Server and Workstation.  
  •  We are currently at 36,074,402 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.70 released September 2020).
July 25, 2020
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 38,689,533 to 39,193,860 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 504,327 new and unique hash values from the below operating system installations and updates. 
  • We are currently at 494 operating system version installations but during this release we updated macOS (OSX) 10.15 (10.15.4 and 10.15.5), Windows 10 Enterprise (32bit)/(64bit) (US, Great Britain, French, German, Italian and Spanish), Windows 2019 Standard Server (64bit), Windows 2016 Hyper-V Server (64bit), Windows 2016 Server (64bit),  Windows 2012 Standard Server R2 (64bit) and Windows 2008 Enterprise Server (32bit).
  •  We are currently at 34,450,743 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.69 released June 2020).
March 24, 2020
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 37,278,833 to 38,689,533 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 1,410,700 new and unique hash values from the below operating system installations and third-party application collection. 
  • We now have 494 operating system version installations (previously 458) as a result of adding macOS (OSX) 10.15 (10.15.3), Windows 10 Enterprise (US, Great Britain, French, German, Italian and Spanish), and many new versions of Linux (Mint, Lubuntu, Peppermint, Ubuntu, etc). 
  • We have also added 128,535 new and unique hash values (IBM Server drivers) to our Applications, Software and Hardware Files and Drivers Hash Set.
  • We are currently at 34,358,676 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL ‘Modern’ Dataset (version 2.68 released March 2020).
January 6, 2020
  • WhiteHashSet is increased from 36,451,738 to 37,278,833 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 827,095 new and unique hash values from the below operating system installations and third-party application collection. 
  • We now have 459 operating system versions installations (previously 406) as a result of adding macOS (OSX) 10.15 (10.15.0, 10.15.1 and 10.15.2), newest versions of NetBSD, OpenBSD, Debian Linux, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Lubuntu, MX Linux, OpenSUSE, Redhat Enterprise, Redhat Fedora, Slackware, SUSE Enterprise and updating several MS Windows operating systems including Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 2008 servers, Windows 2012 servers, Windows 2016 servers, Windows 2019 server and Windows 7 professional. 
  • We have also added 49,336 new hash values (IBM Server drivers) to our Applications, Software and Hardware Files and Drivers Hash Set.
  • We are currently at 30,700,771 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.67 released December 2019).
September 22, 2019
  • WhiteHashSet is decreased from 36,780,975 to 36,451,738 unique hash values.  This is a result of adding 807,364 new and unique hash values and removing 1,136,601 non-significant hash values that we determined would not be found anywhere else worldwide. Specifically, MS Windows ‘log like files’ specific only to our one-hundred-one (101) MS Window operating system version installations between November 2003 to present day. 
  • We are now at 406 operating system versions installations as a result of adding Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (32bit) – Great Britain.
  • We have updated our hash values for previous installations of MacOS (OS X) 10.14 (10.14.6),  Windows 10 Enterprise  32/64bit (US and Great Britain), Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (64bit) (Great Britain), Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019, Windows 10 Professional, Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2008 DataCenter Server, Windows 2008 Enterprise Server, Windows 2019 Standard Server, Windows 2012 Hyper-V Server,  and Windows 7 Professional (32bit/64bit). 
  • We have also added 49,000+ new hash values (IBM Server drivers) to our Applications, Software and Hardware Files and Drivers Hash Set.
  • We now have 29,991,385 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.66 released September 2019).
June 14, 2019
  • WhiteHashSet is now increased from 36,352,968 to 36,780,975unique hash values.  That is an increase of 406,195 new and unique hash values during this latest release!
  • We now have 30,460,925 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.65 released June 2019).
  • We are now at 405 operating system versions installations as a result of adding Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (German).
  • We have also updated our hash values for previous installations of MacOS (OS X) 10.14 (10.14.4 and 10.14.5), Windows 10 Enterprise  (US and Great Britain), Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019, Windows 10 Professional, Windows 2016 Server and Windows 7 Professional. 
  • We have also added 28,000+ new hash values (Lenovo Laptop and Desktop drivers) to our Applications, Software and Hardware Files and Drivers Hash Set.  
March 4, 2019
  • WhiteHashSet is now increased from 35,946,773 to 36,352,968 unique hash values.  That is an increase of 406,195 new and unique hash values during this latest release!
  • We now have 30,704,281 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.63 released January  2019).
  • We are now at 404 operating system versions installations as a result of adding MS Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC (2019), Windows 2019 DataCenter, Windows 2019 Server Essentials, Windows 2019 Standard Server, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (US and Great Britain).
  • We have also updated our hash values for previous installations of MacOS (OS X) 10.14 (10.14.2 and 10.14.3) and Windows 10 Enterprise (US and Great Britain). 
December 10, 2018
  • Updated Black/Gray HashSet by removing approximately 189 false positive hash values based upon a comparison of the latest NSRL DataSet and our own WhiteHashSet.
December 1, 2018
  • Based on the below new hash values the WhiteHashSet is now increased from 34,241,307 to 35,946,773. That is an increase of 1,705,466 new and unique hash values.
  • We have 30,411,044 unique hash values that are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.62 released September 2018).
  • Now at 396 operating system versions as a result of newly adding MacOS 10.14 (Mojave), MS Windows 2016 Storage Server (64bit), Windows 8.1 Enterprise (Great Britain) (32/64bit), Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Server and Workstation (7.4/7.5/7.6), Redhat Fedora Server and Workstation 29, Linux Ubuntu Desktop/Server (18.04/18.10), OpenSuse 15.0 (64bit) and OpenSuse Tumbleweed (64bit).
  • We have also updated hash values for previous installations of MacOS (OS X) 10.13.6, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 2008 Servers, Windows 2012 Servers, Windows 2016 Servers, Windows 7 and 8.1, SUSE Enterprise Server 11.
August 3 and October 17, 2018
  • Increased Computer Applications, Software and Hardware Files and Drivers from 11,051,594 to 11,352,088 unique hash values.  There are 9,536,692 unique hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL DataSets.
  • We have updated MacOS (OS X) by adding the latest file hash values for versions 10.13.4 and 10.13.5.
  • Based on the aforementioned new hash values the WhiteHashSet is now increased from 33,944,150 to 34,241,307.
  • We have 28,743,513 unique hash values that are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.62 released September 2018).
June 3, 2018
  • Now at 374 operating system versions as a result of adding the hash values involving MS Windows 10 Education (64bit) and (32bit) .
  • Based on the aforementioned new hash values the WhiteHashSet is now increased to 33,944,151 unique hash values up from 33,539,727 previous hash values.
  • We have 28,646,312 unique hash values that are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.60 released March 2018).
April 19, 2018
  • We have updated MacOS (OS X) by adding the latest file hash values for versions 10.13.2 and 10.13.3.
  • Based on the aforementioned new hash values the WhiteHashSet is now increased to 33,539,727 unique hash values up from 33,483,583 previous hash values.
  • We have 28,322,217 unique hash values that are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.60 released March 2018).
February 23, 2018
  • Now at 373 operating system versions as a result of adding the hash values involving MS Windows 10 Professional (64bit) and (32bit) “Fall Creators Edition”.
  • We have also updated hash values for MS Windows 7 Professional (64bit) and (32bit) operating systems.
  • We have also now begun to gather new hash values as a result of building simulated “Gold Disks” which contains not only the hash values of a particular MS Windows or MacOS operating system but also incorporating within each “Gold Disk” the most common non-threatening/known-good/safe software programs such as the many forms of Office Suites (MS Office, LibreOffice, Corel Wordperfect Office, WPS Office 2016, etc), Internet browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc)  and so on.
  • The hash values resulting from this recent release of our “Gold Disks” includes MS Office 2013 and 2010 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, OneNote, Access, Outlook and Visio),  LibreOffice, WPS Office 2016, Corel Wordperfect Office X8, Corel PDF Fusion, FlexiPDF Basic and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
  • Based on the aforementioned changes the WhiteHashSet is increased to 33,483,583 up from 33,091,876 previous hash values.
  • We have 28,573,026 unique hash values that are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.59 released December 2017).
January 29, 2018
  • Updated “Black/Gray” hash sets by removing a few false positives and adding several thousand newly identified hash values associated with Malware.
December 11, 2017
  • Updated “Software Applications & Hardware Driver” hash sets with 849,249 new and unique hash values which increases the number up to 11,051, 594 unique hash values.
  • The WhiteHashSet is increased to 33,091,876 up from 32,300,987 previous unique hash values.
  • Within the aforementioned there are 28,219,600 unique hash values we have found which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.58 released September 2017).
November 19, 2017
  • We are now at 371 operating system versions as a result of adding MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra).
  • We have updated the MacOS App Store software as a result of improvements and software upgrades by MacOS App Store software manufacturers.
  • The WhiteHashSet is increased to 32,300,987 from the previous 32,051,636 unique hash values.
  • Within the aforementioned there are 27,506,015 unique hash values we have found which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.58 released September 2017).
September 20,  2017
  • We are now at 370 operating system versions as a result of the below changes and/or additions.
  • Added two new operating system versions (MS Windows 8.0 Enterprise 32bit and 64bit) to the MS Windows operating system hash sets.
  • Added twelve (12) new Linux operating system versions (Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Desktop and Workstation; Redhat Fedora Server and Workstation) to the Linux operating system hash sets.
  • Updated eleven (11) previous MS Windows operating system version hash values (Windows 10, 8.1, Windows Servers 2012/2016) with the latest updates (fixes, patches and improvements) released by Microsoft.
  • Updated MacOS (OSX 10.12.6) with the latest updates (fixes, patches and improvements) released by by Apple.
  • Added five (5) new BSD operating system versions (FreeBSD 10.3, NetBSD  6.1.4 32bit/64bit, NetBSD 7.1 32bit/64bit)
  • The WhiteHashSet is increased to 32,051,636 from the previous 31,303,927 unique hash values.
  • Within the aforementioned there are 27,256,828 unique hash values we have found which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.58 released September 2017).
July 4,  2017
  • Updated 16 MS Windows operating systems (Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, Windows 2016 Server Essentials and Hyper-V Server) with the latest updates (fixes and patches) released by Microsoft.
  • The WhiteHashSet is increased from 30,548,320 to 31,303,927 hash values .
  • Note:  Within the aforementioned there are 26,571,837 hash values we have found which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.56 released March 2017).
June 10,  2017
  • Mac App Store hash values increased from 217,948 to 1,448,5190 hash values.
  • The MacOS hash values increased from 1,793,33 to 2,505,179 involving OS X versions 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12.
  • The WhiteHashSet is increased from 28,820,694 to 30,548,320 hash values .
  • Note:  Within the aforementioned there are 25,883,815 hash values we have found which are not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.56 released March 2017).
April 23, 2017
  • Third-party manufacturer hardware drivers, software and web applications has been increased from 5,761,461 to 10,201,962 unique hash values.  More specifically, we have incorporated MySQL, Apache, PHP and OpenSSL releases going back approximately 10 years, if applicable.  There are 8,651,475 not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.56 released March 2017).
  • The WhiteHashSet is increased from 24,523,538 unique hash values to 28,820,694.   There are 24,149,101 not known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.56 released March 2017).
  • The Black or Gray Hash Set has been updated to 632,300 hash values.  Specifically, a few recently identified “false positives” were removed and several hundred newly identified Notable / Suspicious / Significant hash values were added.
  • NOTE:  We are discontinuing OS Forensics and Perlustro iLook hash sets due to limited demand by our members.  Please let us know if you have any questions.
February 13, 2017
  • MS Windows App Store applications is increased from 499,983 to 957,541 hash values.  These hash sets now includes Business, Home, Education and Game apps that are considered Known Good, Non-Threatening and Safe hash values.  A total of 953,751 are NSRL unknown.
  • WhiteHashSet now represents 24,523,538 unique hash values of which 20,128,998 are not known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.55 released December 2016).
December 27, 2016
  • Added five (5) new operating system versions (MS Windows Desktops and Servers) to the operating system hash sets.  We are now at 351 operating system versions.
  • Updated 36 MS Windows operating systems with the latest fixes, patches, etc, released by Microsoft.
  • Updated ‘WhiteHashSet’ accordingly based on the aforementioned new hash values identified.
  • WhiteHashSet now represents 24,064,830 unique hash values of which 19,670,315 are not known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.55 released December 2016).
November 15, 2016
  • Added five (5) new operating system versions (macOS 10.12, CentOS and Redhat Enterprise) to the operating system hash sets.  We are now at 346 operating system versions.
  • Added ‘WhiteHashSet’ to the download section.  WhiteHashSet is one very large file consisting of one example of every file we have gathered and hashed which are considered to be ‘known-good/non-threatening’.   This could be used for elimination purposes during computer forensic, computer security and/or other computer file examination.
  • WhiteHashSet represents 23,244,010 unique hash values of which 18,865,485 are not known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset (version 2.54 released September 2016).
November 12, 2016
  • Updated US Government’s National Software Reference Library (NSRL) Search Engine which we sponsor with the latest NSRL Dataset release 2.54 (September 2016).
  • NSRL release 2.54 consist of 180,262,323 hash values (50,110,240 unique).
September 21, 2016
  • Updated increased hash values from 133,480 to 499,983 pertaining to MS Windows App Store applications.  Hash Sets now includes both Business and Game apps that are considered Known Good, Non-Threatening and Safe hash values.  A total of 365,503 are NSRL unknown.
September 7, 2016
  • Updated Operating System hash sets by adding ten (10) new operating system versions (Linux Mint). We are now at 341 operating system versions.
  • Updated Manufacturer Applications and Hardware & Software Driver hash sets.  We are now at 5,761,461 hash values and 4,480,466 NSRL unknown.
August 29, 2016
  •  Updated our own (HashSets.com) search engine.  Consolidated MD5/SHA-1/SHA256/File Name and First 32 Bytes Hex searching into one online search page.
  • Our consolidated Search Engine now includes all operating systems, third-party manufacturer hardware/software drivers, MS Windows App Store, OS X App Store and US Government files we have collected, analyzed and hashed since 2003.
  • HashSets.com Search Engine now consist of 84,282,369 hash values (18,982,630 unique).
 August 13, 2016
  • Updated NSRL Search Engine with NSRL Dataset release 2.53 (June 2016) hash values.  Added new capability to search SHA-1 hash values to the already MD5 and File Name capability.
  • NSRL release 2.53 consist of 163,437,480 hash values (43,951,218 unique).
July 17, 2016
  • Added new hash sets pertaining to MS Windows App Store applications (over 134,000 hash values) that are considered Known Good, Non-Threatening and Safe hash values.
May 14, 2016
  • Added new hash sets pertaining to Mac Applications (over 217,000 hash values) that are considered Known Good, Non-Threatening and Safe hash values.
April 5, 2016
  • Added new hash sets pertaining to two (2) MS Windows Operating System versions, updated fifteen (15) previously installed and analyzed MS Windows and OS X operating systems.
February 7, 2016
  • Added new hash sets pertaining to twenty-two (22) Linux Operating System versions.
January 31, 2016
  • Updated hash sets pertaining to seventeen (17) MS Windows Operating System versions.
January 18, 2016
  • Upgraded ‘The HashSets.com Search Engines’ server (hardware) for faster hash value and key word searching.
October 18, 2015
  • Updated Professional Subscription ‘Operating System’ Hash Sets which now represents 304 operating system versions.
 September 7, 2015
  • Updated Professional Subscription ‘Operating System’ Hash Sets which now represents 293 operating system versions.
August 17, 2015
  • National Software Reference Library (NSRL) – Updated on-line NSRL Search Engine to RDS Release 2.47 (June 2015).
July 30 – August 14, 2015
  • Moved business, servers and HashSets.com from Kansas City, Missouri to Pensacola, Florida!
April 18, 2015
  • Updated Professional Subscription ‘Operating System’ Hash Sets by adding 1,804,375 new and unique hash values for Microsoft Windows, OSX, Linux and BSD operating systems.  This includes 1,751,867 hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset release (2.47).
  • Professional Subscription ‘Operating System’ Hash Sets now represents 258 operating system versions.
September 30, 2014
  • Updated Professional Subscription ‘Operating System’ Hash Sets by adding 1,881,660 new and unique hash values for Microsoft Windows and OSX operating systems.  This includes 1,395,975 hash values not yet known by the US Government’s NSRL Dataset release (2.45).
  • Professional Subscription ‘Operating System’ Hash Sets now represents 221 operating system versions.
September 1, 2014
  • National Software Reference Library (NSRL) – Updated on-line NSRL Search Engine to RDS Release 2.45 (June 2014).
April 30, 2014
  • National Software Reference Library (NSRL) – Updated on-line NSRL Search Engine to the RDS Release 2.44 (March 2014).
January 8, 2014
  • National Software Reference Library (NSRL) – Complete overhaul of the online database using MD5 and file Names. Now 10 times faster than previously.
January 4, 2014
  • Manufacturer Hardware / Software Drivers – Added new on-line database MD5/SHA-1/SHA256 and Name search cability – 12 Million Analyzed Files.
December 28, 2013
  • HashSet Database – New on-line public accessible interface with 10 times faster searching results.
  • updated on-line public HashSet Database with MD5, SHA-1, SHA256 and File Name search capability – 200+ Operating System versions
December 1, 2013
  • Added Professional Subscription Member Only – Hardware & Software Manufacturer drivers –  2,078,343 unique Hash values