Archive for August, 2010

Episode 18- ForensicArtifacts.com, McAfee, Adobe Patches, Facebook Places

Welcome to an episode of potpourri proportions.  I cover the following topics: Forensic Artifacts Website: http://forensicartifacts.com Forensic Artifacts Twitter Feed: Follow @4n6artifacts McAfee’s List of Most Dangerous Celebrities to Search For: http://home.mcafee.com/AdviceCenter/most-dangerous-celebrities?ctst=1 Intel purchases McAfee for $7.7 Billion Dollars: Forbes article Gizmodo article The Register article Adobe Issues Out-of-Band Patches: Secunia- http://secunia.com/advisories/40766 Infosecurity (USA)- http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/11898/adobe-issues-emergency-patches-for-reader-and-acrobat/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter [...]

New Forensics Resource: ForensicArtifacts.com

My fellow Forensicators, I have partnered with Matt Churchill, who has recently created a new resource for the community- www.forensicartifacts.com.  The aim of the site is to provide a reference database for forensic examiners looking for specific information on artifacts of operating systems, programs, and user activity. The website was set up in blog format [...]

Apple updates iOS for iPhone/iPod & iPad

Apple has released iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad.  This fixes a vulnerability with a user viewing a maliciously crafted PDF that allowed for code to be arbitrarily executed. Make sure to update your iOS as soon as possible! Apple support article for iPhone/iPod iOS 4.0.2 update- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 Apple support article for [...]

Trusting Your Tools

I recently had an article posted to the SANS Forensics & Incident Response Blog titled “Trusting Your Tools”.  It covers how, as a Forensicator, you can trust where you get your tools from and the results that they are providing to you. If you haven’t read it yet, head on over to the SANS Forensics [...]

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