Do you live in the NYC area? Are you in the field of Information Security, Incident Response or Digital Foreniscs? Are you just a technophile who is interested in personal computing security or news on the latest tech? Then read on….. The NYC4SEC Meetup group is composed of people from all fields: academic, software developers, [...]
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Episode 18- ForensicArtifacts.com, McAfee, Adobe Patches, Facebook Places
August 20th, 2010
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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
August 17th, 2010
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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
August 11th, 2010
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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
August 4th, 2010
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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 [...]
Episode 17- Mac Security
July 28th, 2010
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In this episode, I talk with Dave Melvin of the Inside the Core podcast about how to secure your Mac. Also, updates to the HacKid Conference & the Dissecting the Hack auction that has proceeds going to Hackers for Charity. Show Notes: HacKid Con, which is being held Oct. 9-10, 2010 in Boston, now has [...]
Microsoft advises of fixes to avoid the .lnk/.pif file vulnerability
July 23rd, 2010
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Microsoft has posted both a software and a manual fix/workaround that will help mitigate the .lnk and .pif file vulnerability on their Support page. This vulnerability can allow a someone remote access to your Windows machine from Windows XP all the way up through Windows 7. Use either of the workarounds until Microsoft issues an [...]
Episode 16: Review- 2010 SANS Forensics & IR Summit
July 16th, 2010
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In this episode, in addition to some news bits, I give a review of the 2010 SANS Forensics & Incident Response Summit. The Summit was held on July 8-9, 2010 in Washington D.C. at the Fairmont Hotel. Show Notes: HacKid Con is looking for sponsors- Link to Sponsor package PDF and the HacKid.org website. If [...]
Yay, I’m going to the 2010 SANS Forensics & IR Summit
July 6th, 2010
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I had been trying to find a way to go to the 2010 SANS Forensics & IR Summit for some time. My work and home budgets wouldn’t allow for it. Then just as things were getting grim, I was contacted on Friday by my good friend Lee Whitfield of the Forensic4Cast podcast, asking if I [...]
SANS Introduces the Digital Forensics “Lethal Forensicator” Coin
July 1st, 2010
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Rob Lee has unveiled the new SANS Institute Digital Forensics “Lethal Forensicator” Coin over at the SANS Computer Forensic Investigations & Incident Response Blog. Rob announced that the first time these coins will be awarded will be at the 2010 SANS Digital Forensics & Incident Response Summit next week (July 8-9, 2010). Here is an [...]
