In this episode, I chat with Eric Huber about the recently announced Digital Forensics organization, The Consortium of Digital Forensic Specialists. We discuss who is on the interim board, the goals and benefits of CDFS and the organization’s outlook. Visit www.cdfs.org for more information. Joe Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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xkcd on Password Strength
August 10th, 2011
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xkcd gets it right when it comes to users creating difficult to remember passwords and the strength of those passwords. It’s better to create a good passphrase rather than a password with just substituted characters.
Apple PDF Vulnerability patch available
July 16th, 2011
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Hey kids, Apple has gone and updated iOS to fix a security issue relating to PDF’s. The vulnerability had to do with how iOS Mobile Safari handles fonts that are embedded into PDF’s. iOS version 4.2.9 covers CDMA iPhone 4′s, while version 4.3.4 covers the iPhone 4 (GSM), iPhone 3GS, iPad & iPad 2 and [...]
Asta La Vista, Dropbox!
July 2nd, 2011
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Hey boys & girls who use Dropbox, Don’t know if you perused through your inboxes this morning, but you should have received an email from Dropbox letting you know that they changed their Terms of Service (TOS). The email should have looked a little something like this: [...]
Episode 29- Sony Hack, MacDefender, Dropbox Privacy and ForensicArtifacts.com
June 3rd, 2011
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In this episode, I talk about the Sony hacks, MacDefender, Dropbox privacy issues, ForensicArtifacts.com and upcoming events in the month of June. Show Notes: Sony/PBS Hacks links: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/sony-hacked-yet-again-plaintext-passwords-posted.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/hacktivists-scorch-pbs-in-retaliation-for-wikileaks-documentary.ars http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229700188 Mac Defender, Apple Security Update and Avast A/V Free for Mac: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/19/macdefender-malware-protection-and-removal-guide/ http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/31/mac-security-update-2011-003-now-available-for-download/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/02/apple-responds-quickly-to-evolving-mac-defender-threat-with-updated-malware-definitions/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4657 http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/01/avast-free-antivirus-for-mac-beta-now-available/ Using TrueCrypt with Dropbox: http://lifehacker.com/5794486/how-to-add-a-second-layer-of-encryption-to-dropbox [...]
2011 Forensic 4cast Awards
May 7th, 2011
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Lee over at Forensic 4cast has posted the list of nominees for the 2011 Forensic 4cast Awards as well as the official ballot, which you can find here. The results of the voting will be announced at the 2011 SANS Forensics & Incident Response Summit being held on June 7 at 4:20pm. With that said, [...]
Free 16GB iPad with SANS vLive! Courses
January 11th, 2011
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Didn’t get what you were wishing for last month? Now through February 2, receive a FREE 16GB iPad(TM) with Wi-Fi with the purchase of any of the following online courses! FOR408: Computer Forensic Essentials vLive! course starts March 1 and meets Tue/Thu evenings http://www.sans.org/info/66203 MGT414: SANS(R) +S(TM) Training Program for the CISSP(R) Certification Exam vLive! [...]
REMNux Update Coming Soon
January 6th, 2011
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Attention all Malware Analysts…… Lenny Zeltser is putting finishing touches on the next version of REMnux (v 2.0), which is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for analyzing malware. It is set for release this month. Lenny uses it in the SANS FOR610 course, but it has also been well received by the malware analyst community, and [...]
ImageUSB available from PassMark Software
January 2nd, 2011
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ImageUSB, a utility that allows you to copy an image to multiple USB Flash Drives, has been made available by PassMark Software. This can be a great tool for academic purposes. They claim the following on their site: Unlike other USB duplication tools, ImageUSB can preserve all unused and slack space during the cloning process, [...]
Merry Christmas
December 24th, 2010
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a healthy holiday season. I also wanted to thank all of you for your support in making the show great. I hope the show continues to evolve and get better in 2011. Joe
