In this episode, I discuss the “Firesheep” extension for Firefox, Find My iPhone becoming a free service for iDevice users, Sophos’ free Anti-Virus application for the Mac OS and finally, I review the SANS Forensics 610 (Reverse Engineering Malware) course. Links: Firesheep-http://codebutler.com/firesheep Article on Firesheep- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9192923/New_Firefox_add_on_hijacks_Facebook_Twitter_sessions EFF & The TOR Project’s “HTTPS Everywhere” Firefox Extension- [...]
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Episode 21- 1 Year Anniversary and HacKid Recap
October 22nd, 2010
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Hey everyone, I actually made it a year with the show. Thank you for listening!!! This show, I recap the HacKid Conference which was held October 9-10, 2010 in Cambridge, MA at the Microsoft NE Research & Developement (NERD) Center. It was a great experience and I am proud to be a part of it. [...]
Episode 20- Lenny Zeltser talks Malware Analysis
September 15th, 2010
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Another milestone episode. Made it to 20 and was lucky to have a special guest, Lenny Zeltser. Lenny (in my opinion) is a Malware Analysis guru. He stopped by to talk about Malware Analysis, a Linux distribution called REMnux which he recently released and the two Malware courses that he teaches for SANS. Show Notes: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Episode 15- Chatting with Lee Whitfield
June 24th, 2010
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In this episode, I talk with Lee Whitfield of the Forensic4cast podcast about Volume Shadow Copies, a tool called Shadow Analyzer being developed by him & Mark “The Tool” McKinnon and about the 4cast Awards being held at the SANS Forensics & Incident Response Summit July 8-9, 2010 in Washington D.C. Show Notes: Uh Oh, [...]
Episode 14- Shutting down Windows AutoRun
June 8th, 2010
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In this episode, I highlight some news stories and I discuss how to Disable the AutoRun feature of Windows XP/Vista/7. Show Notes: Google not using Windows anymore- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html Mac Spyware- http://blog.intego.com/2010/06/01/intego-security-alert-osxopinionspy-spyware-installed-by-freely-distributed-mac-applications/ LikeJacking on Facebook- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=8893&rss http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/06/02/click-paramore-naked-photo-leaked-facebook-link/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Likejacking-Attacks-Continue-to-Snare-Users-286834/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/likejacking_takes_off_on_facebook.php 2010 Forensic4cast Awards- http://forensic4cast.com/?p=612 IBM distributes USB drives with malware- http://www.scmagazineus.com/ibm-distributed-infected-usb-drives-at-conference/article/170862/ Disabling Windows AutoRun feature- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 Podcast: [...]
Episode 13- Review Of SANS FOR408 Course & Talk About The SANS 2010 Forensics & IR Summit
May 21st, 2010
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In this episode, I discuss a few news items and I review the SANS Forensic 408 course that I recently attended at SANS SecWest in San Diego. Also, I talk about the upcoming SANS Forensic & Incident Response Summit being held in Washington D.C. on July 8-9, 2010. Show Note Links: – HacKid Conference Wiki [...]
