SANS was kind enough to provide a discount code to my listeners for their upcoming Forensics 610 (FOR610) Reverse Engineering Malware course that is taking place October 25-29th, 2010 in NYC. This 5-Day course, which is being taught by Lenny Zeltser, is regularly $3,425.oo. The below code will give you 10% off. That is a [...]
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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: [...]
Meetup group in the NYC area- NYC4SEC
September 8th, 2010
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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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, [...]
Explaining Technical Terms To The Non-Techie
June 23rd, 2010
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Just came across a great post by Lars Daniel over at the Guardian Digital Forensics ExForensis blog. It had to do with the use of diagrams and pictures to explain technical terms associated with conducting a forensic examination to a non-technically inclined person. Here is an excerpt: “When explaining technical information, it is best to [...]
Forensic 4cast Awards are now open for voting!
June 18th, 2010
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If you haven’t done so already, make sure to head over to the Forensic 4cast site and cast your vote for your favorite Forensicators and forensics tool/book/podcast/company. Vote now: http://forensic4cast.com/2010/06/16/forensic-4cast-awards-2010-voting-is-open/
