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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SANS’
Episode 29- Sony Hack, MacDefender, Dropbox Privacy and ForensicArtifacts.com
Episode 28- Interview with Hal Pomeranz
Hey guys, I’m back from a bit of a break. Thanks for being patient! Anyway, I had the pleasure of interviewing Hal Pomeranz for this show. He is the founder of Deer Run Associates and the longest tenured SANS Institute Instructor. Enjoy the show! Joe Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode 23- Forensics on a Budget
The show notes are chock full o’ links for your reading/research pleasure. News Links: ImageUSB Utility: http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html Gawker Breach: http://www.businessinsider.com/gawker-hacked-2010-12 http://www.mediaite.com/online/gawker-medias-entire-commenter-database-appears-to-have-been-hacked/ LinkedIn Password Reset: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20025688-245.html?tag=cnetRiver Shameless plug for my Password episode: http://www.cybercrime101.com/episode-2-passwords Fake Microsoft Security Update email: http://www.pcworld.com/article/215491/worm_planted_in_fake_microsoft_security_update.html?tk=twt_pcw http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/01/04/fake-microsoft-update-spreads-worm/ CEIC Conference: http://www.ceicconference.com/agenda.aspx Forensic Software Links: Red Wolf Forensics (Skype Log Parser, Prefetch Parser): http://redwolfcomputerforensics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=55 RegRipper: [...]
Episode 22- Firesheep, Sophos for Mac and REM Review
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- [...]
My latest SANS Blog Post: Stuck on Stickies
My latest SANS Blog Post, Stuck on Stickies, is up for your reading pleasure. It covers the artifact locations of various “Sticky Note” applications on Window Vista/7, Mac OS X and Ubuntu Operating Systems. Read it HERE Also, keep an eye on the Forensic Artifacts site that I maintain with Matt Churchill. I’ll be adding [...]
Discount code for SANS Reverse Engineering Malware course (NYC)
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 [...]
Episode 20- Lenny Zeltser talks Malware Analysis
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Episode 16: Review- 2010 SANS Forensics & IR Summit
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 [...]
