New certification program for forensic security responders
Guidance Software announced at RSA Conference 2016 Certified Forensic Security Responder (CFSR) training, a certification fills the skills gap with industry-accepted tools and …
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Network forensic analysis tool NetworkMiner 2.0 released
NetworkMiner can be used as a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool in order to detect operating systems, sessions, hostnames, open ports etc. without putting any …
Why we need digital security forensic analysis
Basic common sense tells us you can’t fix what you don’t know is broken. Knowing the “who”, “what”, “why”, “when” and “where” is paramount, when you think about processes that …
Rudra: Framework for automated inspection of network capture files
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2015, Ankur Tyagi, Malware Research Engineer at Qualys, talks about Rudra, a framework for automated inspection of network capture …
Intelligent packet capture for increased network visibility
Lancope is unveiling its new PacketWatch solution for intelligent packet capture this week at Infosecurity Europe 2015. With the PacketWatch solution, large enterprises can …
USBKill turns thumb drives into computer kill switches
A coder that goes by the online handle “Hephaestos” has shared with the world a Python script that, when put on an USB thumb drive, turns the device in an …
Python Forensics
Author: Chet Hosmer Pages: 352 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 0124186769 Introduction This book was touted as a “no-nonsense resource for the rapid development of new …
Mobile forensics in a connected world
In this interview, Andrew Hoog, CEO of viaForensics, talks about the forensic examination of mobile devices, the challenges involved with testifying at trials, and offers …
Competition to crack a virtual terrorist HDD, break into CCTV systems
Sophos is calling amateur security talent to turn sleuth and to investigate confiscated crime scene computer systems belonging to a cyber terrorist group as part of the latest …
