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I have been a fan of Craig Ball ever since I met him in a forensic course years ago. I was so impressed with Craig,…
The short story Any person and their voice, in practically any video (past, present, or future) can have their face and voice digitally replaced with…
I took a 3-day basic forensic course and embarrassingly enough, the instructor (in front of the class), said that I probably know everything in the…
You don’t need to experience military life to learn the valuable lessons that are drilled into military recruits. In fact, you can probably enjoy the…
From a recent discussion that I had with Harlan Carvey about the registry, this topic is something that I touched on lightly in Placing the…
Jessica Hyde ’ s post of Giving Back in DFIR from 2018 is a great write up on contributing to the DFIR community, and I…
Summary There is no easy way to learn DFIR . You can stop reading from here if you want. Longer version Ok. Since you are…
Short post and quick opinion. I came across some tweets today about how bad people are in the #infosec/#DFIR community and I dug a little…
Admittedly, the title of this post is intentionally gross, because I am going to heave a few things at you, mainly about puking. As in,…
Lesley Carhart tweeted today that a journalist used one of her tweets in an article that would have been rephrased in a less playful…
I hate USB drives. My first experiences with the darn things was when I was a young patrol officer and the entire police department was…
Here is something about the DFIR career field: it is one of the most exciting, eventful, and jam-packed jobs that anyone can have. Running and…
I have seen people be overcommitted, realize that they are overcommitted, yet continue forward in the most serious of situations. By overcommitted, I do not…
Swift on Security tweeted a great article. The article is not great as a well-written piece or containing earth shattering news piece, but more that…
I feel obligated to respond to one of Harlan Carvey’s points in his recent blog post, Book Writing Misconceptions ( https://windowsir.blogspot.com/2019/03/book-writing-misconceptions.html ). I agree with…
During a recent workshop, one person in the class kept asking me for the magic bullet to work his case. By that, I mean that he…
The bad cons are the criminals that victimize you. The good CONS are the conferences that you were glad to attend. CTIN is one of…
The #1 factor is not giving up . The #2 factor is talent . Actually, scratch #2. You can make it without talent if you…
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