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The meat and potatoesA bit is still a bit and a byte is still a byte. COVID-19 cannot change that, which means that the technical…
Saturday April 25
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The short story on the newest Mini-WinFE 10 (aka, the download link):Mini-WinFE has been updated and upgraded. I update WinFE developments (including the downloads for…
Sunday April 05
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Something good and something not-so-good on learning DFIRThe good thing about learning DFIR is that there are probably fewer barriers and obstacles to learn and…
Saturday January 18
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We’ve come a long way in DFIR over the past 20 years, and even looking at just the past decade, the field has drastically grown!…
Thursday December 26
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I have an outstanding public records request. It is not "outstanding" in the manner that I wrote a great request, but "outstanding" in that I…
Thursday December 12
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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,…
Tuesday September 10
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The short storyAny person and their voice, in practically any video (past, present, or future) can have their face and voice digitally replaced with any…
Sunday September 01
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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…
Thursday August 29
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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…
Saturday August 17
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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…
Wednesday July 31
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Jessica Hyde’s post of Giving Back in DFIR from 2018 is a great write up on contributing to the DFIR community, and I see her…
Monday June 24
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SummaryThere is no easy way to learn DFIR. You can stop reading from here if you want.Longer versionOk. Since you are still reading, you probably…
Saturday June 08
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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…
Thursday April 25
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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,…
Wednesday April 17
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Lesley Carhart tweeted today that a journalist used one of her tweets in an article that would have been rephrased in a less playful manner…
Tuesday April 09
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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…
Monday April 08
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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…
Friday April 05
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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…
Friday March 22
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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…
Saturday March 09
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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 everything he…
Tuesday March 05
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