Shadow Forensics

Posted on October 10, 2008. Filed under: Computer Forensics | Tags: , , |

Shadow Copy (also called Volume Snapshot Service or VSS, or Previous Versions in Windows Vista) is a feature introduced with Windows XP with SP1, Windows Server 2003, and available in all releases of Microsoft Windows thereafter, that allows taking manual or automatic backup copies or snapshots of a file or folder on a specific volume [...]

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Chain of Custody (Begining of the End or End of the Begining)

Posted on August 25, 2008. Filed under: Computer Forensics | Tags: , |

I started off trying to write a GIAC/SANS Gold Paper on the Chain of Custody, but due to changing course and completing my CISSP I was unable to complete the paper in the time frame required.  I have decided that I hate that the energy I spent on the research and document going to waste [...]

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Forensics for Free

Posted on March 11, 2008. Filed under: Computer Forensics | Tags: , , , |

Helix is already out on the market in the free world.  This looks interesting though.  I am hoping to take it for a spin this weekend.
Apparently some students at Edith Cowan University’s School of Computing and Information Sciences in Australia have developed a Linux-based tool to help collect cyber evidence without compromising its integrity.  The [...]

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Blog Focus

Posted on February 15, 2008. Filed under: General | Tags: , , , |

Through the course of the days, weeks and months of mucking through the security arena I have been thinking about all the neat tricks, shortcuts and tools that I have discovered or been introduced to. In an effort to share these and more importantly have a reference to go back to when I need [...]

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