HackerNinjaScissors -- With Bret Padres. www.crypsisgroup.com Today we talk with Lauren Pearce - a member of the IR team and a malware analyst for Los Alamos National Labs. Lauren shares with us her journey to become a malware analyst and talks about the importance of flailing and mentorship. I have a few free tickets to give out, so let me know if you want free tickets to the 2017 Incident Response Forum on April 4th, 2017, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. More info here -> incidentr...
Mar 16, 2017•36 min
New show in the Feed! HackerNinjaScissors -- With Bret Padres. www.crypsisgroup.com New CyberSpeak Podcast reboot in the works. In the mean time check out this new show. In the inaugural show of HackerNinjaScissors, Bret Padres interviews Robert M Lee. Robert M. Lee is the CEO and Founder of the critical infrastructure cyber security company Dragos where he has a passion for control system traffic analysis, digital forensics, and threat intelligence research. He is also a non-resident National C...
Feb 04, 2017•49 min
CyberSpeak is BACK and we hope to publish a monthly podcast (more if I'm lucky). This episode on CyberSpeak we briefly discuss possible implications to U.S. forensicators with the release of the Ashley Madison database (hopefully not). We also have a great interview with Yogesh Khatri , an assistant professor at Champlain College and a security researcher about the SRUM or System Resourse Usage Monitor forensic artifact. Website of the week: Has your email been Pwned? Check it out here -> Hav...
Aug 30, 2015•55 min
This episode of CyberSpeak we conduct recon on Mark Spencer and his new Windows registry analysis tool Registry Recon . Mark is the President of Arsenal Consulting . This new registry tool could change the way we analyze the Windows registry. No longer will you be satisfied just looking st the current/active registry.
Feb 18, 2013•40 min
Happy 2013! I'm back and going to try to start getting some more shows out for you. This show we talk to James Wiebe, Director of Foensic Business Devleopment at WiebeTech about solid state hard drives, his research and the forensic implications. Email me at cyberspeak at gmail dot com if you have some suggestions for future show topics you want to hear.
Feb 02, 2013•32 min
This episode we discuss running AV and malware detection software on your forensic workstation and have an interview with Corey Harrell and discuss analyzing Volume Shadow Copies.
May 08, 2012•55 min
This special episode of CyberSpeak is an interview with Ken Privette with NUIX about their new tool release this morning called Proof Finder . They are releasing 1,000 copies for $100 each of this new tool. Go get a copy before they are all gone at www.prooffinder.com . This special limited edition tool is limited to 10G of data. What does 10G of data look like, Nuix says it is an average of 241,165 Emails or 20333 Documents or 7069 Spreadsheets or 25514 Images. It can ingest all major forensic ...
Dec 01, 2011•20 min
This week on CyberSpeak I interview Andrew Case, one of the developers of Registry Decoder, a National Institute of Justice sponsored application. Find it at www.registrydecoder.com
Sep 26, 2011•38 min
This week on CyberSpeak, a quick thanks to everyone for pitching in on the ForensicsWiki - I saw over 100 new entries on everything from Sticky notes, mounting images, jump lists to people's BIOS. Jim Emailed asking who the mystery voice was in out CyberSpeak Sweepers - Karl over from CyberCon Security Solutions said wrote in to say he just ran across this site today and thought it might be a great resource for the listeners. It is not focused on Cyber Security but the concepts are the similar t...
Aug 29, 2011•54 min
CYBERSPEAK Notes - Aug 21st, 2011 Administrative I attended a nice Apple Forensic Event this week in Reston VA - Saw a lot of friends and had a good time. Ryan gave a great presentation on Apple forensics. Ryan runs the AppleExaminer.com Paraben's Forensic Innovation Conference PFIC is fast approaching and you know, it's becoming one of the the must attend conference each year for digital forensic and eDiscovery professionals. This year, there are seven pre-conference bootcamps that are included...
Aug 21, 2011•1 hr 1 min
This week on CyberSpeak, Luby and Jared Save the GMail Planet, Detective Garcia uncovers Fraud on Sesame Street . Congrats to the Secret Service and FBI on a great investigation of a 26 year old Brooklyn man who plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA for his role in managing a credit card fraud operation that operated throughout the East Coast of the United States. California Prosecutors will not file charges against Gizmodo for its purchase of an iPhone 4 prototype (boo). Intervi...
Aug 15, 2011•1 hr 11 min
Chris Hanesn caught cheating...on his mistress Launch of the CDFS www.cdfs.org, DFirst starts this week and more.
Aug 08, 2011•50 min
A quick show with George Starcher discussing his experience with password cracking using Access Data’s DNA and Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud. Check out his video tutorials at https://www.georgestarcher.com/?tag=amazon-ec2 . We also discussed his Crowbar tool, https://www.georgestarcher.com/?page_id=256 , Web picks of the weeks are www.threatexpert.com and www.thumbtack.com...
Jul 18, 2011•38 min
This week on CyberSpeak, a listener alerted me to my faux pas with the names on the Casey Anthony case, the two that testified about computer forensics were Sandy and Kevin (not Steve) and of all things, I called the Bresident of Access Data Brian Carrier instead of Brian Karney. Sorry guys! This weeks interview of Josh Goldfoot, an attorney and author of the recent paper titled ” The Physical Computer and the Fourth Amendment ” published in the Berkley Journal of Criminal Law. This paper discus...
Jun 26, 2011•47 min
This week (OK, this quarter) on CyberSpeak, FTK 4 coming out using Postgres database rather than Oracle. During listener email we discuss if special language is needed for search warrants when collecting volatile data, imaging RAM or conducting on scene triage. Imaging SSD drives using the WinFE boot disk solution ( http://winfe.wordpress.com ) and a shout out to Sandy and Steve for their great testimony in the Casey Anthony trial. Check it out at on Day 24 segment 4-6 . In the news, A computer ...
Jun 19, 2011•37 min
Interview with Scott Moulton, leading forensic authority on Solid State Drive Forensics
Apr 05, 2011•1 hr 5 min
FREE 16Gig IPADs for everyone!!! Have I got a deal for you. Have you experienced a feeling of inadequacy? Feel like you're not in the "In Crowd"? When sitting at a Starbucks, on the metro or just lounging around the house, do you feel like you could be so much more productive but something's missing. Don't despair, SANS is coming to the rescue. That's right, book your SANS 408, 414, 560 Class or ANY 4-5-or 6 Day course offered via ONDEMAND now through February 2, and receive a FREE 16GB WiFi ena...
Jan 16, 2011•37 min
Last show for two weeks. I'm traveling to Bangkok and Singapore. See you in 2 weeks. Send me Email.
Nov 16, 2010•44 min
This week we have interview with Kristinn Gudjonsson, developer of Log2TimeLine. Kristinn gives us an update on what is on the road ahead for Log2TimeLine. In Listener Email Joe from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College wrote in to say that blanking the password or even cracking the password is possible without the LiveView LE version. Luby Wrote in to tell how much he enjoyed SANS 508 and learning about SuperTimelines. Luby also explains how open wireless access points can eliminate the threat...
Nov 07, 2010•38 min
This week on CyberSpeak we have listener email, an interview with Raphael Bousquet , CTO and Co-Founder of ADF Solutions , Web site of the week is a real productivity app called Rescuetime . P.S. Sorry for the slight audio problem, I accidentally turned up my gain knob on my mixer. George did his usual magic to fix it. One, last thing, Rob lee and SANS provided a 50% discount code for LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ONLY, good on any SANS training class. Listen to the show for the code....and no, they do ...
Oct 31, 2010•47 min
This week on CyberSpeak, I discuss the leak of another 400,000 classified military documents by Wikileaks. I also discuss listener email where we have comments about Mount Image Pro's Virtual Forensic Computer (VCF) and what it does that FTK Imager and Live View do not do. This weeks interview is with Sean Morrisey, the Managing Director of Katana Forensics , maker of the iPhone Forensic Software called Katana. Also discuss Katana's new Hammerhead program to monitor blackberry phones. Also, this...
Oct 24, 2010•35 min
Hey Gang, we are back. Thank you for your patience. Bret and I have both been traveling so much and been so busy but we are back and it feels good. Now, fire up those email clients and send us emails about what you want to hear about, who you want interviewed and what technology you want to know more about. We live off YOUR emails so what are you waiting for. This week, I discuss Access Data's two new products. Web sites of the week include www.pipl.com and www.peekyou.com. Check them out if you...
Oct 17, 2010•50 min
PURCHASERS OF THE CYBERSPEAK IPHONE APP - CHECK OUT THE EXTRAS BUTTON FOR SPECIAL BONUS CONTENT THIS WEEK!!! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.This week on CyberSpeak we interview Sam Guttman, President of the Digital Forensics Certification Board , an international vendor neutral computer forensic certification authority. We also discuss listener email, cell phone spyware, upcoming SANS Forensic Summit , SANS Fire in Baltimore and a listener taught SANS CISSP course . Don'f forget to user your CyberSp...
May 23, 2010•42 min
In this weeks show we have an interview with NICK FERNEAU, developer of Skypx, a free utility that recovers Skype artifacts from RAM images, a discussion about the possibility of a surgical imaging rather than whole disk imaging, British spies have reportedly discovered FEMALE suicide bombers are being fitted with exploding breast implants and Reintoxication. Web Sites of the week have an email tracking theme with www.readnotify.com; www.bigstring.com; www.spypig.com and www.spokeo.com...
Apr 19, 2010•56 min
Listener Email - Thanks to all for the great feedback on the Internet Predator Tracker interview. Also, Timothy, who clearly does not know us because he started his email "Hello GENTLEMEN". Just kidding, keep the emails coming. News and Commentary Aaron sent us an interesting link to an article from the Times Argus discussing forensics and the backlog.Bret and I discuss a really interesting ruling from the Canadian courts on computer forensics. This is a long read but some very interesting readi...
Apr 04, 2010•1 hr 4 min
Ovie's SANS Forensic 408 class is coming up in Nashville, TN on May 3-7. If you're staying at the Marriott be sure you use the CyberSpeak Discount, COINS-OC. Listener Email - Luke sent us a photo showing him listening to the podcast from his Blackberry while on the beach in Miami - Aaron, thanks for the email alerting us about the webpage - Sorry we broke your CyberSpeak mood in the last show! - Paul wrote us to say that while drinking his Shamrock Shake, Ovie scared the crap out of him when he ...
Mar 22, 2010•56 min
- Bret talks about his new toys - Ovie flees the country, again News and Commentary New Britain Youth Bureau Gets Conviction After a two year long investigation, two individuals have been sentenced to jail time for child molestation. Via Forensics Released Android Forensics Application Via Forensics has released a beta version of its open source Android Forensics application. Exclusive Interview This week we speak with Christa Miller about the need for law enforcement and digital forensics speci...
Mar 04, 2010•58 min
- Check out our iPhone App on the Apple App Store. Listener Email - Darrell asks how to build your forensics business - Bobby wants to know what computer bag Ovie recommends, check out the Brenthaven Prolite II News and Commentary Craig's List Rapist Former boyfriend posts an ad on Craig's List pretending to be his ex-girlfriend and leads viewers to believe the female is asking to be raped. One individual then broke into her home and raped her in response to the ad. Online Personal Information S...
Feb 22, 2010•1 hr 10 min
Listener Email - Aaron sends us to tell about using Stitcher feed - Paul writes to ask how someone without forensics background should go about starting out. Ovie and Bret give some pointers. - Ovie is starting a SANS vLive course on June 8th ! News and Commentary GPS Forensics Used to Find Body A fugitive wanted for questioning about a number of murders committed suicide before law enforcement officers were able to find the bodies of the victims. Using computer forensics, however, the officers ...
Feb 07, 2010•44 min
DoD CyberCrime Conference was last week in St Louis MO and was their biggest event ever with over 1100 attendees, 175 presentations and 15 simultaneous tracks. Check out the SANS website (http://www.sans.org/) for the SANS 2010 Orlando coming up March 6-15. News and Commentary SanDisk Corp and Verbatim join Kingston in a Crypto No-no A hole found in the AES-256 encryption on USB flash drives from these three companies allows unauthorized access to the devices without knowing the password. Creede...
Jan 31, 2010•36 min