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The little-brother endowment for big-brother improvement has allowed for the recent expansion of my technical library by three more volumes.
I have just ordered the following books after a long wait in my wish-list pile:
- Network Warrior: Everything you need to know that wasn't on the CCNA exam by Gary A. Donahue (Amazon.com)
- Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation by Steven Anson, Steve Bunting (Amazon.com), and
- Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition by Harlan Carvey (Amazon.com)
I had flirted with also picking up the Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide by Laura Chappell, Gerald Combs (Amazon.com) but decided instead to invest in a Canon Speedlite 270EX Flash (Amazon.com) for our Canon Rebel DSLR as all work and no play makes Claus a cranky boy.
The first two selections reflect an expansion and recognition that understanding and analyzing network traffic can not only complement Windows systems forensics and incident response, but in some cases be the canary in the mine that signals something much larger is going on worthy of focused investigation at the machine level.
A recent series of events have driven both these points home to me in a very powerful way. So I really am excited waiting for their arrival.
As for Harlan's book, it really is one of the cornerstone books of Windows forensics and I've really felt weaker for not having read it yet. I'm truly honored and stoked to be adding it to my bookshelf.
The nature of my work demands that I approach things from an holistic approach and I really hope that the combination of these materials gives me a sharper edge in analysis as well as how all the parts can better fit together.
In the News:
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 27 released - Great security and risk-management articles in portable PDF reading format. I'm always waiting for the next edition!
Hiberfil Xpress and FTK Imager 3 posts - Forensics from the sausage factory. DC1743 tears into the Hiberfil and touches on it's compression as well as new support (script) for examination via EnCase. The second post points out the awesome and free forensic image capture tool (and then some!) FTK Imager 3 is now out from AccessData. This newest version does require a system-install, but they have also released a bumped version of their free/portable "Lite" version to 2.9.0. Go get'em! AccessData Product Downloads
CAINE 2.0 Live CD - "NewLight" computer forensics digital forensics - LiveCD Distro - I was unexpectedly surprised to discover CAINE 2.0 "NewLight" was released in the past few weeks. CAINE and DEFT both are my current favorites for Linux-based "LiveCD" distros and are jam-packed with complimentary toolsets. CAINE 2.0 has a fresh look and updated features all the way around. I'll save post-space here by not posting a list of all the new and updated feature-sets, but suffice it to say, it really is super-slick and just like mighty-mouse, lots of power in a small size!
Gift Card FAIL: What do sequential numbers and shopping sprees have in common? - PaulDotCom - Yeah…worrying. Besides the obvious issues, what really stands out to me is that I'm not the only one who can't seem to turn their brain off from security/incident response musings…even when off-the-clock. Every situation and every place presents opportunities for mental security pushup work.
Asset Tags For Dummies - Liquidmatrix Security Digest. Part II from the theme above. Really, we also stick honking-big asset tag stickers prominently on our equipment that can be read from 10 yards or greater away, with enterprise name and everything. Plus the brand of our whole-disk encryption provider on a separate sticker. "So we can tell which systems are whole-disk-encrypted" easily by just looking at the case. At least that was the justification provided. Really? Can we?
Memory forensics on Windows 7 (x86 and x64) and Windows 2008 x64 and Avoid the Knee Jerk Reaction -M-unition Blog. Two great posts from the MANDIANT gang including the announcement of the release of Memoryze 1.4.2900 which has added support for Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, and Windows 2008 64-bit along with the previously supported platforms.
Free Malicious PDF Analysis E-book - Didier Stevens. Go grab it now!
FireMaster : The Firefox Master Password Recovery Tool - SecurityXploded. Free tool to recover the master password from Firefox.
Symantec's w32_stuxnet_dossier (PDF) is a perfect model of how a incident/threat analysis report should be written. It seems to set a new gold-standard for informative analysis and technical writing for malware/threats. Wow!
Tshark/Wireshark SSL Decryption - Lessons Learned - PaulDotCom - Mark Baggett has written a great tutorial on how to configure Wireshark to decrypt SSL packets. Great stuff.
PrefetchForensics v1.0.3 : woanware - Mark Woan has made some improvements to this free Windows Prefetch file analysis tool. Update your copy now!
Forensic analysis of "Frozen" hard drive using Deep Freeze - Computer Forensics, Malware Analysis & Digital Investigations. Deep Freeze is one of several "steady-state" system solutions that "restore" a Windows system back to a predefined configuration when the user's session is over. In theory this should erase all tracks, but as all good forensicators know, there's gold in in the streambed one you dig just under the surface a bit!
Xplico » Xplico 0.6.0 - Just released! Xplico is a Linux-based tool that allows for reassembly of network traffic browsing sessions. I've been having to use it quite a bit lately and find as I get to know its capabilities better, I am floored by the power and benefit having this tool in my arsenal brings me. I'm planning a followup post on Xplico very soon here at GSD. Stay tuned!
Happy Digging!
--Claus V.


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Police say a new Porsche driven by "Jackass" star Bam Margera has been sideswiped by another motorist in suburban Philadelphia.
State troopers say there were no injuries or citations issued in Thursday's accident near Margera's home in Pocopson Township.
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Margera says her son called home immediately after the accident to get insurance information.
"Jackass" co-star Ryan Dunn and another man died in a drunken driving crash in the area in June.
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Lasting Memories
Raul Cortez
1933-Oct. 11, 2013
Atascadero, California
Raul Cortez passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on October 11, 2013 after a battle with cancer. He was born in June,1933 in Los Angeles to Manuel and Adelfa Cortez as the oldest of four brothers. He was raised in Pleasanton and graduated from Amador Valley High School in 1952. Raul joined the Navy and served his country for four years, then attended San Jose State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. After graduation, Raul made his living in the car industry where he became a much respected sales associate, reputable manager, and owner of various automobile dealerships.
Raul married his best friend and partner in life, Mariann, and they have been together for the past 50 years. They have one daughter together, Michelle, with Raul having five children from a previous marriage, one of whom passed after his birth. Raul and Mariann moved to Atascadero in 1980 with their daughter after purchasing the local Ford Dealership and renaming it Atascadero Ford with a business partner.
Raul was an avid lover of the lake and boating and could be found at Lake Nacimiento with his family when he wasn?t working. He enjoyed water skiing, listening to music, doting on his grandchildren and vacationing at Lake Shasta in Redding, CA.
He is preceded in death by his parents; oldest son, Raul Cortez Jr. (Sonny); oldest daughter, Linda Cortez; and son Leon Matthew Cortez. Raul is survived by his wife Mariann, daughter Debbie Cortez Islas, son John Cortez, and daughter Michelle Cortez Goossens, 16 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and his 3 brothers, Robert, Richard and Rudy, and their spouses/family.
At Raul?s request, there will be no services; a family celebration will be held in his honor. The family would like to thank Central Coast Hospice, 253 Granada Suite D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, for all their help during his last weeks in life, and asks that any donations be made to them in his name in lieu of flowers.


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Puig ends wild rookie year with work to do
Electric outfielder shows defensive lapses as Dodgers eliminated
ST. LOUIS -- For his final act of the 2013 season, the often-entertaining Yasiel Puig performed a mistake-riddled hat trick he would prefer not to repeat.
Puig committed three defensive misplays in Friday night's Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, facilitating the Cardinals' 9-0 rout that propelled them to the World Series and sent the Dodgers home.
Puig's tendency to play at full throttle made him probably the game's most electrifying rookie. But the right fielder's unbridled style occasionally prompts errors -- from those that are labeled as such by the official scorer to fundamental lapses.
Puig unleashed two wayward throws in the third inning that abetted St. Louis' four-run uprising.
With one out and Matt Carpenter at second base, Puig fielded Carlos Beltran's RBI single and made an off-line throw toward the infield. Puig's imprecise relay enabled Beltran to reach second base, though first baseman Adrian Gonzalez did not come up cleanly with the ball.
Later in the inning, Puig gathered Shane Robinson's two-out, bases-loaded, two-run single and overthrew catcher A.J. Ellis. Puig's mistake did not figure in the Cardinals' scoring, though it allowed Robinson and Matt Adams to advance an extra base.
Puig goofed again in St. Louis' five-run fifth inning, which started with Yadier Molina's single. The ball skipped by Puig, giving Molina a free trip to second base and refreshing the Cardinals' momentum.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly contained his exasperation with Puig, who recorded eight assists but also five errors that resulted in a .971 fielding percentage during the regular season.
"Sitting there watching it tonight, and it's what we've kind of watched all year long, it's like you don't have time to work on it, really," Mattingly said. "You kind of go over it and you try to teach. You just continue to try to teach. Not just him, but all of us, really, you know? Yasiel gets excited. He's going to try to make plays all the time, and that's the way he is. But we've got to do a better job, I think, of helping him to mature and understand what we want done and the way to do it."
Asked to summarize what he learned this season, Puig indicated awareness of the room he had for improvement.
"The one thing that stood out was that every run, every at-bat, every play in the field needs to be very important," he said through an interpreter. "You have to make sure you do your best to be good."
Given the extent of the Dodgers' unraveling in the third inning, the collaboration between Puig and Gonzalez in helping Beltran reach second base could be considered a minor lapse.
"All they needed was the one run, the way we swung the bats today," Gonzalez said. "So that second run didn't mean much."
But Ellis emphasized the importance of limiting Beltran's advance. "Keeping double plays in order are huge in the game of baseball," he said.
Puig's elevated throw home later in the third was the type of overexuberant error Mattingly cited. Puig's inability to field Molina's hit cleanly two innings later also appeared preventable.
"The ball hit the ground and skidded a little bit," Puig said. "It hit my glove. I couldn't hold onto it. Molina ended up getting to second base. I wish he wouldn't have gotten there, but errors are part of the game."


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The Pentagon UFO Program is making headlines, creating a growing interest in UFO/Alien Disclosure.
Please share links to online retailers for Coming From Darkness in Social Media.
If you tag @casperparks in Twitter, I should see it and retweet.
Thank-you - Casper Parks...
Aftermath of UFO/Alien Disclosure:
Science Fiction novel, Coming From Darkness
FREE as e-book through 01/01/18 at
Google Play, Barnes & Noble, i-Tunes, Kobo.
Unable to offer free e-book at Amazon, hence e-book is 99 cents.
Also, available in print at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Title 14, Section 1211 Code of Federal Regulations, passed into law on July 16, 1969. Anyone in contact with an extraterrestrial and or UFO is jailed. NASA can enforce quarantine that a court order cannot break.
After a UFO crashed into a motel, public outcry demanded action. A governmental agency moved a Disclosure plan ahead of schedule. In the name of public safety Title 14, Section 1211 Code of Federal Regulations is reinstated into law. Alien abductees are herded into special camps.
First three years after Disclosure, young alien abductee Bryce had unintentionally dodged capture. In the years following, RFID biochip implants go from voluntary to the law of the land, and anyone refusing placed into retraining camps. Government scanners for biochips double as scanners for alien implants. When biochips became law, he fled into the wilds to live among survivalists. Former operatives of a shadow government whom had defected scanned him for an alien implant. Bryce is not simply a former abductee - He is an Unknown abductee. Like a society gone mad around them, survivalists fear former alien abductees. They suspect that, aliens programed him to complete a secret mission.
The government learned he is an Unknown, and intensified their hunt for him. Abandoned by aliens, pursued by the government and hated by society, Bryce must come to terms with an abusive past. He must learn to forgive others and forgive himself. All the while, he must evade capture and learn what it means to be an Unknown and discover whatever his mission is.


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And, yes, thank God for Ron Paul.Not even the instinct to stop other people from stamping his name on their crap?
No one else, except McCain, copped to the GOP's rank betrayal of fiscal conservatism, limited government, prudent foreign policy and civil liberties. When he was asked to disown the 9/11 Truthers, he gave a revealing answer, and one that reflects on the newsletters issue. It just isn't in his nature to adopt other people's views, or to tell anyone else what to believe or what to say. He doesn't just believe in libertarianism; he lives it. This means that he doesn't have the instinct to police anyone else's views or actions within the law or the Constitution.
I don't think it excuses his negligence in the past, but it does help me understand it better.And then when you understand it — which seems to entail believing it — what to you say about his competence in a leadership position? Haven't you just conceded that libertarians don't belong in positions where they are supposed to be supervising the work of others?
IN THE COMMENTS: Toby writes:
In a libertarian world, [wouldn't] shame and ostracism be important tools? Sure, live & let live is fine if the guy next door wants to smoke pot, own a bunch of guns & live with his three girlfriends. But isn't the ability to condemn people [going to] be pretty important if the guy next door is holding Klan rallies or hosting NAMBLA meetings? Is it really a good character trait when one's first, instinctive reaction to such such things is to shrug & say it's not my business.