This document provides an overview of analyzing Windows event logs, password issues, and other digital forensic artifacts for forensic investigations. It discusses parsing various Windows logs like security, system, application, IIS, FTP, and DHCP logs. It also describes evaluating account management events, examining audit policy changes, and using the Microsoft Log Parser tool to analyze log files.
The document provides information about installing and using AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK), a digital forensics software. It discusses installing FTK and its components like Oracle database, configuring cases within FTK, adding evidence to cases, searching cases, and using tools within FTK like data carving and decryption. The document is a guide for forensic examiners on how to set up and utilize FTK for forensic investigations of digital evidence.
This document provides information about performing Linux forensics. It discusses analyzing floppy disks and hard disks using tools like dd, mount, and strings. It describes creating forensic images and obtaining hash values for verification. The document also outlines collecting data from a compromised system using a forensic toolkit, including gathering information on running processes, open ports, loaded kernel modules, and physical memory.
The document discusses the boot processes of Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. It provides terminology related to booting and describes the basic system boot process. It then details the boot sequence of Windows XP, including the roles of the BIOS, MBR, boot sector, and NTLDR. It also summarizes the boot processes of Linux and Macintosh.
The document discusses a new software called Passware Search Index Examiner that allows quick extraction of all data indexed by Windows Search from a Windows computer. It lists documents, emails, spreadsheets, and provides metadata like author, recipients, content summary. A typical extraction takes under 10 minutes and indexes over 150,000 items from an average personal computer. The easy wizard interface makes the process simple to use.
The document discusses log management and analysis. It notes that while security logs could help detect breaches, analyzing them is tedious. A new tool from LogRhythm aims to make log analysis easier by automatically classifying, tagging, and prioritizing log entries. This may help administrators more quickly detect breaches by making searches easier. However, the Verizon report found that only 4% of breaches were detected through log analysis due to a lack of diligence in monitoring logs. The tedious nature of manual log analysis is a key challenge.
This document provides summaries of various Windows-based GUI tools across different categories such as process viewers, registry tools, desktop utilities, office applications, remote control tools, network tools, network scanners, network sniffers, hard disk tools, hardware info tools, file management tools, file recovery tools, file transfer tools, file analysis tools, password tools, and password cracking tools. For each tool, a brief description and link to the tool's website is given. The document is intended to familiarize the reader with these various Windows-based security tools.
This document provides an overview of using the forensic investigation software EnCase. It describes how EnCase is used to acquire evidence files, verify file integrity, search drives and recover deleted files. Key functions covered include hashing, bookmarking, signature analysis, and generating reports of investigation findings. The document is intended to familiarize users with the main capabilities and workflow of the EnCase forensic software.
This document provides an overview of various Windows-based command line tools. It lists tools like IPSecScan, MKBT, Aircrack, Outwit, Joeware Tools, MacMatch, WhosIP, Forfiles, Sdelete and describes their functions such as scanning for IPSec enabled systems, installing boot sectors, cracking wireless networks, and deleting files securely. It also summarizes command line tools for tasks like Active Directory management, password cracking, network scanning, and file operations.
The document provides information about installing and using AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK), a digital forensics software. It discusses installing FTK and its components like Oracle database, configuring cases within FTK, adding evidence to cases, searching cases, and using tools within FTK like data carving and decryption. The document is a guide for forensic examiners on how to set up and utilize FTK for forensic investigations of digital evidence.
This document provides information about performing Linux forensics. It discusses analyzing floppy disks and hard disks using tools like dd, mount, and strings. It describes creating forensic images and obtaining hash values for verification. The document also outlines collecting data from a compromised system using a forensic toolkit, including gathering information on running processes, open ports, loaded kernel modules, and physical memory.
The document discusses the boot processes of Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. It provides terminology related to booting and describes the basic system boot process. It then details the boot sequence of Windows XP, including the roles of the BIOS, MBR, boot sector, and NTLDR. It also summarizes the boot processes of Linux and Macintosh.
The document discusses a new software called Passware Search Index Examiner that allows quick extraction of all data indexed by Windows Search from a Windows computer. It lists documents, emails, spreadsheets, and provides metadata like author, recipients, content summary. A typical extraction takes under 10 minutes and indexes over 150,000 items from an average personal computer. The easy wizard interface makes the process simple to use.
The document discusses log management and analysis. It notes that while security logs could help detect breaches, analyzing them is tedious. A new tool from LogRhythm aims to make log analysis easier by automatically classifying, tagging, and prioritizing log entries. This may help administrators more quickly detect breaches by making searches easier. However, the Verizon report found that only 4% of breaches were detected through log analysis due to a lack of diligence in monitoring logs. The tedious nature of manual log analysis is a key challenge.
This document provides summaries of various Windows-based GUI tools across different categories such as process viewers, registry tools, desktop utilities, office applications, remote control tools, network tools, network scanners, network sniffers, hard disk tools, hardware info tools, file management tools, file recovery tools, file transfer tools, file analysis tools, password tools, and password cracking tools. For each tool, a brief description and link to the tool's website is given. The document is intended to familiarize the reader with these various Windows-based security tools.
This document provides an overview of using the forensic investigation software EnCase. It describes how EnCase is used to acquire evidence files, verify file integrity, search drives and recover deleted files. Key functions covered include hashing, bookmarking, signature analysis, and generating reports of investigation findings. The document is intended to familiarize users with the main capabilities and workflow of the EnCase forensic software.
This document provides an overview of various Windows-based command line tools. It lists tools like IPSecScan, MKBT, Aircrack, Outwit, Joeware Tools, MacMatch, WhosIP, Forfiles, Sdelete and describes their functions such as scanning for IPSec enabled systems, installing boot sectors, cracking wireless networks, and deleting files securely. It also summarizes command line tools for tasks like Active Directory management, password cracking, network scanning, and file operations.
This document provides an overview of Mac forensics. It discusses the Mac OS file system and directory structure. It also outlines the prerequisites for performing Mac forensics, including how to obtain the system date and time either from single-user mode or from preferences. Specific commands that can be run in single-user mode for safely gathering information are also provided.
The document discusses data acquisition and duplication in digital forensics investigations. It describes various data acquisition methods like disk imaging, different data acquisition tools like dd, FTK Imager and SafeBack. It emphasizes the need for data duplication to have a backup copy of evidence and discusses data duplication tools. It also covers data recovery contingencies and mistakes to avoid during acquisition.
This document provides information on various computer forensic tools, including both software and hardware tools. It discusses specific tools such as Visual TimeAnalyzer, X-Ways Forensics, Evidor, Ontrack EasyRecovery, Forensic Sorter, Directory Snoop, PDWIPE, Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN), FileMon, File Date Time Extractor, Snapback Datarrest, Partimage, Ltools, Mtools, @stake, Decryption Collection, AIM Password Decoder, and MS Access Database Password Decoder. It also includes screenshots of some of the tools.
The document discusses CD/DVD forensics. It provides information on different types of CDs and DVDs, including their structure and storage capacities. It also describes tools used for CD/DVD imaging, data recovery from damaged discs, and identifying pirated discs. The document outlines the steps of CD forensics, including collecting, documenting, preserving and analyzing evidence from CDs/DVDs.
This document discusses the requirements and considerations for setting up a computer forensics lab, including:
- Planning activities such as determining the types of investigations, required equipment, and number of staff
- Budgeting based on past case volume and equipment/staffing needs
- Facility requirements like physical security, environmental controls, and evidence storage
- Ensuring appropriate hardware, software, and certifications are in place to conduct forensic investigations according to standards
A new visual voice-mail application and the Opera Mini 4.2 mobile browser were made available for T-Mobile's Android-based G1 smartphone. The free Opera Mini browser runs faster than the beta version, with performance increased by up to 30 percent. It is also available for other phones like the Samsung Instinct and newer phones from Sony Ericsson and Nokia. The Opera Mini browser and a beta version of a visual voice-mail application from PhoneFusion are now available via the Android Market and on T-Mobile's G1 smartphone.
The document provides information on conducting a computer forensics investigation, including preparing for an investigation by building an investigation team and workstation, obtaining authorization and assessing risks, collecting evidence while following guidelines to preserve integrity, and analyzing evidence as part of the overall investigation process.
The document contains templates for conducting various types of forensics investigations. It includes checklists for investigating evidence from different devices and media like hard disks, floppy disks, CDs, flash drives, and mobile phones. There are also templates for documenting information gathered during an investigation like seizure records, evidence logs, and case feedback forms. The templates are intended to guide and standardize forensic investigations of digital evidence.
The document provides information on incident response and handling. It discusses:
1) How an incident response team would investigate a denial of service attack by identifying affected resources, analyzing the incident, assigning an identity and severity level, assigning team members, containing threats, collecting evidence, and performing forensic analysis.
2) General guidelines for incident response including identifying affected systems, analyzing the incident, assigning an identifier and severity, assigning a response team, containing threats, collecting evidence, and conducting forensic analysis.
3) Types of information to include in incident reports such as the intensity of the breach, system logs, and synchronization details.
The document discusses video file forensics, including the need for video forensics, common video file formats, devices and tools used in video forensics analysis, and the steps involved in performing video forensics such as demultiplexing, stabilizing, enhancing, and analyzing video and audio files to extract hidden or obscured information for criminal investigations.
This document provides information about BlackBerry forensics. It discusses the BlackBerry operating system, how BlackBerry devices work, the BlackBerry serial protocol, security vulnerabilities and attacks against BlackBerry devices like blackjacking, and best practices for securing and investigating BlackBerry devices forensically. The document also outlines the steps of BlackBerry forensics including acquiring information and logs, imaging the device, reviewing evidence, and using tools like the Program Loader and BlackBerry simulator.
This document provides an overview of Module IV - Digital Evidence from an EC-Council course. It defines digital evidence and discusses the characteristics, types, and fragility of digital evidence. It also covers topics like anti-digital forensics, rules of evidence such as the Best Evidence Rule and Federal Rules of Evidence, and the examination process for digital evidence including acquisition, preservation, analysis, and documentation. The module aims to familiarize students with these important concepts regarding digital evidence.
The document discusses the logical and physical structure of hard disks, including disk drives, platters, tracks, sectors, clusters, and file systems. It provides an overview of different types of disk interfaces like SCSI, IDE, USB, ATA, and Fibre Channel. It also covers topics like disk partitioning, file structures like FAT, NTFS, Ext2 and HFS, and RAID levels.
This document discusses network forensics and investigating logs. It covers topics such as where to find evidence like logs from firewalls, routers, servers and applications. It also discusses analyzing logs, handling logs as evidence, and different types of log injection attacks like new line injection, separator injection and defending against them. The document provides guidance on ensuring log file authenticity and integrity when investigating security incidents.
The document discusses a scenario where a new employee named Rachel accused her manager Jacob of sexual harassment and lodged a complaint with the police and company. The company hired a computer forensics investigator named Ross to investigate the truth of the matter, as Jacob could face legal penalties and job loss if found guilty. The document then provides background information on computer forensics, including its definition, objectives, need, and benefits of forensic readiness planning. It also discusses types of computer crimes and the evolution of the field of computer forensics.
This document discusses USB security. It covers USB attacks like electrical and software attacks. It also discusses viruses and worms that spread via USB devices, such as the W32/Madang-Fam virus. The document also outlines hacking tools used to attack USB devices, such as USB Dumper, and security tools to protect against USB threats, such as MyUSBonly and USBDeview. Countermeasures are also mentioned.
UNIT-II Initial Response and forensic duplication, Initial Response & Volatile Data Collection from Windows system -Initial Response & Volatile Data Collection from Unix system – Forensic Duplication: Forensic duplication: Forensic Duplicates as Admissible Evidence, Forensic Duplication Tool Requirements, Creating a Forensic. Duplicate/Qualified Forensic Duplicate of a Hard Drive
CNIT 123: 8: Desktop and Server OS VulnerabilitesSam Bowne
Slides for a college course based on "Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense, Second Edition by Michael T. Simpson, Kent Backman, and James Corley -- ISBN: 1133935613
Teacher: Sam Bowne
Twitter: @sambowne
Website: https://samsclass.info/123/123_F16.shtml
Anton Chuvakin FTP Server Intrusion InvestigationAnton Chuvakin
Now famous FTP server intrusion investigation, including log analysis, disk forensics as well as lessons learned; all still fun and useful, but circa 2002
This document discusses enumeration, which is the process of extracting information about network resources and user accounts. It provides examples of tools used to enumerate different operating systems, including NBTscan for Microsoft OS, null sessions, NetBIOS tools like nbtstat and net view, and Windows tools in Backtrack like Smb4K, DumpSec, and Hyena. For NetWare, it discusses tools like Novell Client. For UNIX systems it discusses the finger utility and using Nessus. It includes screenshots of enumerating devices with these various tools.
This document discusses techniques for system enumeration, including establishing null sessions, enumerating user accounts, SNMP scanning, and Active Directory enumeration. It provides an overview of the system hacking cycle and covers various tools that can be used to extract information like user names, machine names, shares, and services through techniques like null sessions, SNMP probing, and using default credentials. The document also discusses countermeasures for these enumeration methods.
Security threat analysis points for enterprise with ossHibino Hisashi
The document provides an overview of using Elastic Stack to analyze security threats through log data. It discusses collecting logs from various systems like Windows event logs, Linux audit logs, proxy logs, and correlating the logs. It emphasizes the importance of visualizing log data through graphs to detect anomalies and targeted external threats on servers as well as potential internal threats and information leaks. Winlogbeat and Filebeat modules make it easier to collect and parse logs without needing to modify them. Timeline and worksheets can also help identify misconduct by correlating logins with work hours.
This document provides an overview of Mac forensics. It discusses the Mac OS file system and directory structure. It also outlines the prerequisites for performing Mac forensics, including how to obtain the system date and time either from single-user mode or from preferences. Specific commands that can be run in single-user mode for safely gathering information are also provided.
The document discusses data acquisition and duplication in digital forensics investigations. It describes various data acquisition methods like disk imaging, different data acquisition tools like dd, FTK Imager and SafeBack. It emphasizes the need for data duplication to have a backup copy of evidence and discusses data duplication tools. It also covers data recovery contingencies and mistakes to avoid during acquisition.
This document provides information on various computer forensic tools, including both software and hardware tools. It discusses specific tools such as Visual TimeAnalyzer, X-Ways Forensics, Evidor, Ontrack EasyRecovery, Forensic Sorter, Directory Snoop, PDWIPE, Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN), FileMon, File Date Time Extractor, Snapback Datarrest, Partimage, Ltools, Mtools, @stake, Decryption Collection, AIM Password Decoder, and MS Access Database Password Decoder. It also includes screenshots of some of the tools.
The document discusses CD/DVD forensics. It provides information on different types of CDs and DVDs, including their structure and storage capacities. It also describes tools used for CD/DVD imaging, data recovery from damaged discs, and identifying pirated discs. The document outlines the steps of CD forensics, including collecting, documenting, preserving and analyzing evidence from CDs/DVDs.
This document discusses the requirements and considerations for setting up a computer forensics lab, including:
- Planning activities such as determining the types of investigations, required equipment, and number of staff
- Budgeting based on past case volume and equipment/staffing needs
- Facility requirements like physical security, environmental controls, and evidence storage
- Ensuring appropriate hardware, software, and certifications are in place to conduct forensic investigations according to standards
A new visual voice-mail application and the Opera Mini 4.2 mobile browser were made available for T-Mobile's Android-based G1 smartphone. The free Opera Mini browser runs faster than the beta version, with performance increased by up to 30 percent. It is also available for other phones like the Samsung Instinct and newer phones from Sony Ericsson and Nokia. The Opera Mini browser and a beta version of a visual voice-mail application from PhoneFusion are now available via the Android Market and on T-Mobile's G1 smartphone.
The document provides information on conducting a computer forensics investigation, including preparing for an investigation by building an investigation team and workstation, obtaining authorization and assessing risks, collecting evidence while following guidelines to preserve integrity, and analyzing evidence as part of the overall investigation process.
The document contains templates for conducting various types of forensics investigations. It includes checklists for investigating evidence from different devices and media like hard disks, floppy disks, CDs, flash drives, and mobile phones. There are also templates for documenting information gathered during an investigation like seizure records, evidence logs, and case feedback forms. The templates are intended to guide and standardize forensic investigations of digital evidence.
The document provides information on incident response and handling. It discusses:
1) How an incident response team would investigate a denial of service attack by identifying affected resources, analyzing the incident, assigning an identity and severity level, assigning team members, containing threats, collecting evidence, and performing forensic analysis.
2) General guidelines for incident response including identifying affected systems, analyzing the incident, assigning an identifier and severity, assigning a response team, containing threats, collecting evidence, and conducting forensic analysis.
3) Types of information to include in incident reports such as the intensity of the breach, system logs, and synchronization details.
The document discusses video file forensics, including the need for video forensics, common video file formats, devices and tools used in video forensics analysis, and the steps involved in performing video forensics such as demultiplexing, stabilizing, enhancing, and analyzing video and audio files to extract hidden or obscured information for criminal investigations.
This document provides information about BlackBerry forensics. It discusses the BlackBerry operating system, how BlackBerry devices work, the BlackBerry serial protocol, security vulnerabilities and attacks against BlackBerry devices like blackjacking, and best practices for securing and investigating BlackBerry devices forensically. The document also outlines the steps of BlackBerry forensics including acquiring information and logs, imaging the device, reviewing evidence, and using tools like the Program Loader and BlackBerry simulator.
This document provides an overview of Module IV - Digital Evidence from an EC-Council course. It defines digital evidence and discusses the characteristics, types, and fragility of digital evidence. It also covers topics like anti-digital forensics, rules of evidence such as the Best Evidence Rule and Federal Rules of Evidence, and the examination process for digital evidence including acquisition, preservation, analysis, and documentation. The module aims to familiarize students with these important concepts regarding digital evidence.
The document discusses the logical and physical structure of hard disks, including disk drives, platters, tracks, sectors, clusters, and file systems. It provides an overview of different types of disk interfaces like SCSI, IDE, USB, ATA, and Fibre Channel. It also covers topics like disk partitioning, file structures like FAT, NTFS, Ext2 and HFS, and RAID levels.
This document discusses network forensics and investigating logs. It covers topics such as where to find evidence like logs from firewalls, routers, servers and applications. It also discusses analyzing logs, handling logs as evidence, and different types of log injection attacks like new line injection, separator injection and defending against them. The document provides guidance on ensuring log file authenticity and integrity when investigating security incidents.
The document discusses a scenario where a new employee named Rachel accused her manager Jacob of sexual harassment and lodged a complaint with the police and company. The company hired a computer forensics investigator named Ross to investigate the truth of the matter, as Jacob could face legal penalties and job loss if found guilty. The document then provides background information on computer forensics, including its definition, objectives, need, and benefits of forensic readiness planning. It also discusses types of computer crimes and the evolution of the field of computer forensics.
This document discusses USB security. It covers USB attacks like electrical and software attacks. It also discusses viruses and worms that spread via USB devices, such as the W32/Madang-Fam virus. The document also outlines hacking tools used to attack USB devices, such as USB Dumper, and security tools to protect against USB threats, such as MyUSBonly and USBDeview. Countermeasures are also mentioned.
UNIT-II Initial Response and forensic duplication, Initial Response & Volatile Data Collection from Windows system -Initial Response & Volatile Data Collection from Unix system – Forensic Duplication: Forensic duplication: Forensic Duplicates as Admissible Evidence, Forensic Duplication Tool Requirements, Creating a Forensic. Duplicate/Qualified Forensic Duplicate of a Hard Drive
CNIT 123: 8: Desktop and Server OS VulnerabilitesSam Bowne
Slides for a college course based on "Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense, Second Edition by Michael T. Simpson, Kent Backman, and James Corley -- ISBN: 1133935613
Teacher: Sam Bowne
Twitter: @sambowne
Website: https://samsclass.info/123/123_F16.shtml
Anton Chuvakin FTP Server Intrusion InvestigationAnton Chuvakin
Now famous FTP server intrusion investigation, including log analysis, disk forensics as well as lessons learned; all still fun and useful, but circa 2002
This document discusses enumeration, which is the process of extracting information about network resources and user accounts. It provides examples of tools used to enumerate different operating systems, including NBTscan for Microsoft OS, null sessions, NetBIOS tools like nbtstat and net view, and Windows tools in Backtrack like Smb4K, DumpSec, and Hyena. For NetWare, it discusses tools like Novell Client. For UNIX systems it discusses the finger utility and using Nessus. It includes screenshots of enumerating devices with these various tools.
This document discusses techniques for system enumeration, including establishing null sessions, enumerating user accounts, SNMP scanning, and Active Directory enumeration. It provides an overview of the system hacking cycle and covers various tools that can be used to extract information like user names, machine names, shares, and services through techniques like null sessions, SNMP probing, and using default credentials. The document also discusses countermeasures for these enumeration methods.
Security threat analysis points for enterprise with ossHibino Hisashi
The document provides an overview of using Elastic Stack to analyze security threats through log data. It discusses collecting logs from various systems like Windows event logs, Linux audit logs, proxy logs, and correlating the logs. It emphasizes the importance of visualizing log data through graphs to detect anomalies and targeted external threats on servers as well as potential internal threats and information leaks. Winlogbeat and Filebeat modules make it easier to collect and parse logs without needing to modify them. Timeline and worksheets can also help identify misconduct by correlating logins with work hours.
Infocyte - Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Training SessionInfocyte
Join Infocyte co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Chris Gerritz, for a two-hour digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) training session.
During this presentation, Chris shows participants how to set up Infocyte's managed detection and response (MDR) platform and how to leverage Infocyte to detect, investigate, isolate, and eliminate sophisticated cyber threats. Additionally, Infocyte helps enterprise cyber security teams eliminate hidden IT risks, improve security hygiene, maintain compliance, and streamline security operations—including improving the capabilities of existing endpoint security tools.
Using Infocyte's new extensions, participants are encouraged to custom create their own collection (detection and analysis) and action (incident response) extensions.
The document discusses techniques for enumerating information from systems during the hacking process. It describes establishing null sessions to extract user names, shares, and other details without authentication. Tools like DumpSec, Netview, Nbtstat, GetAcct, and PS Tools are also covered as ways to enumerate users, groups, shares, permissions, and more from Windows and UNIX systems. The document also provides countermeasures like restricting null sessions and the anonymous user to protect against enumeration attacks.
Pursue the Attackers – Identify and Investigate Lateral Movement Based on Beh...CODE BLUE
The document discusses methods for identifying and investigating lateral movement by attackers during security incidents. It describes common tools and techniques used by attackers during different stages of an advanced persistent threat (APT) incident, including initial investigation, internal reconnaissance, spreading infection, and deleting evidence. The document analyzes logs and commands from past APT attacks to identify patterns in attacker behavior that can help with incident response. It notes that default system logs often do not provide enough information, so additional logging of events, processes, and network connections may be needed to fully trace attacker activities within a target network.
Workshop software licensing, protection & security. Including a few video's. How to license and protect your application? How to create recurring business with pay-per-use and temporary licenses?
Introduction to Data Acquisition System
Introduction to Plant Information system
System Analysis
System Design and Implementation
System Integration and Testing
Results
Conclusion
Further Enhancement
Windows splunk logging cheat sheet Oct 2016 - MalwareArchaeology.comMichael Gough
This document provides a cheat sheet for configuring Windows logging and auditing settings on Windows 7 through Windows 2012 systems. It includes instructions for increasing log sizes, enabling specific audit policies and event logging, and harvesting important security-related events from the logs. The goal is to capture essential system activity like processes, services, authentication events and changes to files, registry keys and more to aid in detecting malicious behavior.
This document discusses Manage Engine's Eventlog Analyzer product. It provides an overview of the software, including its editions, system requirements, installation process, and key features. The features section describes the various logs and reports that can be monitored and generated, including dashboards, security logs, application logs, compliance reports, user monitoring, and alert capabilities. It also outlines the configuration options for managing hosts, applications, importing/archiving data, scheduling reports, and customizing alerts and filters.
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.http://www.allpass4sure.com/mcsa-windows-server-2012-pdf-70-410.html
This document summarizes a meeting of the Portuguese SharePoint Community held on June 12, 2010. The agenda included an overview of debugging, debugging tools, and next steps. It defines debugging as methodically finding and reducing bugs to make a program or hardware behave as expected. It discusses various debugging techniques like screen dumps, logs, code debugging in Visual Studio, web debugging with tools like Fiddler, and runtime debugging using the Windows kernel and tools like Windbg. Further reading materials are also provided.
Using hypervisor and container technology to increase datacenter security pos...Black Duck by Synopsys
As presented by Tim Mackey, Senior Technical Evangelist - Black Duck Software, at LinuxCon/ContainerCon 2016:
Cyber threats consistently rank as a high priority for data center operators and their reliability teams. As increasingly sophisticated attacks mount, the risk associated with a zero-day attack is significant. Traditional responses include perimeter monitoring and anti-malware agents. Unfortunately, those techniques introduce performance and management challenges when used at large VM densities, and may not work well with containerized applications.
Fortunately, the Xen Project community has collaborated to create a solution which reduces the potential of success associated with rootkit attack vectors. When combined with recent advancements in processor capabilities, and secure development models for container deployment, it’s possible to both protect against and be proactively alerted to potential zero-day attacks. In this session, we’ll cover models to limit the scope of compromise should an attack be mounted against your infrastructure. Two attack vectors will be illustrated, and we’ll see how it’s possible to be proactively alerted to potential zero-day actions without requiring significant reconfiguration of your datacenter environment.
Technology elements explored include those from Black Duck, Bitdefender, Citrix, Intel and Guardicore.
Using hypervisor and container technology to increase datacenter security pos...Tim Mackey
As presented at LinuxCon/ContainerCon 2016:
Cyber threats consistently rank as a high priority for data center operators and their reliability teams. As increasingly sophisticated attacks mount, the risk associated with a zero-day attack is significant. Traditional responses include perimeter monitoring and anti-malware agents. Unfortunately, those techniques introduce performance and management challenges when used at large VM densities, and may not work well with containerized applications.
Fortunately, the Xen Project community has collaborated to create a solution which reduces the potential of success associated with rootkit attack vectors. When combined with recent advancements in processor capabilities, and secure development models for container deployment, it’s possible to both protect against and be proactively alerted to potential zero-day attacks. In this session, we’ll cover models to limit the scope of compromise should an attack be mounted against your infrastructure. Two attack vectors will be illustrated, and we’ll see how it’s possible to be proactively alerted to potential zero-day actions without requiring significant reconfiguration of your datacenter environment.
Technology elements explored include those from Black Duck, Bitdefender, Citrix, Intel and Guardicore.
This document summarizes an Informix Chat with the Lab session that covered various topics including educational seminars, technical presentations, database performance, disaster recovery, application development, security, Informix support, and a keynote on information as a service. It also announced an upcoming IIUG/IDUG conference in May 2007 in San Jose, California that would include calls for presentations.
LogChaos: Challenges and Opportunities of Security Log StandardizationAnton Chuvakin
LogChaos: Challenges and Opportunities of Security Log Standardization
Abstract: The presentation will discuss how to bring order (in the form of standards!) to the chaotic world of logging. It will give a brief introduction to logs and logging and explain how and why logs grew so chaotic and disorganized. Next it will cover why log standards are sorely needed. It will offer a walkthrough that highlights the critical areas of log standardization. Past failed standards will be looked at and their lessons learned. Finally, current logging standard efforts will be presented briefly.
As the Xen hypervisor evolves so do the chances for a potentially exploitable bug to be introduced. This is the case for XSA-105/106, where a number of oversights in the x86 instruction emulator created the opportunity for a number of exploits.
The document provides an overview of new features in Windows 7, organized into three sessions:
1) Security Features such as User Account Control changes, BitLocker, and AppLocker application control.
2) Networking Functionality like DirectAccess for remote access and BranchCache for caching content at branch offices.
3) Other Features including Libraries for file management, Problem Steps Recorder for troubleshooting, and interface improvements.
1) The authors describe how they secured a web application and backend systems to win an OpenHack competition by focusing on principles like reducing the attack surface, using strong authentication and encryption, validating all inputs, and implementing defense in depth.
2) Key aspects of their approach included using forms authentication for the web app, encrypting secrets, validating all user inputs with multiple checks, configuring IIS, Windows, SQL Server, and IPSec policies following security best practices.
3) They were able to securely manage the systems remotely using a VPN, Terminal Services, and restricted file shares while preventing firewalls.
Service integration and management (SIAM) is a management methodology that can be applied in an environment that includes services sourced from a number of service providers.
Service integration and management (SIAM) is a management methodology that can be applied in an environment that includes services sourced from a number of service providers.
This document provides an introduction to Service Integration and Management (SIAM). It defines SIAM as an operating model that integrates and manages services across multiple internal and external service providers. The document outlines the history and purpose of SIAM, as well as the SIAM ecosystem, practices, roles, structures, and roadmap. It also discusses how SIAM relates to other frameworks and the value it provides organizations through improved service quality, costs, governance and flexibility.
Service integration and management (SIAM) is a management methodology that can be applied in an environment that includes services sourced from a number of service providers.
Service integration and management (SIAM) is a management methodology that can be applied in an environment that includes services sourced from a number of service providers.
The document discusses several digital forensics frameworks that outline procedures for conducting digital investigations. It describes the FORZA framework in detail, which includes different layers representing contextual information, legal considerations, technical preparations, data acquisition, analysis, and legal presentation. Other frameworks covered include an enhanced digital investigation process model, an event-based digital forensic investigation framework, and a computer forensics field triage process model. Key phases of each framework, such as readiness, deployment, physical crime scene investigation, and digital crime scene investigation are also outlined.
This document discusses ethics in computer forensics. It covers ethics in areas like preparing forensic equipment, obtaining and documenting evidence, and bringing evidence to court. Ethics are important in computer forensics to distinguish acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Computer ethics help professionals avoid abuse and corruption. Equipment must be properly maintained and monitored. Evidence must be obtained and documented efficiently and carefully by skilled investigators to be acceptable in court.
I apologize, upon reviewing the document again I do not see any clear context to summarize it in 3 sentences or less. The document appears to be describing various concepts related to information system evaluation and certification but does not provide enough cohesive information to summarize concisely.
The document discusses the risk assessment process, including characterizing the IT system, identifying threats and vulnerabilities, analyzing controls, determining likelihood and impact, assessing risk level, and recommending controls to mitigate risks; it also covers developing policies and procedures for conducting risk assessments, writing risk assessment reports, and coordinating resources to perform risk assessments.
- Organizations need to implement effective data leakage prevention strategies like data security policies, auditing processes, access control, and encryption to protect their data from internal threats.
- Security policies help define acceptable usage of systems and data, as well as procedures for access control, backups, system administration and more. Logging policies should define which security-relevant events are logged for purposes like intrusion detection and reconstructing incidents.
- Evidence collection and documentation policies are important for responding to security incidents and preserving electronic evidence for analysis or legal proceedings. Information security policies aim to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of organizational data.
A computer forensics specialist was able to disprove a claim involving improper data use through a detailed investigation and report of the computer's internal activities. The specialist examined the computer over a period of time and prepared a step-by-step report that showed what had occurred inside the computer with a particular data set. This helped the attorney address the claim and demonstrated how computer forensics can not only help prove but also disprove allegations of improper data use.
This module discusses computer forensics laws and legal issues. It covers privacy issues involved in investigations, legal issues in seizing computer equipment, and laws in different countries. It also examines organizations that investigate computer crimes like the FBI, as well as US laws related to intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, and computer fraud and abuse. The goal is to familiarize students with the legal aspects of computer forensics investigations.
Lawyers often lack knowledge about electronic data discovery compared to traditional paper discovery. To properly handle digital evidence, lawyers should understand basic computer functions and data storage. They should also identify qualified forensic experts, ensure the forensic process follows proper procedures, and understand what types of computer forensic analysis may be necessary for different legal cases.
Digital detectives specialize in computer forensics and network security. Their main roles include handling, investigating, and reacting to computer and network security incidents. They examine computers and other devices to recover evidence, using forensic tools and techniques. Digital detectives should have strong technical skills in computer forensics and operating systems. They may be required to testify in court about evidence and methods used. Continuous training, certification, and staying up to date on new techniques are important for digital detectives.
An expert witness testified in a court case involving a teacher accused of sexual relations with a student. The expert, a computer forensics officer, explained that activity seen on the teacher's computer was likely caused by automatic programs and weather programs, not tampering as the defense suggested. If the computer had been turned back on after seizure, there would have been evidence of that, but there was none. The document then discusses the role of expert witnesses and preparing for testimony in court cases.
This document discusses best practices for writing investigative reports based on computer forensics investigations. It provides guidelines on the format, structure, and content of reports, including maintaining objectivity, documenting evidence collection methods, and including relevant findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The document also provides a sample report template and discusses using forensic analysis tools like FTK to help generate reports.
The document discusses a new digital forensic data capture device called the Forensic Dossier launched by Logicube. The Dossier allows investigators to capture data from suspect drives at speeds of up to 6GB per minute. It supports capturing from RAID drives and various flash media. The Dossier features built-in support for many drive types and connections. It includes advanced authentication and other forensic features. The Dossier will be showcased at the 2009 International CES conference in Las Vegas.
The document discusses investigating social networking websites for evidence. It provides an overview of social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Orkut and how they are used. It outlines the investigation process, including searching for accounts, mirroring web pages, and documenting evidence. Specific areas of investigation on each site are examined, such as friend lists, photos, and comments. The summary report generation is also reviewed.
Model Liskula Cohen is suing Google over a defamatory blog post that called her the "#1 skanky superstar". She filed the lawsuit to determine the identity of the anonymous blogger. Another woman, Nyree Howlett, sued multiple people for uploading her private photos to Facebook and dating websites without permission. The documents discuss investigating defamation over websites and blog posts, including searching blog content, checking the blog URL and owner information, reviewing comments, and using tools like Archive.org to trace the source.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.