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Phoenix OWASP July/August Meetings

obnosis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:38:50 GMT

http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Phoenix

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Forensic schools?

Nathan — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:10:10 GMT

I'm goin to school in Grand Rapids, Michigan....and needless to say there arent any schools around here that offer anything like computer or data forensics. Do you know of anywhere that has a program like that? Ive been getting really interested in it, and wanted to see if a career in computer forensics was feasable. What course of action would you reccomend?

Thanks a bunch!

~nathan

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Serious Problems.....

Brennesiology — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:18:54 GMT

So I had this move to a joint in which I was told that the wi-fi would be availble, so I ended up deleting a bunch of network connections, and unfortunately deleted my LAN connection (brutally open failure in Windows). (new place didn't have a wi-fi modem, so I hooked into Cu) This was the start of a much more involved problem. Since flashing the BIOS didn't have any effect on that system, I figured to re-write my OS (Win XP Pro), so I copied over everything from both partitions to separate folders on one of my SATA drives. When I re-partitioned my Primary IDE and reloaded my OS, I didn't see the LAN either. I then figured to go all out, pull my tower out of the closet, and reconfigure the system on my Asus K8N as opposed to the Biostar micro ATX (whatever the model was). When I got it all hooked up, on a LAN network and an OS which couldn't have been affected, my 2 SATA drives (300 Gig a piece) were only picked up as 126 Gigs each, Active, Healthy, and not readable or openable by my system. This poses a serious problem since it's all to lose if I lose these drives.

<The last time this happened, I ended up accidentally re-forming my WAV library which was mostly a BUNCH of buying/selling with all 3 Amoeba Records, although indexed (for the most part), it was all lost.....>

Now, my previous OS, all my software installs, documents (crucial one's), and so much more are at the peril of what "SATA problems" on google accounts for ~34,000 threads on such....., and I'm about to lose it. The past two weeks have been an ugly downward spiral I never want to deal with again. What I have tried to do, which shouldn't do serious harm is changing the drive paths back to the previously known paths as "Q" and "Z". I'm not planning on doing a damn thing, since the OS which recognized the drives is null, actually, I have another working OS, but...... I'll cut it here, please help if you've got anything solid for me to work with. I need to get both SATA's online with the data intact in order to move forward. It hurts, but maybe that's how we know we're livin'. Thanks in advance.

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Getting real-world experience

Noah — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:07:54 GMT

What has been everyone's experience either good or bad in trying to get real-world experience doing incident response and computer forensics?

My fiancee just got her Masters in National Security and was seeking out experience putting her computer forensics training to work outside the classroom. It seems like wherever you could get that experience they don't want to hear from you unless you already have 5 years+ of real world experience with security and/or computer forensics. About the only place to reliably get experience is with a law enforcement agency where they will move you to Virginia or wherever and even then it's a struggle to get to a place where you can do this kind of work.

Eventually she was able to find a good position in San Francisco doing Information Security which will could potentially serve as a stepping stone to this sort of work. But we tried a number of options, there's virtually no such thing as an internship in this subject area-we even tried volunteering with the local police to perform associated tasks or work on machines they had obtained but did not have the manpower to fully investigate. Aside from that any company that does this wants you to already have the experience and there's pretty much nothing "entry-level" that I can see.

So what does that leave? Do you try to get a foot in the door doing other info security-type jobs and pile up a bunch of certifications? Do you put an ad in craigslist offering to do free incident response and forensics works to little old ladies who think someone hacked their AOL account? Join the CIA or FBI and hope they decide to throw this kind of work at you? Thoughts?

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The Disk Sleeve Archives

DJ_Bat — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:07:17 GMT

Investigate this:

History? Frightening? Pr0N?

A little of all...

http://www.disksleeves.com/

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Looking for Sysadmins in the Philly area!

John — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:51:20 GMT

..for social and career networking. Don't be shy! Whether you work with Solaris (like I do), Linux, OSX, Windows or something else entirely, all are welcome. I'm thinking about monthly meetings someplace fun. Drop me a message to let me know your interest. Thanks!

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Newbie

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:36:24 GMT

Hi all, i work in banking doing security audits of computer hardware and software (very new at this), I have a great interest in getting into Computer Forensics. Would like to get involved, working for free or something just to get some hands on experience.

Any suggestions.

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Stegonography

Wintershadow — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:52:22 GMT

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a Master's degree as yet in Stegonography? I will be finishing my degree in computer security in a year and a half and am trying to plan what to go for my Master's in. I thought Computer Forensics and Stegonography in particular would be a good avenue to pursue.

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What to do after 'recovery'

klyphph — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:03:53 GMT

I've recently experienced a hard drive failure and used Easy Recovery Pro to try to fix it. I did recover files but how do I put the pieces of the files back together? Any help would be appreciated.

Cliff

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detective work...

Philen, Larry — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:02:39 GMT

Hi, I've been involved with some strange people. I won't go into the specifics, but, I run a Mac and I can close my Internet connection (DSL) and whenever I open certain applications, I see activity on my modem. All my IP apps show there is no connection, but certain programs seem to be able to send info anyway. When I do have the connection open, every 30 seconds or so, I show activity on my modem. I've checked all the settings I know of and none are set to "keep connection open" so there's no reason my machine should be sending packets.
I'd really like to be able to figure out who is getting this info, but without their knowledge.
I don't have a firewall installed because I want to find out what's happening without blocking these guys from my computer.
Any suggestions?

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External HDD enclosures

G. Allen — Tue, 25 May 2004 01:44:36 GMT

Hey folks, I posted this over in the Computer Hardware tribe and thought I'd post here too and see if I got any responses. I'm looking for recommedations for external hdd enclosures. They are kind of like kits that are applied to regular internal hdd's and convert them to external hdd's. The type of enclosure I'm looking for is preferably USB compatible, though a USB/Firewire combo would be ideal.

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Favorite Recovery Software

Mike — Mon, 03 May 2004 16:56:36 GMT

Just a quick one...
What is everyone's software of choice for file recovery?

I use En-Case and BadCopyPro at work, but since I am a poor student :) I fall back on some open source tools included with Linux's FIRE distro or Knoppix for home or consulting work.

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Any hope...

Mike — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:18:11 GMT

I am really wanting to pursue a career in forenics(comp), but I am wondering if that pursuit is futile for the point of educational standing I am in now.

I have an AAS in Local Area Networking, a BS in Software Eng Tech with a concentration in WAN and LAN, and about to start my graduate research. I am a CNA(novell), CCNA(Cisco), and finsihing up my CCNP(Cisco).

I was gonna pursue a MS in CJ Computer Forensics, however, that curriculum did not pass and instead my university adopted a Casino track (go figure). Moving on, I am back to SoftEngTech and my graduate research degree is pretty much open ended at the university in that I develop my own curriculum track. I would like to do all my research on Computer Forensics, but wonder if it will be futile when it comes to job searches. Is there anything I can do to brighten my future career options? I am willing to do outside/online curriculum if need be.

Thx guys

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Comp.Forensic Books?

blank — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:49:16 GMT

Can anyone offer up a suggestion or three for any of their favorite Computer Forensics books? Lookin' for some new reading material :)

J.

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File Destruction Software

b0neZ — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 19:53:26 GMT

has anyone here heard of a program called CyberScrub, and if so, what are your feelings on it (if any)?

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