Many of our aspiring cyberwarriors have been asking for a separate digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) training program and we have responded! This new program will use many of the existing courses on our Subscriber and Subscriber Pro platform and add additional, new courses specifically for digital forensics and incident response. We recognize that […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! In our industry, we often carry around some very valuable and sensitive data. This might include a bug bounty technique, a zero-day, future plans in our cyberwar, or simply confidential information on our family and friends that they have shared with us. It is critical that this information not fall […]
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Welcome back my aspiring DFIR analysts! In recent recent years, Wi-Fi has become ubiquitous throughout our home and working environments. It provides convenience and a limited amount of security, enough to be used by most people. In any investigation where Wi-Fi is available, you will be negligent to not inspect and analyze the Wi-Fi network […]
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As you know, Hackers-Arise offers a service we call Digital Forensic Investigator for Hire. Most of our cases fit into the following categories; 1. Cyber Bullying 2. Identity Theft 3. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies stolen 4. Porn revenge Recently, a totally different type of case came to our attention. Apparently, there is an organization known […]
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In some cases, the forensic investigator will need to grab an image of the live memory. Remember, RAM is volatile and once the system is turned off, any information in RAM will be likely lost. This information may include passwords, processes running, sockets open, clipboard contents, etc. All of this information must be captured before […]
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Although nearly all Microsoft Windows users are aware that their system has a registry, few understand what it does, and even fewer understand how to manipulate it for their purposes. As a forensic analyst, the registry can be a treasure trove of evidence of what, where, when, and how something occurred on the system. In […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyber warriors! In April 2017, a nefarious group known only as the Shadow Brokers, released to the world a group of exploits that had been stolen from the U.S. espionage agency, the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA is charged with protecting U.S. citizens from terrorist and other threats to U.S. […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyber warriors! When conducting a forensic investigation on a suspect’s computer, the first step, of course, is to make a forensically sound image of the storage devices and if the system is running, make a forensically sound image of the RAM, as well. Sometimes, we may want to gain access to […]
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Welcome back, my Metasploit Cyber Warriors! Although Metasploit is an “exploitation framework” primarily used for hacking and penetration testing, it can also be used to provide some rudimentary forensic capabilities. It’s primary usefulness as a forensic tool is to gather evidence from a remote system when the physical system is unavailable to the investigator. In […]
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Welcome back, my hacker apprentices! Network forensics is key element of most digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) investigations. When our systems have been compromised by an attacker, its up the DFIR investigator to determine the who, what, where and how of the attack. In other words, what can a DFIR investigator learn about the […]
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