Long Overdue 2015 Update
It’s been an extremely busy start to the year but I wanted to make a quick post to talk about what I’ve been up to so far. Last month I got to attend my first SANS DFIR specific event when I took the FOR508 with Rob Lee in Monterey. I’ve taken the 508 previously but this was a much needed refresher. As I’ve discussed in a few different articles the FOR408 focuses on analyzing activity on a Windows computer and the 508 builds upon that base to cover quickly triaging large numbers of systems remotely, a “greatest hits” of memory analysis, timeline automation and analysis, volume shadow copy analysis and covers deep dive artifact analysis on Windows systems like I’ve never seen covered anywhere else. The deep dive section may be things you don’t remember verbatim but the combination of being exposed to them and having the course books as a reference means you’ll quickly be able to analyze those artifacts when the time comes. In addition to being my first DFIR specific conference, thi...