It has been a few months since starting to program my Dissertation project in Python and I have to be honest, I am quite impressed. It was a complete risk to turn to Python, a programming language I had only used once or twice before, rather than Java which I have had years of experience [...]
One of the major file types that I have come across during my development of my Log File analysis tool is the Binary Plist. The Plist file format has many alternatives and is most commonly found in an XML style. Newer versions of the Plist can be found within a Binary format which has been [...]
A couple of days ago amongst report writing and research I suddenly felt quite lazy but needed to keep in the working mood. So I decided to put the newest CyberSpeak podcast on while I had a lay down. Surely listening to a forensic podcast while having a quick lie down is still deemed as [...]
I heard about this after listening to the CyberSpeak Podcast one evening (http://cyberspeak.libsyn.com/). George Starcher has written a very detailed article and step by step guide on how to setup Amazon EC2 as DNA workers. I have used AccessData’s DNA (Distributed Network Attack) before but when used in a live environment I found it effected [...]
A few months ago I created a simple tool that added a GUI to the Plutil tool that comes with Mac’s. Plutil allows a user via Terminal to convert binary Plist files into XML files and vice versa. At the time I had been playing with Plist files so a quick convertor was very useful. [...]