Today on Cyberspeak we have an interview with Matt Shannon from f-Response about the new, soon to be released Tactical edition of f-Response. Ovie’s on Google Wave - but no one else is. Listeners email, Windows 7 sold over 200% more in first week of sales than Vista. Sofo’s lab says you still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7. Microsoft, in the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released yesterday, stated that "The infection rate of Windows Vista SP1 was 61.9 percent less than that of Windows XP SP3." Firefox 3.6 Beta (for Mac Win & Lin) is out for those who like living on the edge and for those forensic examiners that like testing new versions to identify .  Forensic Evidence Secures Death Penalty-Gang Members use Social Networking Too.  IC3 reports increase in compromise of user's online banking credentials target commercial bank accounts

The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 15-5 The bill would required notifications of not just individuals affected by a data breach, but also, in some cases, credit reporting agencies and the U.S. Secret Service (not FBI). It would establish a new Office of Federal Identity Protection within the FTC. Let's get ready to Rumble earns 400 million in IP revenue.

Web Sites of the Week:

http://statbrain.com

http://www.searchlores.org/defpasslist1.htm 

This week on CyberSpeak, Autographed Washington Wizards Basketball for sale to support charity Samaritans Feet, www.samaritansfeet.org, SANS Forensic Summit Discount CodeCYBERSPEAK10, new EnScripts at 42LLC http://42llc.net/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=39, Digital Forensic Challenge www.dfrws.org, discussions about the 2009 Cyber Security Act, Philly RCFL gets ASCLAD, Ft Smith Police Dept overwhelmed with Child Porn cases, Ikena's new video forensics software http://www.matek.co.uk/#/ikena/4532507196, and web picks are:

http://www.trapcall.com/

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#

Today, Kevin Mandia is on the show talking about the State of the Incident Response, CyberSpeak Listeners get big discount to SANS Forensic Summit (CODE: Cyberspeak10), Ovie and Bret discuss listener email, PC Magazine's Cybercrime hall of fame hackers, Shawn Henry gets a promotion as the new FBI AD Cyber-Division and legalalities of boarder searches. Web site picks of the week are http://vajachoice.com/index1.html and http://privnote.com

This week we discuss Brets new Kendle, Ovie’s new neat receipts and givce a secret to listen to podcasts twice as fast as before.   The episode focused on forensic news and legal decisions of interest, specifically a APC pirate being convicted, a study that reports 68 percent of all internet-based malware was now being hosted on legitimate sites, Bot-herder Greg King is found guilty on two counts for launching a DDOS against Castel Cops, and Perdue offering Mac Forensics training for 100 law enforcement.  In legal news, we discuss Reasonable expectation of privacy and an allegation a warrant did not have probable cause for a computer search. Web sites of the week included www.zinio.com and http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator. 

Happy Fathers Day!  This week we discuss Brets new Kendle, Ovie’s new neat receipts and givce a secret to listen to podcasts twice as fast as before.   The episode focused on forensic news and legal decisions of interest, specifically a APC pirate being convicted, a study that reports 68 percent of all internet-based malware was now being hosted on legitimate sites, Bot-herder Greg King is found guilty on two counts for launching a DDOS against Castel Cops, and Perdue offering Mac Forensics training for 100 law enforcement.  In legal news, we discuss Reasonable expectation of privacy and an allegation a warrant did not have probable cause for a computer search. Web sites of the week included www.zinio.com and http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator.  

Memorial Day Posdcast and interview tih Mark McKinnon from Red Wolf Computer Forensics about his CSC Parser.  It can be downloaded from here http://redwolfcomputerforensics.com/downloads/CSC_Parser.zip . Also check out his blog at http://cfed-ttf.blogspot.com

This week, Ovie's back from SANS, Bret's on his way back to Kuwait. This week Ovie and Bret answer some great listener email.  Imaging an Apple XRaid, Google getting into the game of image recognition to help identify people exploiting children, Andrew sent in a website with a great collection of file signatures, and Web Sites of the week are Netflix Thief Caught in the Act and http://www.southparkstudios.com/ and Windows Live Mesh

This week on Cyberspeak, Ovie’s Invisible Shield came in for his blackberry and he loves it. We discuss US v Boucher and the Fifth Amendment protection not to be compelled to disclose passwords. For some great reading on the issue, check out Susan Brenner’s blog post. Department of Defense considers cutting off all non-official Internet access.   We discuss whole disk encryption and new advertised features in True Crypt V5.  We discuss Nuix, a new forensic utility with special application for analysis of emails.  Do you encrypt you forensic images before transport?  Ovie’s Web site pick of the week is http://www.bureauofcommunication.com/compose/apology and Bret’s is Hackers Diet.

Elitist iPhone news, Drive Eraser and Drive Eraser PRO, Florida State Troopers need your help, SANS Top-20 2007 Security Risks (2007 Annual Update), Trojan infected hard drives phoning home to China, One Laptop per Child Extended, Web Picks: http://Everyscape.com and http://elfyourself.com.  Merry Christmas!!  

This week we show you how you can donate a laptop to a child in an under privileged country and get 12 months free -Mobile WiFi hotspot access, apple will not take your cash, apple is so secure they are turning off their firewall and the CEO of IronKey talks about the security features of their IronKey thumb drive.  Web pick of the week is Display Fusion.

This week on CyberSpeak we discuss the Techno Forensics Conference Oct 29-31, Guidance Software’s policy on replacing dongles, Vista Recycle bin forensics, ways to securely wipe unallocated or free space, and the first class action law suit against Apples for bricking the iPhone.  This weeks tech segment is all about Windows Mail, Vista’s replacement to Outlook Express.  Bret’s web picks of the week are a great list of security tools, an iPod toilet roll holder and a cool Rube Goldberg Machine.  Ovie’s web site of the week gives you a way to listen to the latest CyberSpeak podcast without an Internet connection.  Just call (214) 283-8997 and you can listen from anywhere.

This week apple deals another blow to their sorry customers, Bret still loves Steve Jobs, Kevin Manson donates a laptop and Jushu Technology, a Chinese company loses their mind and offers a convicted virus writer a job.  A listener sends an email link to an article about Apple feeling bad about ripping off their customers and offers a $7000 rebate for Lisa customers.  Ovie and Bret discuss forensics issues about the Vista Recycle Bin.  Web sites of the week include a link to the Department of Justice Computer Forensic Methodology Flow Chart, a US Sentencing calculator web site and an iPhone hacking web site.

We are back!!!  Thanks to all that wrote in concerned about our wellbeing.  Todays show we discuss listener email, ABC News report on how Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predatorâ€? is making it difficult for law enforcement to prosecute child predators because they are using illegal techniques to initiate sexual talk with predators.  Iam wants us to start an IRC chat channel, Andre started a Google Computer Crime web page. In the News, Forensics Expert Shows Cell Phone Evidence in Rape Case, Bret is quoted in Federal Computer Weekly article, Ovie and Bret discuss the recent news coverage on police use of stun guns. Didier Stevens released his new version 2.3.0 of his UserAssist tool.  We discuss WiebeTech’s new “Hot Plugâ€? device that allows investigators to seize and transport a running computer without having to shut it down. Also discuss is WiebeTech’s new RTX 400 and 600 portable storage devices.  Bret’s web sites of the week was an iPhone site,  http://ibypass.net/ and 35 absolutely essential Mac applications and Ovie’s pick was a web site that analyzes EULA’s.  KEEP THOSE EMAILS COMING TO CyberSpeak at Gmail dot Com.

This weeks show Bret and Ovie discuss the Pentagon’s Confirmation of Hacked Email System , an e-mail scam that includes a Hit-Man Threat, and Microsoft’s new Groove collaboration application.  Ovie test and reports the forensic results of surfing the web with Safari’s Private Browser and answer a question from the episode 72 of the Paul Dot Com show.

Ovies web sites of the week - Instant Domain Search and  

Graffiti and Bret’s pick was http://www.plinko.net/404/links.asp?type=cat&key=16

In today’s show, Ovie and Bret discuss listener email, discuss hard drive write blocks and imaging devices, sleuthkit V2.09 is out, Safari for Windows is but you better patch quickly,

In the news, the first spammer sentenced under CAN-SPAM act, VA budgets 20 million for credit protection for its victims, Secret Service agent spins a tale but surveillance video unravels her story, and Japanese police learn a lesson in security.  The Slurper aggregates 6 unsecure WiFi access points  and web sites of the week: Drobo robotic storage, Cheapest Gas, and Vehicle crash test site.

Ovie is in the dog house, Bret lets listeners off on the April Fools Joke -- Forensicator Pro --Gotcha!!!  Vonage gets a reprieve and can still recruit customers, federal appeals court rules no reasonable expectation of privacy on personal computer at work.  Be nice to your sister and don't offer her up for sexual favors on craigslist.  Tell it to the Bank says UK Fraud Act which requires victims to stop reporting online fraud to police.  Interview with Jim Christy, Defense Cyber Crime Center Director of Futures Exploration and Bret talked about an investigation solved by tracking down the USB drive.  web site picks: Trace from www.x-ways.com .  Stop by  MultimediaForensics for full show notes.

Today Bret and Mike talk about Forensic Imaging issues.  We also discuss a man who reprograms an ATM, free forensics training, child porn found after 911 call, liveview, how to create a context menu to print filelistings in Windows XP, creating gmail spam filters, a Mac OS X disk inventory utility, and Techno Forensics 2006.

Back from vacation.  This week we talk with Special Agent David Farquhar from the Federal Bureau of Investigations about his recent successful botnet case in Seattle Washington.  We also talk about the Motorola Q, DefCon, speedtest.net, thinkfree.com, and listener email.

This show we speak with the Dark Tangent about changes this year for DEF CON and BlackHat. Also in this episode we discuss the UBS Painwebber logicbomb trial, consultant hacks FBI, two-factor authentication phishing attacks, Semantec says Windows Vista is less secure than Windows XP, throw away email accounts, truecrypt flash toutorial, sodaplay (let me know what this is), website to transer and share files, tv on the web, Xyloc devices, and a tool to obfuscate your email address in javascript code.  The show is 61 mins long.  This show is brought to you by the letter 45.

Show notes coming soon!?

We have Mr Younger back in the studio!  Bret gives out link to free MANDIANT webinar on database intrusions.  We talk about Microsoft updates, theft of laptops with sensitive data from AIG, Parallels on Apple, USB hacking, dumb ways to secure wireless, Skype integrated into Ebay, getting millions of pages indexed by Google, sushi USB drives, and research on quick hard drive destruction.  Websites of the day include National Institue of Justice and Zoomr geo-photo gallery.  Sorry for all the sound effects.  We (Bret) got carried away.

Bret discusses his quad-monitor display unit, Wal-Mart is a chick magnet, Mercury's Free Evidence Mover, Nic Harbor updating DCFLDD.  A story about Best Buy's Geek Squad failing to destroy old hard drives and they wind up at a flea Market. Eraser programs- Derick's Boot and Nuke, www.heidi.ie/eraser .  New version to Skeuthkit found at www.sleuthkit.org, and Harlan Carvey give a go-by for his Forensic Server Project which can be found at http://windowsir.blogspot.com/.  

The episode we talk with Steve Bunting about his new ENCE Study Guide.  We also talk about the UK hacker Gary McKinnon, Microsoft Live Answers, and Valley Schwag for $15 a month. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, who chairs the House committee responsible for writing Internet and telecommunications law, has pledged to work on legislation related to mandatory data retention.  A 20-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to launching a bot network attack that compromised computers at a Seattle hospital and several universities.  We also discuss poor Patrick Kennedy and his recent memory loss after his traffic accident.  We also answer a question from George from In the Trenches podcast.  

A great web site pick of the week is at Remote Exploit.org. 

Sorry about the slip of a week, but we are now back on track.  We talk to Mark Rache columnist for Security Focus and Senior Vice President and Chief Security Counsel at Solutionary Inc. about his "Forensic felonies" article.  We also talk with Dave Merkel, Vice President of Products at MANDIANT about the release of First Response version 1.1, trojans that hold your computer for ransom, USB ported security applications, residential WiFi sharing, impossible to recover from spyware and viruses, Freenet version 0.7, and SecurityWizardry.com.

In this show we interview Jaime Florence from MicroForensics about Mercury, a new forensic text indexing product.  We also talk about the DOJ's initiative to fight child porn, Opera version 9 Beta, Texas Governor Issued executive order prohibiting P2P, Microsoft Live Drive, new wifi law, data retention for ISPs, video showing graffiti on Air Force One, and free 411. 

Upcoming Conferences:

LayerOne 2006
Apr 15-16, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.layerone.info/index.html

2006 GFIRST Conference
Apr 30-May 05, Orlando, FL
http://www.us-cert.gov/GFIRST

Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference (CEIC) 2006
May 03-06, Las Vegas, NV
http://www.ceic2006.com

The show is about 1 hour 9 mins long.  Thanks to Brian for pointing out how to put links in the show notes!  Thanks to Tim for editing the show again!

In this show we discuss recent computer crime news, Micro Forensic’s Mercury indexing software, upcoming conferences and more.

In this short show we talk about some Microsoft initiatives, shared access, deciphering information in the Windows/prefetch directory, live.com, expo.live.com.  We’ve been Zinged by www.podzinger.com.  We also briefly discuss a new indexing tool that works with EnCase called Mercury from www.microforensics.com – ALL CyberSpeak listeners can get $50 off by emailing the owner and saying that you heard about Mercury on CyberSpeak.   We also discuss Apple’s “Boot Campâ€?.  Apple’s sanctioned application to dul boot and run Windows XP on your MacBook.  We also have a new SOUND engineer editing our podcast.