Forensic 4cast

Episode 32 – The Mecca for Digital Forensicators

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:20:07 +0000

This week we discuss the British Cybercrime Challenge, the investigation carried out inside government institutions, PI Laws, Cindy Murphy’s article on mobile device investigations, and Ken Pryor’s post on the SANS forensic blog.

Episode 31 – They try to send me off to DC but I say R-M-O

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:05:15 +0000

Today we cover Paul Sanderson’s blog post on forensic practitioners, how the current financial situation is affecting forensics, tips for graduates trying to get into the field, the SANS Forensic Summit, and the Forensic 4cast Awards.

Episode 30 – Amy Winehouse is no Forensic Guru

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:55:52 +0000

The Forensic 4cast Awards, AccessData merges with CT summation, Google may face prosecution over wiretapping laws, and we talk about what to do if you child porn on your company server.

Episode 29 – #robleeisagiant

Lee Whitfield — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:31:53 +0000

Today we discuss what happened at CEIC, the Guidance acquisition of Tableau, FTK and Guidance releasing new forensic tools, the SANS Forensic Summit, and the Forensic 4cast Awards.

Episode 28 – Xerox This!

Lee Whitfield — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:18:10 +0000

This week we’re joined by Eric Huber (@ericjhuber) from ‘A Fistful of Dongles‘, Tom Yarrish (@CDTDelta), and Martin Fisher (@armorguy) from the ‘Southern Fried Security‘ podcast.

In this episode we discuss the Gizmodo/Apple situation, the death of privacy, forensicating photocopiers, more on schools spying on students, and a potentially dangerous exploit that could put digital forensic investigations at risk.

Presentation – Into the Shadows

Lee Whitfield — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:18:15 +0000

Here it is. The presentation I was due to give at the SANS EU Forensic Summit. Hope you find it useful.

Bare in mind you’ll have to have iTunes or Quicktime installed to watch this. I’ll work on getting it into other formats later.

Enjoy!

Episode 27 – When RIAA Rules The World

Lee Whitfield — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:47:15 +0000

Forensic 4cast has undergone a little surgery. We’ve changed from the previous format and now hope to have a panel of guests each episode.

Having said that there was a small problem with this episode. My son decided to celebrate his third birthday by trying to destroy my podcast recording. I’ve put it back together the best I could but I promise that it’ll improve as time goes on.

Hope you enjoy what we have for you.

Conversation with Rob Lee

Lee Whitfield — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:43:17 +0000

Last Friday I had a conversation with Rob Lee of Mandiant and SANS. We talked about a few things but mostly about the upcoming SANS EU Forensic Summit. Even if you’re not planning on attending its worth listening to find out what is happening.

Enter this code, into the PromoCode field, during the registration process so we can track who has signed up via Forensic 4cast.

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The event URL for complete summit details and for registration is:

http://www.sans.org/eu-forensics-incident-response-summit-2010/

BTW here’s the videos that Rob was talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

Episode 26 – Make Mine a DECAF

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:42:17 +0000

In this episode we discuss the latest happening with COFEE and DECAF, a new digital forensic magazine called Into The Boxes, an interesting initiative launched by the UK government, and we talk to Dave Melvin and Joe Garcia about their podcasts.

Dave is one of the three hosts of Inside The Core and Joe hosts Cybercrime 101.

Episode 25 – The Little iPhone Worm That Could

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:00:08 +0000

In this episode Lee and Simon discuss the new Digital Forensics Magazine and the MTEB conference.

Lee has been using F-Response TACTICAL and will be posting a review on the website soon.

Our new video website is almost ready. Expect an announcement soon.

In news Chrome OS has been released, Peter Mandelson’s reign of terror has come to an abrupt end, another iPhone worm has been reported, a wife helps to rumble her husband, Microsoft attempts to stop the COFEE spill from spreading, and bitlocker encryption has been cracked.

We have also kicked off two new segments ‘Listener Spotlight’ and ‘Forensics on a Shoestring’.

Andrew Hoog of Via Forensics joins us to discuss smart phone and, more specifically, the Android platform.

As always, if you’re interested in contributing to the podcast in any way please let us know by emailing us, posting a comment here, or sending us a message on Twitter.

Episode 24 – No Good Crying Over Spilled COFEE

Lee Whitfield — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:11:05 +0000

In this episode Lee and Simon discuss COFEE, CRB checks, more stupid Texas laws, and Johnny Long joins us to talk about Hackers For Charity.

Episode 23 – The Butt of Everyone’s Jokes

Lee Whitfield — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:13:17 +0000

e-fense, porn hacking, stupid criminals, and John McCash joins us to talk about certifications.

Episode 22 – Captain Forensics vs. Jonathan Parker

Lee Whitfield — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:12:24 +0000

In this episode we cover LOADS of news including the release of FTK3, the IWF, Drive Prophet, and so much more.

Also Mike Jasorka, creator of Captain Forensics, joins us to talk about his work.

Episode 21 – Curveball to the Forensic Field

Lee Whitfield — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:22:12 +0000

In this episode we discuss proposed changes to ACPO’s approach to e-crime, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision, and the CDFS.

Lee Reiber also joins us for an interview to discuss the MFCE.

Episode 20 – Not another ‘Kitty Porn’ Joke!

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:58:39 +0000

In this episode Simon and Lee discuss AccessData’s big gamble, North Carolina shooting down PI laws, the dumbest alibi ever, and Larry Daniel joins us for an interview.

Episode 19 – Bullet Holes and Cat Burglars

Lee Whitfield — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:37:04 +0000

Thanks for joining for another episode of Forensic 4cast.
Thanks for all the well wishers. Both of my children have now recovered from their bouts with swine flu.
In this episode we discuss bad computer repairs, phone exploits, and Scott Moulton joins us for an interview.

Simon’s Faraday Experiment

Lee Whitfield — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:31:27 +0000

Simon has recorded a short video in which he attempts to create a faraday tent on the cheap. Will he be successful? Watch and find out.

Forensic 4cast Awards – Announcement

Lee Whitfield — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:29:47 +0000

As I’m sure you’ve already heard, the Forensic 4cast Awards are upon us. This Sunday (19th July 2009) at 2pm Eastern the awards will be broadcast across the internet. You can view it right here on the Forensic 4cast website.

We have had a flood of votes but every vote counts. Please take 5 minutes out of your day to send your votes to ‘vote@forensic4cast.com’. The nominations can be found here.

In order to make things a little more interesting, and to encourage more people to vote each person that votes will have his/her name entered into a draw and, at the conclusion of the ceremony, a random drawing will be made. The winner will receive an exclusive Forensic 4cast t-shirt (so exclusive that Simon and I don’t even have them yet).

Get voting you only have until the end of Friday.

Episode 18 – Standing Room Only

Lee Whitfield — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:14:40 +0000

This is our longest episode to date, 1 hour and 45 minutes. We’ll try to keep it down in the future.

Lance Mueller joins us for an interview, we also discuss the Sixth Amendment, the RIAA and Mediasentry, and virtual porn.

One more thing…

Don’t forget to vote in the Forensic 4cast Awards.

Forensic 4cast Episode 17 – Free is not Free

Lee Whitfield — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:15:07 +0000

In this episode we discuss a decision for the state of Michigan, giving evidence back, a lawyer having his name changed, and ebook piracy. Harlan Carvey joins us and tells us about his new book.