Thoughts, musings, knowledge, etc. about digital forensics. As well as how computer science, IT (information technology) and IS (information security) relate.
For those of you who haven’t already seen CitySec, it’s worth stopping by. CitySec.org is a site created by Thomas Ptacek (from Matasano Chargen) to facilitate gatherings of information security professionals. The tone of the meetings appears to be quite relaxed, to quote “What is a CitySect Meetup?“:
The rule of thumb is, no more structure [...]
I saw this the other day. Hmmm… sifting through lots of data to find specific pieces of information, I think I see an interesting application for this…
http://xkcd.com/c208.html
One thing that I see on a fairly regular basis is confusion between deductive and inductive reasoning. Both types of reasoning play different roles in investigations/forensics/science/etc. The difference between the two is sometimes hard to define. Here are two common defintions:
1. With deductive reasoning, the conclusions are contained, whether explicit or implicit, in the premises. [...]
For years I’ve carried around a small notebook, one of the spiral bound that is almost a 3×5 card size. I’ve even got a nice leather cover for them somewhere at my Dad’s house. I normally use the notebook to do things like take case notes, observations, grocery lists, etc. The most recent notebook had [...]
