tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:50:54 +0000http://amzeus.co.uk/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)Blogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-5596975201502346166Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +00002008-06-26T15:50:55.256+01:00"Children in Sweden are becoming increasingly concerned by their parents' internet habits, according to a new report from Children's Rights in Society (Barnens Rätt i Samhället - BRIS). Last year the organization dealt with 1,895 IT-related cases, up sharply on figures from the previous year. Further investigation revealed that more than 100 of the children who made contact with BRIS did so http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/06/children-in-sweden-are-becoming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-8490687488919524033Wed, 14 May 2008 11:21:00 +00002008-05-14T12:29:38.005+01:00ForensicsToolsEncryptionNewshardwareslightly older bit of new "Already generating some discussion in the forums and elsewhere on the web is the recently released paper "Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys" from researchers at Princeton University. The researchers' main finding is that data remains in DRAM for longer than generally expected. Furthermore, this period can be extended significantly by cooling the http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/frozen-keys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-8224389250182122965Wed, 14 May 2008 09:55:00 +00002008-05-14T11:21:08.681+01:00ForensicsToolsNewsSoftwareAccess DataAccess Data wrote: The release of FTK 2 has created much more confusion than we had anticipated, so we would like to take a moment to once again clarify a very important point. FTK 2 is not meant to be a replacement for FTK 1 for all customers. While some customers will likely see FTK 2 as a superior solution and make the move, some will no doubt prefer the simplicity and minimal hardware http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/access-data-ftk-1-and-ftk2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-1653784405756311719Fri, 09 May 2008 17:59:00 +00002008-05-14T11:22:54.780+01:00VirusNews Security The fake file claims to be an mp3 of Girls Aloud <!-- E IIMA --> <!-- S SF --> Almost 500,000 people have been caught out by a booby-trapped media file, says security firm McAfee. The fake file poses as a music track, short video or movie and has been widely seeded on file-sharing networks to snare victims. McAfee said the fake media file outbreak was the http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/girls-aloud-bad-for-your-pc-as-well-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-3286457676202654918Fri, 09 May 2008 17:27:00 +00002008-05-14T11:23:52.498+01:00ForensicsToolsNewsMicrosoftTo put a lid on bloggers' speculation about police getting "backdoors" to Windows security, Microsoft is starting to hush up on the subject. In an e-mail to BetaNews on Friday, a spokesperson described COFEE as a "customizable framework." Despite releasing a few more facts on Friday about a controversial new tool for police officers, Microsoft has now vowed to stay mum http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/microsoft-slowly-seals-its-lips-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-5419246196156536460Fri, 02 May 2008 19:12:00 +00002008-05-14T11:24:22.753+01:00ForensicsNews Virtual greed, or response rate optimization? The idea of converging phishing emails with embedded exploits and banking malware is nothing new, in fact phishers realizing that combining attack approaches can increase the chance of achieving their objective which in this case is either logging the authentication process or hijacking it, often forget that the phishing email could have succeeded http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/crimeware-in-middle-zeus-its-not-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-9029481126606490415Thu, 01 May 2008 01:36:00 +00002008-05-14T11:26:55.008+01:00ForensicsToolsNewsMicrosoftits not back doors its just standard stuff (ie helix) but put on a USB thumb drive and has some extra GUI and easier to use for your average plod "As a follow up, the COFEE tool is undergoing some final revisions and is due to be released to LE via the MS LE Portal in the near future. Local media are reporting that it may be distributed as early as Friday. You can access the presentation http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/update-on-cofee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-5346309215833620084Thu, 01 May 2008 01:35:00 +00002008-05-14T11:27:41.529+01:00ForensicsToolsNewsMicrosoftMicrosoft first released the toolset, called the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), to law enforcement last June and it's now being used by about 2,000 agents around the world, said Anthony Fung, senior regional manager for Asia Pacific in Microsoft's Internet Safety and Anti-Counterfeiting group. Microsoft gives the software to agents for free. continued http://news.yahoo.com/http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/05/microsoft-first-released-toolset-called.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-363388487565639194Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:50:00 +00002008-05-14T11:47:58.977+01:00gamesForensicsToolsPersonalhardwaregamingdriverswell i just got a new laptop nothing to flash core2duo 2gig ram but i never noticed when i got that it has a finger print scanner, hey its quite the addon removes the need to remember long password etc only been playing with it for about an hour but it seems to work quite well under Vista OS haven't tried under unix yet but i cant find any drivers for it yethttp://amzeus.co.uk/2008/04/bio-meterics-on-laptop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-893414256049514094Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:10:00 +00002008-05-14T11:48:54.741+01:00SoftwarePersonalhardwaredriverswell i have done a few OS re-installs namely XP home and ubuntu 7.10 on the toshiba A120 laptop XP64bit and vista ultimate 64bit on the main sytem (will be putting FC9 on here as well) lap top all fine main system xp fine vista some drive issue's (nothing new there then lol) the x-fi elite pro brake out box not working fully sound but no control, also the catalyst 8.3 driver still isn't workinghttp://amzeus.co.uk/2008/04/os-reinstalls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-4009616267423969367Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:42:00 +00002008-05-14T11:49:31.204+01:00gamesgamingdrivershardware Personalgoing to do some testing with drivers and 3d marks 06 and of course the games i play see what i can get out of the system last time i ran it i got 14007 with 7.6 drivers and no OC with all the games working. i will of course take screen shots and take some notes of whats happening but i cant help thinking that the time for a full reinstall of xp64, fc8 vista ultimate 64 is on the cards while i http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/04/going-to-do-some-testing-with-drivers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-5433093698775592569Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:18:00 +00002008-05-14T11:50:02.189+01:00Personalhardwaregamingdriverswell today i thought i'd update my main system Syetem Specs CPU qx6800, GPU 2 X hd2900 1GB, sound x-fi elite pro, 4GB ocz reaper 1066well i decided to update the ATI drivers to catalyst 8.3 all looked well at desktop and benchmarking. but it has had some negative effects on my games WOW 2.4 giltching FX stuttering bar about 1" tall right across the screen Half life portals http://amzeus.co.uk/2008/04/driver-problems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-2528193019929437982Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:20:00 +00002008-05-14T11:49:04.929+01:00Personalwell its the last day of the spring term so lecturing work load is light now so ill be working on some of the projects. Internet ready (is there such a thing) and some other papershttp://amzeus.co.uk/2008/04/last-day-of-spring-term.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120829599974790397.post-313260625679722466Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:58:00 +00002008-05-14T11:48:11.403+01:00Personalhi all Thought i would start blogging my work life, as a dairy of current research and news that i have found interesting and some of my musings and other random thoughts. The blog will contain thoughts on the Internet, crime, pen testing, digital forensics, cyber-profiling and anything else that comes in to my work life feel free to comment or get in touchhttp://amzeus.co.uk/2008/04/hi-all-thought-i-would-start-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (zeus)