As a digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) professional with over two decades in IT, I have always felt a bit like a “security noob” when it comes to deep cryptographic principles. So when I picked up Cryptography Algorithms – Second Edition by Massimo Bertaccini, I was hoping for something that could bridge the gap between my foundational knowledge and the increasingly complex world of cryptography. Here’s my take.
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Learn Computer Forensics – Second Edition by William Oettinger for Packt REVIEW
Hello, I have had the absolute pleasure to be reading and working though this book ` Learn Computer Forensics: Your one-stop guide to searching, analysing, acquiring, and securing digital evidence, 2nd Edition`. “Computer Forensics, being a broad topic, involves a variety of skills which will involve seizing electronic evidence, acquiring data from electronic evidence, data…
Interview with 13Cubed who is also DFIR Investigator for Microsoft Richard Davis.
Hello, For this interview I am pleased to share someone who is one of the two people that have been so important in my learning the DFIR skills outwith my work colleagues. His name is Richard Davis but you will know him as 13Cubed, along with Eric Zimmerman for his tools Richard’s videos have been…
Turning more of a focus onto DFIR (Digital Forensics & Incident Response) and Hacking here at The Security Noob!
Hello, So, as it says in the title I am going to be doing a ‘soft reboot’ of the website and making my blog more DFIR/Hacking specifically dedicated to that subjects and will try to explain here why and speak about some posts and interviews that I have planned. When it comes to most careers…
Week Three of EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 Self-Study Training.
Hey guys, If you haven’t read the previous articles here they are:- Week One Week Two Since the last post I have worked through the two lab exercises for module 1 which are these:- Qualitative Risk Assessment Using PILAR Risk Management Tool This lab demonstrates how to perform a Qualitative Risk Assessment using PILAR Risk…
Week Two of EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 Self-Study Training.
Hello, Welcome to week two of doing my ECIH self-study training, I am calling it week two but really its 2 and 3. The main thing I have learnt this week or so is that the course is nowhere near as easy as I thought it was going to be, this is a good thing…
Week One of EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 Self-Study Training.
Hello, So, as mentioned previously I have started EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 self-study last week and so I thought I would share with you my initial thoughts and what I have done so far. Who am I and why this course? Since stating this site and journeying into cybersecurity I have taken…
I am starting EC-Council Certified Incident Handler v2 this week!
Hey guys, So, this week coming I am about embark on a new certificate, it is the EC-Council Certified Incident Handler v2 and I am pretty excited for it. I am going to post each week on it about what I am planning to learn, what labs I’ll be taking if any and stuff like…