In an effort to improve my forensics skills I have been working through publicly available forensics CTFs when I have some free time. The 2019 Unofficial Defcon DFIR CTF was created by the Champlain College Digital Forensics Association and made public by David Cowen on his Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics blog. The CTF covers Windows […]
In an effort to improve my forensics skills I have been working through publicly available forensics CTFs when I have some free time. Memlabs is a set of six CTF-style memory forensics challenges released in January 2020 by @_abhiramkumar and Team bi0s. This write-up covers the first memory image which has three flags to uncover. […]
In an effort to improve my forensics skills I have been working through publicly available forensics CTFs when I have some free time. OtterCTF dates from December 2018 and includes reverse engineering, steganography, network traffic, and more traditional forensics challenges. This write-up only covers the memory forensics portion, but the whole CTF is available to […]
A little while ago I took (and passed) the CREST Registered Intrusion Analyst exam. This post won’t give anything away in terms of the exam itself, but hopefully will serve as a bit of background for anyone who happens to be thinking about trying for the certification, as I found information a bit lacking when I […]
By popular* demand… my MSc thesis from 2010. Still, as far as I’m aware, the most complete analysis of the original Nintendo Wii console. Possibly for good reason! Abstract Like other modern game consoles, the Nintendo Wii provides users with a powerful networked device capable of performing many of the tasks carried out by a conventional desktop […]