DFIR - The Definitive Compendium Project

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June 2017 Update: No matter who you cast your Forensic 4:cast award for, join Mary Ellen and I in Austin, Texas at the SANS DFIR S...

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The original DFIR Training resource, steadily being updated since 2014, re-launched and re-imagined for 2017!

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Devon Ackerman is the forensicator and incident responder behind the DFIR Definitive Compendium Project. Currently employed as a

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The Digital Forensics and Incident Response industries are growing every month, if not every week. Whether you are looking for trends reports, wanting to learn, breaking into the scene, or studying for a certification, AboutDFIR.com has you covered.

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Petya Ransomware Recap

06/28/2017

Twitter, news media, and malware researchers were busy the past 30 hours as news of a ransomware variant being identified as Petya (NotPetya) was leveraging ETERNALBLUE to spread similar to ...

SANS DFIR Summit 2017 Wrapup

06/24/2017

Awesome presentations, great humor throughout and well deserved wins across all of the forensic4:cast awards. It was tough to compete in the same category as Magnet Forensics and Cellebrite

Here in Austin Texas!

06/21/2017

SANS DFIR Summit 2017 is beginning with pre-registration this evening and the first two days Thursday and Friday. Can't wait to meet everyone.

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