Computer Forensics: Top 5 Posts and More

Here are the top 5 all-time CFS blog posts:

1. Computer Forensic Book Review: Mac OS X, iPod, and iPhone Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit
2. Book Review: Windows Registry Forensics
3. Intro to Report Writing for SANS DFIR blog.
4. Forensic 4cast Awards "The Digital Forensic Oscars"
5. Internet Evidence Finder Part II: Intro to IEF v3.3 for SANS DFIR blog

CFS blog continues to receive awesome traffic (thank you). Keep those bookmarks, RSS feed subscriptions, and tweets coming! If you have a blog and have linked to CFS let me know; as I'll be more than happy to add you to "My Blog List". I'm working on another book review that I hope to post soon. The readers seem to enjoy the book reviews, just as I enjoy writing the reviews.

So how are readers being directed to the CFS blog? 


Here are the top search keywords:

1. internet evidence finder v3.6.0
2. "forensic discipline" "computer forensics"
3. cindy murphy "cell phone evidence extraction process"
4. digital forensic report template
5. "mac memory reader"
6. day finder v3.3
7. dfrws 2010 challenge winner
8. internet evidence finder
9. internet evidence finder v3.3
10. mac forensics book

Newsworthy Items

• Lee Whitfield with Forensic 4cast recently posted his 2010 statistical report.
• It's not too late to submit your nomination for the "2011 Digital Forensic Oscars"
• Ken Pryor posted Dereliction of Duty to his Digital Forensics blog.
• Harlan Carvey added some new plugins to RegRipper and are available for download via RegRipper site here.
• Eric Huber posted 408 with Eric on the AfoD blog.
• The Apple Examiner is always cooking up something fresh. If you conduct Macintosh or iOS digital forensic examinations, this is a good reference for you.
• Cyber Crime 101 podcast has had several good episodes recently (Nicely done Joe!)
• Episode 25: Life After Law Enforcement with Eric Huber
• Episode 23: Forensics on A Budget with Ken Pryor
• Solid-State Drives (SSDs) have dominated the news this past week. Checkout SANS Digital Forensics Case Leads from March 3rd.

Forensic Tools

• RegRipper- If you are not ripping, your missing it! (*updated March 9, 2011)
• Jonathan Krause's Free Computer Forensic Tool listing (*updated March 3, 2011)
• SIFT Workstation, which I believe will be updated to v2.1 in the next few weeks.
• The Sleuth Kit v 3.2.1 (*released February 27, 2011)

Job Opportunity links

• New York State Police is looking for a civilian computer forensic analyst here. (Application deadline is March 30, 2011)
• Media Exploitation/ Computer Forensic Expert- Ft. Bragg, NC. (Top Secret/SCI Required)
• (Job Number: 015724)