FREEZE! Busted by the Fridge. The ways that tech influences writing fiction, making movies, and busting criminals.
One interesting investigation I had was that of a murder-for-hire in one city that the suspect used a Google search to find the victim’s home address in another city. Simple enough crime to plan. Google the name, find the address, do the…
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Reminder for the last discount for the X-Ways Forensics Practitioner’s Guide Online and On demand course.
If you were thinking of doing it, this is the best time since the $599 online course will only be at a discount of 60% for less than two weeks (until Dec 31, 2016) for only $235. PLUS, registering before December 31, 2016 gets you a print copy of…
Read MoreBrett’s opinion on writing a DFIR book
Let me disclaim a bit. I don’t know everything about writing or publishing. All I know is what I have done. With that, I have been asked about writing books (computer/digital forensics topics) over the past few years. Let me give…
Read MoreThe Value of a Good Book in the Forensics World of Things
My personal library of digital forensics books has grown from two books to two shelves of books. All nonfiction. All technical. All specific to specific sub-topics in digital forensics. My fiction bookshelf is full too, but my…
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Dude, just write the book.
I had a discussion with a peer of mine about writing a book, in that my peer has been thinking of writing a book but never gets around to doing it. After about two years of listening to how he should write his book, my response was “Dude, stop…
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Books written by practitioners are many times better than those written by those who ‘never done it’
Many of Syngress published books I’ve read are those written by people simply writing about how they do their job…while they are doing their job. They are probably not writing while they are physically doing their work, but you know what…
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Massive Government Surveillance – Not a new thing
I’m close to wrapping up my latest book, Hiding Behind the Keyboard. One of the more interesting things I found while researching the electronic surveillance chapter is a historical note of massive electronic surveillance…way back…
Read MoreLast day of discounted X-Ways Forensics online course
I’m sure there are a few more people left to register for the X-Ways Forensics online course (XWF I) with the discount code of “xwf1”. That’s 25% off, plus includes free tuition to the X-Ways Forensics II online course. XWF I is…
Read MoreX-Ways Forensics Practitioner’s Guide Online II
For all XWF I registrations prior to July 17, 2014, you will receive a code for 100% off the XWF II course shown below at the email you registered. The deadline to register in order to receive the 100% discount code for XWF…
Read MoreDigital Forensics Book of the Year!
The X-Ways Forensics Practitioner’s Guide won the Best Digital Forensics Book of the Year award at the DFIR Summit 2014 in Austin, Texas. I’d like to thank everyone who voted for the XWF Guide and hope the book has helped you in your work.…
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