On March 22, 2012, I appeared as a guest on Vermont Public Radio’s Vermont Edition – “Vermont’s Been Hacked” program. Also being interviewed was Dr. Peter Stephenson, the Director of the Norwich University Advanced Computing Center. We were interviewed for approximately 46 minutes on topics surrounding Hacking, Cyber Security, Cyber Terrorism and Hacktivism. You can listen to the interview on the web here. You can also …
Anti-Forensics and Network Forensics – Course Update
So I’ve been very busy doing work, but wanted to spend a few minutes updating this course’s blog. To date we’ve covered the following: Metasploit – Slacker/Transmogrify and Temporal data manipulation / and detecting it Digital Darkroom technologies – manipulation of digital media and detection Digitalization of data – digital/analog conversion etc Cryptography Cryptanalysis – learning how encryption / decryption works. Photo adopted from http://bit.ly/FPSoIv Each and …
Twitter – A Phishers/Spammers dream
My topic of discussion this morning is “Why are Phishers/Spammers easily using Twitter?” Twitter has it’s benefits, especially for circles of practitioners like the Digital Forensic / Incident Response (hashtag #DFIR) in that we can quickly collaborate in near real time. Apps have been built for multiple platforms (Android/Iphone/Mac/PC etc). A quick aside: Twitter has taken the commerce arena by storm. Many marketing groups around the world are …
cstick Cotton Candy – Another device for forensics to consider
We’ve all seen USB boot devices running our favorite Linux distros, but what about a standalone device that looks like a normal thumb drive that’s actually a standalone computer? Meet the csstick Cotton Candy. This device can run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich/Ubuntu operating systems and can be connected to anything with a HDMI input (TV/monitor etc) and have the ability to connect to …
DFIRonline Crypto Presentation Reflection
First off, I want to thank Mike Wilkinson for asking me to present at the February 2012 DFIROnline videocast. The presentation topic was “A hands on (pen/paper) exercise in basic cryptology and cryptanalysis”. We had about 45 people in attendance. The session was interactive and my goal was to really help people appreciate the art of manual ciphertext decryption. Kryptos – Discussed in …
Series Introduction – Senior Capstone
Senior Capstone class is a course where students are expected to research into a new or emerging technology topic related to digital forensics. We also ask students to reflect on their general education (we call it the CORE) and provide context to their work.
Video – Champlain College Computer Forensic Professor Jonathan Rajewski and Senior Student Jason Hall on WCAX (CBS Affiliate)
BURLINGTON, Vt.- Digital data from devices that use it often makes up the modern fingerprints of today’s most devious criminals. Digital forensics– finding those …
Jonathan Rajewski to appear on WCAX (CBS Affiliate) tonight
I’m very excited to be featured on WCAX’s “The :30” tonight – the show time is scheduled to begin at 5:30PM. I will be accompanied by Jason Hall – a Champlain College Senior Computer / Digital Forensic Student. I’ve worked with Jason for the past few years as a professor and more recently as the Director at the Senator Leahy Center for Digital Investigation. …
54% of Computer / Digital Forensic Seniors at Champlain College Have Job Offers 6 Months Before Graduation
In January 2012, when I polled the current computer forensic undergraduate senior class I was very happy to learn that 54% of them had standing job offers. This is a true testament of their hard work and dedication as well as Champlain College’s commitment to offering a career focused education. With an amazing Career Service team and other groups on campus …
"Wait, I just found my password"
In today’s Digital Forensic Tool Evaluation class we were using FTK Imager. I walked the class through the fundamentals and then through some of advanced features. I was very happy with the questions I was getting – this really shows that the students were “getting it”. That said I wanted to share a fun story from class – When I …