This eBook will guide you through how to assess and improve your threat hunting capabilities, how to prioritize what to hunt for, and share with you proven methods to track advanced threats within massive datasets generated from large, complex networks. Get your copy here.

Barry J. Grundy has updated his Law Enforcement and Forensic Examiner’s Introduction to Linux – the first time in 10 years! The guide has grown from 190 pages to up over 300! Also Barry has started a YouTube channel – it will be populated with videos soon, don’t forget to subscribe!

Windows Forensics Cookbook by Oleg Skulkin and Scar de Courcier is released and and you can buy a digital copy for only 10$ (RRP $35.99!). Hurry, sale ends soon! Windows Forensics Cookbook provides recipes to overcome forensic challenges and helps you carry out effective investigations easily on a Windows platform. You will begin with a refresher on digital forensics and …

Packt Publishing has announced a book by Oleg Skulkin (Cyber Forensicator) and Scar de Courcier (Forensic Focus). “Windows Forensics Cookbook” is expected to be published in August 2017. Here is the overview: “This book covers recipes to overcome these challenges and carry out effective investigations easily on a Windows platform. You will begin with a refresher to Digital Forensics and …

Digital Forensic Diaries series by Mike Sheward is available for free this week. You can get it here. Mike Sheward CISSP, CISM, CCFP-US, CISA, HCISPP, CEH, OSCP, CHFI is an information security manager specializing in the use of ethical hacking techniques to uncover vulnerabilities in application source code and network infrastructure. Mike has performed penetration testing for a wide range …

Another DFIR book has been announced by Packt Publishing. It’s “Digital Forensics and Incident Response” by Gerard Johansen. The book is expected to be published in July 2017. “Digital Forensics and Incident Response will guide you through the entire spectrum of tasks associated with incident response, starting with preparatory activities associated with creating an incident response plan and creating a digital …

Another digital forensic book from Packt Publishing has been announced. This time it’s “Python Digital Forensics Cookbook” by Preston Miller and Chapin Bryce. The book is expected to be published in September 2017 and will contain over 60 recipes. Here is the overview: Python is commonly used as a tool for forensic analysis as it provides an outstanding interface for …

Packt Publishing has announced a book by Igor Mikhaylov titled “Mobile Forensics Cookbook”. The book is expected to be published in September 2017. Here is the overview: Considering the emerging use of mobile phones, there is growing need for mobile forensics. Mobile forensics focuses specifically on performing forensic investigations of mobile devices, which involves extracting, recovering and analyzing data for the …

Cisco Press has announced a new book by Joseph Muniz and Aamir Lakhani entitled “Investigating the Cyber Breach: The Digital Forensics Guide for the Network Engineer”. The book is expected to be published in December 2017. You can pre-order it here.

Many first time forensic investigators – and even those on most agencies who are tasked with mobile forensic extractions often are missing key components necessary for them to succeed in court. Vendors who produce specialized products generally provide adequate training on their tool but usually exclude basic and advanced validation techniques. The examiner should never rely on the “push button” …