Anti-Forensics for Fun and Privacy - Alissa Gilbert (Shmoocon 2020)

Here's my talk from Shmoo2020; Anti-Forensics for Security and Privacy

I wrote the idea for this talk to help people use and be aware of anti-forensics techniques and draw awareness to the depths of anti-forensic techniques. This talk breaks up the techniques by the level of advisary that one might face. It's the first part of a series, but these talks have been put on hold due to the global health crisis.

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The big list of remote job openings

From a conversation in my Discord ; one member brought up a lot of the best remote jobs and job boards come from Twitter. This is a decentralized way of distributing information, which is better than not sharing the information but can be hard to find. This list is not a replacement for that, but it's pretty close. Here's the master remote vacancy list for remote jobs in the United States. This job board is in no way just for IT jobs, there are all sorts of jobs from sales, teaching, upper management, data entry, design, customer service, and more. Take a look if you're looking for a new job. Some Tips: Try searching the full row for the job in Google. There are better job boards where the job posting is more up to date; instead of using the link provided. Don't spam one company, make sure if you're using the shotgun approach, you aren't letting the companies you're applying for know that There's a lot of advice on how to get a job online. Some of you

Overwriting Deleted Files in Windows

Once a file is deleted, most operating systems will still hold on to the file. The link between the operating system and the file is removed, but the data is still on the disk waiting to be overwritten or used for something else. A common utility seen in the wild is Eraser but it's a bloated utility that takes a long time. It's a good utility if you really need to overwrite a Windows machine more than 3 times - but the use case for this is minimal. pause: this article surrounds mostly HDD, as files are recoverable on these drives if not overwritten. For SSDs, this is just going to cause more wear to your drive! An underutilized tool is cipher . In Windows, it displays or alters the encryption of directories and files on NTFS volumes. But, with the option w it overwrites deleted files and empty space of a drive. You can use it on the same drive the OS is located, external drives, and removable media. It's easy to use! If your OS is installed on C: and you want to remove

Wardriving OSINT & SE

Disclaimer: do NOT use this information to be a jerk. Don’t try to get the location of my examples, or you’re a big meanie. There's already a post out there about tracking people with wifi. It's helpful for those who use a hotspot or maybe a vehicle hotspot. I believe a personal device that broadcasts Bluetooth is more likely than a hotspot. Tracking What wardriving can’t do = track people via Bluetooth devices Or shouldn’t be able to work. Most modern Bluetooth devices use MAC randomization, which changes the MAC address of the Bluetooth device at random. Even if you can track a device it may only be short-term, as it’ll change again. But sometimes they don't turn over to a randomized MAC. Do what you will with that. If you want to see how easy it is to make a random MAC go here . But what if you only need a short-term answer? Better start stumblin’. Let’s forget the purpose of needing that MAC address long-term. With all MAC addresses, OUI can tell you what the

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