Re: Researchers: Forensics Software Can Be Hacked

["Don Blumenthal" <dmblumenthal () gmail com>]

On 7/26/07, Jordan Wiens <numatrix () ufl edu> wrote:
> It's worth noting that the metasploit antiforensics stuff is
> different than the research discussed in the article.
>
> The new stuff is actually exploiting the code in the forensics
> software directly, not just mangling the data to make it hard to
> analyze forensically.  The best part of that is the chance for code
> to jump out of a drive being imaged and onto the analysis workstation
> itself.  Fun stuff.

FWIW, Guidance Software posted a reply to the ComputerWorld/IDG
article on SecurityFocus this afternoon.

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/30/0/threaded.

There's already one hostile response.

Don

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