Co-Author SANS FOR509, Vice President @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/whEvYHKz6R wrote some books a long time ago, fights fires in the cloud. Views expressed are my own.

Dallas, Texas
Joined January 2011
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NCCDC is entering its next chapter. UTSA/CIAS is transitioning stewardship of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition to the National Cyber Readiness Foundation, led by long-time contributor Alex Levinson. Announcement and FAQ: ccdc.io
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I didn't know that I needed to be able to turn random album covers into mupptes, but here we are.
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Want to see how #hackers abuse DNS to get data in and out of networks? Follow along as I build a #rustlang DNS based key/value store with rust.🧵
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New blog post: Gotta Captcha Them All! Leveraging yara rules to find FakeCaptcha URLs and other assorted badness sketchymoose.blogspot.com/20… #yara #virustotal #dfir
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The @@CCDCRedTeam captain is sharing insights into how the Red Team works ... always a highlight! Time to compromise? 30 seconds. Dave promises to improve. #NCCDC
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Register now to save your spot at our first ever @Cellebrite C2C User Summit. We will offer top talks from the community, two keynotes, panels, training, meetings with the Lead Operatives (Dream Team) at Cellebrite, and more! cellebrite.com/en/events/ #DFIR Call for papers and award nominees closes soon!
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July 17th, 1:00 pm ET Join @HECFBlog for a walk through on the latest updates to #Microsoft365, #Azure, #AWS, #Kubernetes, #GoogleWorkspace and #Google #CloudForensics Register here 👇 buff.ly/44SjU55
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Dallas-area senior corporate counsel, board members, academics, and law firm partners are warmly invited to attend “Hot Topics in SEC and DOJ Enforcement and Litigation” at @gibsondunn. Gain valuable insights on enforcement and litigation trends and more: bit.ly/3WbQ9ss
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We can't wait to kick off Magnet Virtual Summit on Feb 21! You won't want to miss our keynote presentation from SANS instructor/host of the Forensic Lunch, @HECFBlog, at 10:30AM ET where he'll be sharing tips for adapting to the Cloud in #DFIR: ow.ly/TC4m50MStyr #MVS2023
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Had the pleasure to formally audit SANS #FOR509, #cloudforensics - awesome course @SANSInstitute
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And another Amcache limitation is documented now: reddit.com/r/computerforensi… #DFIR
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Tab-elicious. Passed the @SANSInstitute #GCFR! #FOR509
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I successfully passed my @SANSInstitute GCFR exam today. Thanks to @HECFBlog, @texaquila, @megan_roddie, and @joshlemon for creating and teaching such an awesome course.
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I forgot to mention this, but I successfully passed my @SANSInstitute GCFR exam last week. Huge shoutout to @HECFBlog, @texaquila, @megan_roddie, and @joshlemon for creating and teaching such an awesome course.
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#3!!!!! Never would’ve thought I’d even be in the top 500 to earn a @SANSInstitute cert so this achievement is a big one for me! Congrats to @HECFBlog (#1) and @texaquila (#2) on also passing!
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Hope to see you in-person or online in December for #FOR509 #dfir #cloud #sans
#FOR509: #CloudForensics & #IncidentResponse is coming to #SanFrancisco! This course will give you a headstart in understanding, analyzing and solving cloud-based investigations. Take it with @KorstiaanS Dec 5-10. Register before seats are gone!👉 sans.org/u/1nhv #DFIR
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After 21 years in federal law enforcement, I’m officially retiring today. Equal parts proud of everything that I’ve accomplished, and excited for what’s to come.
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