At work we are having a competition to see who could grow the biggest chilli plant from seeds - although I think only two of us have actually managed to grow anything. It is surprisingly easy to grow chilli plants, and this is coming from a person who has managed to kill cacti and aloe … Continue reading Growing chillies
Month: July 2011
Next steps with Webscavator
Webscavator has been mentioned in the SANS forensics blog! It is very exciting when you see yourself being mentioned in a blog you read regularly! I am hoping over the summer to get the following things done with Webscavator: Get the Webscavator website hosted on a better server. I've finally got Google analytics working on the … Continue reading Next steps with Webscavator
Webscavator stats
Work has begun on making Webscavator more community open-source based, so the code has been put into github and the issues and bugs that need fixing will shortly go in there or some other free bug tracking tool. Also I will set up a mailing list for those who want updates. Since I haven't yet put Webscavator … Continue reading Webscavator stats
“Phone” “hacking”
I'm sure everyone in the UK is aware of the News of the World phone hacking stories, but hardly any of the coverage has been on the actual "hacking" and how they did it. It is in fact very trivial, and is not really hacking at all. The word "hacking" has many meanings, with Wikipedia … Continue reading “Phone” “hacking”
Computer forensics conferences in the UK
I couldn't find a definitive list of conferences, symposiums or seminars relating to computer forensics / cybercrime / IT security in the UK and Ireland anywhere so I scoured the Internet to come up with this list below. I've tried to find the ones that repeat, i.e. are not one offs. Please write a comment … Continue reading Computer forensics conferences in the UK
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