A few weeks ago I took the CompTIA Security+ (version SY0-301) exam after 2 weeks of intense self-study and managed to successfully pass after a nerve-racking 90 minutes of questions. The exam covers all aspects of information security, including networking, access control, security threats & mitigation technique and cryptography. It doesn’t go into a huge amount of … Continue reading CompTIA Security+ Exam
Category: qualifications
Malware Analysis Training
As I begin to do more and more forensic malware analyses, it’s always good to know what kind of training opportunities are available. Here is a list of professional courses (for the UK) along with some free online courses. Please let me know in the comments section if you know of any more. I know … Continue reading Malware Analysis Training
Alternate Data Streams
Lots of apologies that I haven’t been blogging lately. I have recently got married, and as you can imagine that has taken up a lot of my time! I’m currently doing a course called the Certified Malware Investigator run by 7Safe, and one of the practical exercises in today’s session was on Alternate Data Streams (ADSs). I’ve … Continue reading Alternate Data Streams
