Archive for November, 2007

WTF is Microsoft doing with the Last Access Timestamp on Vista?

« 20 November 2007 | 8:52 | Forensics, Stories | 2 Comments | 1,475 Views »

I recently discovered, that Microsoft destroyed a most valuable digital forensics evidence source on NTFS filesystems with Vista. The default registry key value for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet \ Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate is now “1″, which means no last access timestamp will be written at all. On Windows XP and Windows 2000



WabiSabiLabi founder jailed

« 12 November 2007 | 19:08 | Security, Stories | No Comments | 914 Views »

The WabiSabiLabi founder was jailed, not for putting a bidding system for exploits online, but rather on spying charges.  Italian news media reported that Roberto Preatoni was arrested on Nov. 5 and charged with unauthorized access to computer systems and wiretapping.



More on Windows Local Kernel-mode Backdoor Techniques

« 10 November 2007 | 13:44 | Forensics, Live Response, Security | 1 Comment | 958 Views »

On uninformed.org you can find a whitepaper which describes several ways to get your code covertly executed in the Windows kernel. 



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