[DFSci] SANS 2010 Digital Forensics Summit - APT Based Forensic Challenge -

[Rob Lee]

SANS 2010 Digital Forensics Summit - APT Based Forensic Challenge -


Challenge Link:  http://computer-forensics.sans.org/challenges/
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The 2010 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit's focus this year is examining and advancing the digital forensic
professional to deal with advanced threats such as the APT and
organized crime. Understanding how many of these crimes take place is
crucial to creating lethal forensicators armed with the knowledge and
skills to analyze complex cases. I asked Jonathan Ham and Sherri Davidoff (who co-authored the sell-out Forensics 558: Network Forensics course and created many successful contests at - forensicscontest.com)
to create a contest based partially on how the APT might try and
trigger a compromise to steal intellectual property via a targeted
attack via spear phishing.

I'm proud to announce the Jonathan and Sherri have created an
amazing contest that will challenge you to use sophisticated skills and
help you see the types of attacks that could be infecting your networks
today. Using published information based on the Aurora attacks they set
out to recreate a sequence of events that demonstrate the challenge
investigators will face when examining compromises of clicking on links
via a targeted spear phishing attack. This contest is a step in the
right direction to help educate and challenge forensic professionals
around the country. It also provides a good example of some of the
discussions we will cover at the 2010 Forensic Summit: Malware analysis, Network Forensics, and the Advanced Persistent Threat. Jonathan and Sherri will announce the winners at the Forensic Summit on July 8. We hope you win the challenge and will attend the 2010 Forensic Summit, July 8, 9 in Washington D.C. 

I want to personally thank Jonathan and Sherri for creating this
contest for you. If you haven't checked out their other contests please
visit them at the company's website at Lake Missoula Group or head over to forensicscontest.com and step up to some of their other challenges. Thank you again.

Best,
Rob Lee
Program Chair, 2010 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit