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Table of contents updated!
Chapter 4 is wrapping up! We each have one more chapter to go and then we start the case studies. The table of contents page is updated to reflect the topics of each chapter and, for the completed...
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X-Ways Guide Twitter account
If you really want to keep up with the book’s progress in near real time…follow us on twitter: @xwaysguide
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Case Studies with X-Ways
We are WAY ahead of our planned writing schedule, mostly because of the XWF Guide writing and editing team are getting things done, fast. With that, we are reaching the Case Studies chapter, where we...
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Starting the last chapter!
We are starting the last chapter (Case Studies) and have a few contributors already for case examples. We’ll gladly take more as we want to have a wide range of case studies using X-Ways. For everyone...
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Multiple File Finder X-Tension for X-Ways Forensics
Here is a new X-Tension for XWF that does a few neat things, such as searching for specific files and adding them to the report table, and exporting files for external analysis:...
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Case Studies
Here are some of the case studies we are working on for our current and last chapter: Electronic Discovery (IP theft, document collection, contract antedating) Consent Searches (triage/preview) Parole...
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XWFIM updated
Just posted 0.0.5.3. This fixes a few issues related to checking for new versions when more than one zip file exists as they often do when it comes to prereleases. If you get an error about “more...
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Take the XWF class or buy the book?
Regarding a post on twitter asking if training from X-Ways is worth it or just buy the book, I’d have to say taking the training is a good solution. And so is buying the book. I favor training for...
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Writing is done!
All chapters are done, the writing is over, and the XWF Guide is just a few steps away from being put on paper (proofing, setting, and printing is all that is left). Having re-read the book, it is...
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About those case studies…..
We made a change with the case studies in the book, which some may not like…we didn’t do the case studies chapter. Actually, we spent a lot of time trying to write up case studies, only to find that we...
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The bar is now closed…
As in, the book is done, no more to add, it’s all done. It’s now in the hands of the publisher to proof, print, and distribute. Accuracy checked by Stefan Fleischmann (developer of X-Ways...
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“This book is going to be great!”
“This book is going to be great! The essential, accessible answer to the impenetrable density of XWF’s help file”. – Craig Ball There’s been more than few tweets about having to wait until October,...
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XWFIM version 0.0.5.4 released
Just released version 0.5.4 of XWFIM. Changelog: Change: Renamed Settings.bin to xwfim.bin since people seemed to run both XWFIM and XWFRT from same directory and this caused problems Change: Updated...
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Hitler rants about Encase training policies – Downfall parody
Levity in the digital forensics software world…(I didn’t make the video, and i don’t take the video as a slight against Encase, it’s just a funny video).
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XWF Practitioner’s Guide Date Change
Sometimes, a date change is a bad thing. But this time, it’s a good thing. Looks like we are way ahead of schedule going to print. With the publisher’s efforts (Syngress) combined with the speed of...
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A great interview with Author Eric Zimmerman.
Hacking Exposed recently interviewed Eric in which he spoke a bit on the XWF Guide and his career. Eric’s experience in forensics shows in the book, which if you haven’t heard, should be available on...
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A few more days…
Word from the publisher: book is going to print in a few days. One of the benefits of this book is that it shows you how to use X-Ways in your cases, by practically showing which buttons to push to...
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Now this is good.
https://twitter.com/Cheeky4n6Monkey/status/362370487113879554/photo/1
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Another free tool for X-Ways, from Magnet Forensics
Magnet Forensics provides a FREE tool at http://info.magnetforensics.com/tsv-to-tln-converter, which converts the X-Ways generated TSV file into the TLN format. From the tutorial, this looks to be...
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40% Discount off the X-Ways Forensics Practitioner’s Guide
The 30% has been updated to 40%! From Syngress: “Now through August 15th, Elsevier is offering 40% off all their books, including X-Ways Forensics Practitioners Guide (use this link:...
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