We wanted to send a quick reminder that our final public training offerings for 2019 are rapidly approaching.
The first will be in London during the week of September 9-13th and the second will be in Herndon during the week of October 14-18th.
Please contact us ASAP if you wish to attend either of these classes.
Full information can be found here:
https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2018/11/malware-and-memory-forensics-t…
- The Volatility Team
If you are interested in learning more about Volatility 3 and getting
access to the first public pre-release, please vote for the Volatility
Development Team’s OSDFCon submission (#26. Volatility 3 Public Beta: The
Insider’s Preview). Voting ends 6/26/2019.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/osdfconvoting2019
OSDFCON SUBMISSION DETAILS
Volatility 3 Public Beta: The Insider’s Preview
Since its initial public release over a decade ago, Volatility has
attracted one of the largest and most active communities of users and
developers in the digital forensics industry. As a result of those
contributions, it has become the world’s most advanced and widely used
memory forensics platform. In the digital forensics research community,
Volatility has served as the foundation of a thriving ecosystem that
continues to facilitate the rapid transition of cutting-edge technologies
into the hands of digital investigators across the globe.
During the same period, the industry has continued to evolve the way that
operating systems are developed, deployed, and maintained. Similarly, the
skillsets of memory analysts and their preferred work flows have changed
to meet a world with increasingly large volumes of complex data. To
address these challenges, the Volatility development team has been
actively architecting and developing an entirely new version of the
framework, while simultaneously supporting users of the current stable
version.
This presentation will be the first public introduction and pre-release of
Volatility 3. It will highlight how this new framework compares to
previous versions of Volatility and other Volatility-based tools. The
discussion will also highlight many new features and describe our new
contributor focused license. Finally, we will discuss ways the community
can help contribute to the official launch of Volatility 3!
Thanks,
AAron Walters
The Volatility Foundation
The CFP deadline is tomorrow for the 10th Annual Open Source Digital
Forensics Conference (OSDFCon). The conference will be held on Oct 16,
2019.
There are openings for:
* 10-minute short talks
* 35-minute in-person talks
* 35-minute remote talks
* 3-hour hands on workshops
https://www.osdfcon.org/2019-event/2019-call-for-presentations/
Please submit your ideas about open source tools you've developed, used, or
want to exist. The event is 1-day long with 400+ attendees. It's the
biggest open source digital forensics event and the biggest DFIR event in
the Metro DC region.
All you need to submit is an abstract and then we'll crowd source the
agenda.
thanks,
brian
We wanted to send a reminder that our next Malware and Memory Forensics training offering will be in Reston in April. We are about 8 weeks away now and already have a number of seats filled. Our courses in the Reston/Herndon area generally sell out early so please contact us ASAP if you wish to attend.
Full information can be found here:
https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2018/11/malware-and-memory-forensics-t…
We are looking forward to meeting many of you there!
We are excited to announce our public Malware and Memory Forensics training offerings for 2019!
We will be headed back to Herndon in the Spring and to Herndon and London in the Fall.
Full details of the training, including a list of newly updated material, can be found on our blog post:
https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2018/11/malware-and-memory-forensics-t…
We deeply appreciate your continued support for Volatility and our trainings, and we are excited for another great year of open source memory forensics research and development.
-- The Volatility Team
Since there seems to be a renewed interest in LiME and it's format, I think
it's time that we extend the format to include the storage of optional
metadata. Anything that can be collected at acquisition time saves the
need for scanning and other possibly more complex processes during
analysis. Formats like AFF4 are great, but are too complex to implement in
the kernel.
I'd like to crowdsource opinions on how the LiME format should be
extended. When contributing thoughts please keep the following in mind.
- Changes to the format should not break existing parsers
- To minimize the number of future changes, the enhancements should be
as flexible as possible. For example, I've heard rumors that the LiME
format is being used in acquisition tools that target more than just Linux,
so I'd prefer a generic key/value store for metadata rather than any
hardcoded solution.
- Whatever we collect during acquisition time (at least in LiME) must be
easily accessible from a kernel module
What are your thoughts? What metadata should be collected? Obvious
answers that come to mind are DTB, kernel virtual base address, and KASLR
slide, but I'm sure there are more.
We wanted to send a quick note that we will have a sponsor table tomorrow at OSDFCON. Please come by and see us during the day and also during the conference social at night.
If you are a previous training course alumni and/or a past Volatility contributor then please stop by as we will have some special edition swag for you:
https://twitter.com/volatility/status/1052210342577795073
We will also be raffling a free seat for one of our 2019 trainings offerings:
https://twitter.com/volatility/status/1050769125080006658
We are looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow!
We wanted to send a reminder as the deadline for both the Volatility Analysis Contest AND the Volatility Plugin Contest is approaching:
https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-6th-annual-volatility-plug…
The Plugin contest gives you the opportunity to showcase your research and development skills.
The Analysis Contest lets you showcase your memory forensics skills against malware and real-world IR situations.
Both contests have a number of prizes and a bunch of swag ready for the winners.
We hope to see many great submissions, and we look forward to reviewing them all!
Thanks,
The Volatility Team
