Def Con 919 Presents – March Meeting – Digital Forensics Incident Response Against the Dark Arts

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ALL levels of experience, skill, and interest are welcome and encouraged to join us. You do not have to be a “hacker” to attend.

Class Summary:
Ever wondered what it is like being a security analyst? Here is your chance. DC919 will be hosting an exciting 4-hour class taught by @Mr_Forensics and @S3curityN. This class will arm students with the knowledge needed to identify malicious threats and characterize their behavior.

This class is open to anyone that would like to participate or observe. If planning to participate in the hands-on learning objectives, please ensure to follow the preparation instructions below. Phishing & malicious spam attacks continue to pose a significant risk in today’s cyber threat landscape. Using forensic and malware analysis fundamentals, this class is designed to teach students how to analyze malicious downloaders, phishing emails & malicious spam.

Upon successful class completion, students will be able to:
– Build analysis skills that leverage complex scenarios and improve comprehension.
– Demonstrate an understanding of forensic fundamentals used to analyze an email.
– Use open-source information to collect and analyze threat actor data; identify indicators of compromise, and demonstrate how to pivot on that information.
– Demonstrate how to analyze a malicious downloader; to include but not limited to debugging and deobfuscation.
– Participate in a hand to keyboard combat capstone. Students will be given a malicious sample and demonstrate how to analyze.

***Downloads and Class Preparation Materials coming soon***

When:
Sunday, March 8, 2 PM

Agenda:
• 2 PM Forensic Introduction
• 6 PM Open Discussion at Raleigh Times Bar