Training

Free & Affordable Training News Monthly: Jan – Feb 2024

The following contains newly released Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Malware Analysis and OSINT training from January, as well as upcoming live training for February. I also list new additions to the Free & Affordable Training Site. Like the Free & Affordable Training Site, everything in this blog post is under $1,000. Note: Purchases made through affiliate/partner links and/or using personalized discount codes is one of the things I rely on to be able to keep this website running. I am an affiliate or partner of the following companies mentioned in this post and references to them contain affiliate/partner links: Pluralsight, CyberDefenders,...

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Free & Affordable Training News Monthly: Dec 2023 – Jan 2024

The following contains newly released Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Malware Analysis and OSINT training and tools from December, as well as upcoming live training for January. I also list new additions to the Free & Affordable Training Site. Like the Free & Affordable Training Site, everything in this blog post is under $1,000. Note: Purchases made through affiliate/partner links and/or using personalized discount codes is one of the things I rely on to be able to keep this website running. I am an affiliate or partner of the following companies mentioned in this post and references to them contain affiliate/partner links:...

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Free & Affordable Training News Monthly: Nov-Dec, 2023

The following contains newly released DFIR & OSINT training and tools from November, as well as upcoming live training for December. A couple of these were released at the end of October and I missed them in my last blog post so I’m adding them here. I also list new additions to the Free & Affordable Training Site. Like the Free & Affordable Training Site, everything in this blog post is under $1,000. Note: Purchases made through affiliate/partner links and/or using personalized discount codes is one of the things I rely on to be able to keep this website running....

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My Experience with Kase Scenarios: Immersive OSINT Training

I first heard about Kase Scenarios last year on social media and it looked really cool. I purchased all of them during their recent Black Friday bundle sale (one is free) and completed each one. They definitely did not disappoint. These are realistic, immersive OSINT investigations where you learn by doing. Betrayal is free. Check out the intro video: They have videos for the other scenarios on their YouTube Channel. The scenarios are like CTF-type simulations of real-life investigations with great storylines and graphics. There is no time limit and no points, so you don’t have to worry about getting...

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Free & Affordable Training News Monthly: October 2023

It’s been over a year since my last blog post. Instead of sending out a newsletter, each month I will blog about newly launched training and let you know about upcoming training events. The focus is on Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) training. Like the Free and Affordable Training Site, nothing in these blog posts will be over $1,000. This first blog post will cover two months of new releases since I started getting caught up in September after being out of the loop for a while. I will also list the training that has been added to the...

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DFIR Related Events for Beginners – April, 2020

A list of Digital Forensics and Incident Response related events and training that may be of interest to students/beginners for the month of April. As a result of the idea to make a monthly list of DFIR related events for beginners just now popping into my head, the April edition is for the end of April. I will start doing this at the beginning of each month. April 20, 2020: NW3C Capture The Flag Challenge. “The competition will run from Monday, April 20th 2:00 PM EDT (6:00 PM UTC) until Saturday, May 2nd 1:59 PM EDT (5:59 PM UTC).  The user...

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