Presentations

The following presentations represent a sample of the conferences attended by Hacker Factor. In addition to public conferences, Hacker Factor provides private presentations for corporate affiliates.

Image Analysis

Interviews

February 2018: "Shabam!" podcast, episode 10.2 "The Truth About The End - Part 2" by FOOLYBOO Inc.

A Picture's Worth: Digital Image Analysis and Photo Forensics. Dr. Neal Krawetz, Hacker Factor Solutions. Variations of this talk have been presented at:

August 2013: Rocky Mountain High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), Longmont, Colorado.
August 2013: 25th Annual Crimes Against Children Conference, Dallas, Texas. (Site)
Publicly disclosed 'Filename Ballistics'.
November 2012: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.
January 2010: US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. (Site)
May 2009: Computer Users Group of Greeley, Colorado. (Non-technical variation.)
October 2008: CISCON 2008, Helena, Montana.
July 2008: Lockdown 2008, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
June 2008. Northern Colorado Linux User's Group.
February 2008. Black Hat DC, Washington DC. (Summary, Paper, Slides)
Presentation reviews:
CNet: Black Hat D.C. wraps up
NetworkWorld: Black Hat DC
August 2007. Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas NV. (Summary)
Presentation reviews:
(Preview) tgdaily: Masters of technology return for BlackHat/Defcon
(Preview) CNet: Black Hat 'supersizes' in Las Vegas
CNet: Al-Qaida manipulates videos, images, says Black Hat speaker
NewsBusters: Hacker Proves How MSM is Fooled by al Qaeda Photochopped Images
ABC News, The Blotter: Al Qaeda Videos May Be Doctored
The Hindu Business Line: Educating Hackers and Defenders

Linguistic Analysis and Profiling

You Are What You Type: Non-Classical Computer Forensics. Presented at:

August 2006. Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas NV. (Summary)
Presentation reviews:
InfoWorld: Hackers beware: You are what you type
CNet: The myth of online anonymity
CNet: Keyboard profiling at Black Hat
CNet: Hacking Anonymity
ebiz: Clickprinting - The End of Anonymity on the Web?
The Ethical Hacker: Nonclassical Forensics - You Are What You Type
The Art Of Noh: BlackHat USA 2006
Government Computer News: Signature Style (May 28, 2007)

Spam and Email Analysis

Nobody's Anonymous: Tracking Spam and Covert Channels. Variations of this talk presented at:

July 2004. Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas NV, July 2004. Presented under the pseudonym "C.Kret". (Summary, Slides)
January 2004. Black Hat Briefings, Seattle, WA. Presented under the pseudonym "C.Kret". (Slides)
October 2003. InfowarCon, Washington DC. (Summary)

Evil with Email: Evaluation of an Insecure Network Service. Presented at:

March 2004. ISSA Colorado Springs chapter security seminar.
February 2004. SouthEastern Colorado Cisco User's Group. (Handout)

Vulnerability Evaluation

Htaccess Security. Fort Collins Internet Professionals, December 2009.

Flash and Crash: SWF Protocol and Problems. Presented at Toorcon in San Diego, September 2002.

Contests

The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center sponsors an annual Forensic Challenge. Each year Team Hacker Factor participated, we placed in the top five and had the highest score for civilian teams.

November 2008: Team Hacker Factor came in third place (out of 199 teams). Read more in the blog entry.
November 2007: Team Hacker Factor came in third place (out of 126 teams). Read more in the blog entry.
December 2006: Team Hacker Factor came in fifth place (out of 140 teams). Read more in the blog entry.