Presentation Archive

Below are a series of presentations I've given over the years, though not a fully inclusive list. Many are too sensitive (FOUO/LES/S/TS/SAP/EIEIO) to store, and others have been lost to digital decay. But, the remainder have been recovered and digitally remastered for your enjoyment.

Walking the Green Mile: How to Get Fired After a Security Incident:

Abstract: Security incidents targeting corporations are occurring on a daily basis. While we may hear about the large cases in the news, network and security administrators from smaller organization quake in fear of losing their jobs after a successful attack of their network. Simple bad decisions and stupid mistakes in responding to a data breach or network intrusion are a great way to find yourself new employment. In this talk I'll show you in twelve easy steps how to do so after, or even during, a security incident in your company.
Notable Venues: Derbycon 1.0, Defcon Skytalks, BSides Las Vegas

Walking the Green Mile from Brian Baskin

Below is a video feed of the talk given at the first ever Derbycon. It was an early morning slot, and I was somehow blissfully unaware that I was being recorded, which may be why I feel it was the best recording of the talk.

Intelligence Gathering Over Twitter:

This was a basic-level presentation geared for a law enforcement audience. It taught the basics of how to use Twitter but also delved into specialized tools to collect and analyze large amounts of data, to help infer relationships and associations. This slide deck is slightly redacted, as much of the good stuff was given orally in the presentation.
Notable Venues: DoD Cyber Crime Conference


Information Gathering Over Twitter from Brian Baskin

Malware Analysis: Java Bytecode

Abstract: This was a short talk given to NoVA Hackers soon after working through a Zeus-related incident response. The Javascript used to drop Zeus on the box had a few layers of obfuscation that I had not seen discussed publicly on the Internet. This was was originally given unrecorded and only published a year later.

Java bytecode Malware Analysis from Brian Baskin

P2P Forensics: 

Abstract: Years ago I began working on an in-depth protocol analysis talk about BitTorrent so that traffic could be monitored. This grew into a BitTorrent forensics talk which grew into an overall P2P Forensics talk. At one point, it was a large two-hour presentation that I had to gently trim down to an hour. Given at multiple venues, each was modified to meet that particular audience (administrators, criminal prosecutors, military).
Notable Venues: GFIRST, DoD Cyber Crime Conference, DojoCon, Virginia State Police Cyber Workshop, USAF ISR Information Security Conference, USDoJ CCIPS Briefing, AFOSI Computer Crime Workshop

P2P Forensics from Brian Baskin

The only video recording of the talk, recorded at DojoCon 2010, for a technical audience.

Brian Baskin, @bbaskin P2P Forensics from Adrian Crenshaw on Vimeo.

Casual Cyber Crime:

Abstract: We're living in an age of devices and applications that push the boundaries of dreams, an age of instant gratification, but also the age of Digital Rights Management and Copyright laws. With questionably illegal modifications becoming simple enough for children to use, where does the line get drawn between squeezing more functionality out of your digital devices and software and breaking felony laws? In this talk attendees will explore the justifications and rationales behind the use of questionable hardware and software modifications and understand the mentality behind why their use is rapidly catching on in the general population.
Notable Venues: TechnoForensics

Casual Cyber Crime from Brian Baskin