Update to RTRBK – Diff and File Dates in PowerShell, (Wed, Jan 4th)

I use my RTRBK script pretty much every week, every single time that I work with a client that doesn&#;x26;#;39;t have their network gear in a backup cycle in fact. (for a review of this tool, see the original post https://isc.sans.edu/diary/RTRBK+Router+Switch+Firewall+Backups+in+PowerShell+tool+drop/22079 )
Anyway, I was considering how I could improve this script, aside from adding more and more device types to the backups. A “diff” report was my obvious first thought – why didn&#;x26;#;39;t I have this in there from the start?

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Its about time: OS Fingerprinting using NTP, (Tue, Jan 3rd)

Most current operating systems, including many small systems like IoT devices, use some form of NTP to sync time. NTP is lightweight and reasonably accurate in most use cases to synchronize time across the internet with millisecond accuracy [1]. Some protocols, like PTP, are more accurate but are designed for local networks and may require special hardware on the host [2]. Smaller systems with less stringent accuracy requirements sometimes use SNTP, a variant of NTP.

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NetworkMiner 2.8 Released, (Mon, Jan 2nd)

First of all, happy new year to all our Readers&#;x26;#;x21; There exist&#;x26;#;xc2;&#;x26;#;xa0;tools that are very popular for a long time because they are regularly updated and… just make the job&#;x26;#;x21; NetworkMiner is one of them (the first release was in 2007). I don&#;x26;#;39;t use it regularly but it is part of my forensic toolbox for a while and already helped me in many investigations.

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