New Banana Cupboard Story! From Document Scans To Disk Space…

I always enjoy good troubleshooting stories from readers. Here’s a little diddy from reader MJ on a recent problem that he encountered. And, as always, the punch line is at the end - especially if you’ve worked with document scanning software before. :-)


Hi Chief!

I’ve only been reading your site for a little over a week - started with the Banana Cupboard (that was where I wound up when I followed a link, and how I found your most excellent of blogs), and am slowly motoring my

It Gets Worse: Sodini Had Home Videos [VID]

As if the diary entries that were disclosed yesterday from George Sodini weren’t bad enough, home videos have now been found of this guy.

Folks, he’s NUTS.

Video #1:

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Documenting The Onset Of Madness

I’m sure you’ve all seen the news stories about the murders at a gym in Pennsylvania. The now deceased shooter, George Sodini, was a 48-year-old gym member who, quite literally, went mad.

It’s not often that, as an investigator, one gets the chance to read a documented chronology of madness unfolding.

I think it’s important that members involved in information and physical plant security read the follow

DefCon Updates

Just a reminder that all DefCon commentary will be on Twitter @ChiefMonkey. There be dragons on the DefCon wireless LAN!

Quick observations from yesterday (I tweeted most of these):

1) Crowded. Very.

2) Badge situation was solved in early afternoon after a massive delivery of badges. The exchange line went very fast. Kudos to the team.

3) Getting into/out of talks is still a huge chore. I feel bad for the goons having to try to manage that much foot traffic. It’s like herding a