Hindsight is 20-20
Category: X-Ways Forensics
Cool. Download the XWF Guide to your iPad, iPhone, iTouch, or iPod
X-Ways Users Conference
Very cool. Meet Eric Zimmerman and Craig Ball at The Inaugural Australian X-Ways Users Conference in Canberra in March 2014!
The best part…you get a copy of the XWF Guide 🙂
Click to order, Amazon still has the best price.
XWF Guide as #2 best seller (in Forensic Science) on Amazon
We’ve gotten quite a bit of personal email feedback on the XWF Guide, and in one category at Amazon (Forensic Science), the XWF Guide ranks at #2.
There’s been only one Amazon review, so let us know if you found the book helpful with a review on Amazon. We will be very grateful for nice 🙂 words, but we’ll take any criticisms as well 😦
Another short-run sale
Elsevier – Snygress has another sale, but this time it is 50% off. You have only a few days to take advantage of it (I am…). There is a limit of two books, so if you were looking for a second book to add, how about this one: http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781597499859&pagename=search
XWF Guide Review by Ken Pryor
Ken Pryor wrote a very in-depth review of the XWF Guide. Ken has a very informative DF blog and we’re glad to have been mentioned in such detail. Thank you Ken for the nice review.
Check out Ken’s review at: http://digiforensics.blogspot.com/2013/09/book-review-x-ways-forensics.html
And of course, here is a direct link to order the XWF Guide…
Want a free and signed copy of the XWF Guide? It’s yours!
That’s right, a free signed copy of the XWF Guide is yours, but only IF you can win the contest.
http://hackingexposedcomputerforensicsblog.blogspot.com/
On a related note, check out Eric’s interview on his ongoing imaging tests on YouTube.
And the winner is….
Positive Feedback
So far, we’ve had a lot of positive feedback on the XWF Guide, so much so, that the second edition (should that happen) will have a few added things. Like…a companion CD with sample data and slidedecks for classroom use.
However, before a second edition is started, this edition has to first be outdated by updates in XWF.
The bad news on a second edition is that we wrote the book to cover XWF for some time to come even with the expected updates that occur every month or so. That means a second edition isn’t likely until we see a major change in XWF.
The good news on a second edition is that we wrote the book to cover XWF for some time to come even with the expected updates that occur every month or so. That means this book will last you well into your expertise is solid with XWF.
For the college and university profs and instructors, we’d be glad to help review your slidedecks if you will be using the book in your course. Potentially, we may be able to create a set of slidedecks (with help from those teaching) to make available to any schools using XWF).
The XWF Guide aka, “going like hot cakes”
Not to put on any pressure, but I’ve been informed the XWF Guide is planned for reprint due to the preorder demand. For those that preordered, that was a good idea, you may have your guide by now or it’s in the mail. For those that were waiting for the book to come out first instead of preordering, you may want to hurry. I’m not sure how long it takes to reprint more books (that’s like, beyond the guys that just type the words…). Then again, you could always wait for the next go around for reprints…
Amazon still looks to have the best price, but only a few copies left before they have to order more.
The X-Ways Practitioner’s Guide (Amazon)
**Update**
Looks like most have received their preorders, and those that waited late might have to wait again for a reprint. Direct link to Amazon – XWF Guide.
Elsevier SciTechConnect
Our publisher has a new blog written by their authors. So, for all of us that read books by Syngress (an imprint of Elsevier), you may find your favorite authors writing about something of interest. Although it is yet another blog, it’s also a little different being that it one place with their authors writing posts about the books we read.
And of course, the X-Ways Guide has a post too…
The X-Ways Forensics Practitioner's Guide/2E 