HTCIA Asia Pacific Chapter is pleased to announce that the half day workshop on WiFi and Bluetooth hacking techniques and investigative approaches will go ahead on the coming Saturday morning, details as follows:

Topic: "WiFi and Bluetooth Hacking & Investigation"

(a) WLAN basis; what is war driving; past war driving report statistics; how to conduct - equipment/tools;  demo of NetStumbler & Kismet with hands-on practice

(b) Explaining open & WEP network; threats & countermeasure; bluescanning with hands-on practice

(c) WEP crack; blue-hacking (to mobile phone); basis; threats & countermeasure, etc.

Date/Time: Saturday 26th July 2008 (0930-1230)

Venue: Police HQ, Arsenal Street, Wanchai

Registration: By e-mail to events(at)htcia.org.hk - HTCIA members only (free of charge). Details of access to venue will be sent back by e-mail upon registration

Presenters: The presenters are the highly experienced Mr. Alan Ho, Anthony Lai & San Young from PISA

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the latest threats to WiFi and mobile device security in a hands on environment. Computers will be provided, but attendees are recommended to bring a WiFi and Bluetooth USB dongle to get maximum benefit.

HTCIA Asia Pacific Chapter is pleased to announce a forthcoming evening presentation with details as follows:

• Date/Time:   Tuesday 24th June 2008 (7PM to 8PM)
• Venue:          Microsoft Office, 23/F, Pacific Place III, Wanchai (near Admiralty MTR)
• Presenter:    Mr. Paul Jackson
• Topic:           USB Thumbdrives (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) - Paul will discuss use of USB thumbdrives as investigation and forensics tools as well as some of the current threats caused by using such devices.
• Attendance: This event is free of charge for HTCIA members & guests. Please indicate if you will attend by sending a brief e-mail to events (at) htcia.org.hk

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HTCIA Asia Pacific Chapter Vice President Mr. Richard Kershaw recently published a very interesting article in the Asian Counsel Magazine. The title of the paper is:

"More than just collection: How changes to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure affect Asia."

He has very kindly agreed to allow us to reprint the article on our website which can be downloaded by clicking here

Our thanks go out to Mr. Syed Minhaj, Senior Manager of Information Assurance with Hill & Associates Ltd. for providing a very interesting and topical presentation to our members recently.

He has kindly provided us with his powerpoint which can be downloaded by clicking here

The new committee members (2008) for the Asia Pacific Chapter of the HTCIA are as follows:

President: Mr. Paul Jackson - Chief Inspector, Technology Crime Division, HK Police

1st Vice President: Mr. Anthony Fung - Regional Investigation Manager, Microsoft Corp.

2nd Vice President: Mr. Richard Kershaw - Vice President, Business Intelligence & Integrity Risk, Hill & Associats Ltd.

Treasurer: Ms. Catherine Ng - Global Security & Investigations - Hong Kong, JPMorgan Chase HK.

Secretary: Mr. Daniel Eng

The committee can be contacted individually by using their 1st names followed by @htcia.org.hk, or the whole committee can be reached via a new address:  

 

1st meeting of the new committee in Jan 2008