HTCIA Asia Pacific Chapter will be hosting another evening presentation on Monday 25th May 2009. We are delighted to welcome Mr. Nick Furneaux of CSITech from the UK who will present on the topic:

Exploiting the MSN Protocol to Acquire a Target IP (Full details of talk restricted to members only upon request)

As a Computer Forensic trainer, developer and investigator, Nick Furneaux is well known in the UK and across Europe.  Recognized as a specialist in Live Forensics and RAM analysis, his skills are used widely by Corporate and Law Enforcement alike.  

With a specific focus on covert data acquisition and extraction methods, Nick works with Intelligence and Special Forces Agencies across Europe and beyond.  He is currently teaching the use of Helix, Advanced Live Forensic methods and Wireless Attack and Exploitation (LE only) across the European Union.

This promises to be a unique opportunity which is restricted to HTCIA members only

PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE!

• Date - Monday 25th May 2009
• Time - 1830 - 2000
• Venue - Police Officer's Club, 28 Hung Hin Road, Causeway Bay
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• Cost - Free for members only. Please reserve a seat with Anthony Lai (anthony.lai(at)htcia.org.hk)

It has been a busy start to the year for the chapter with two excellent evening events held already:

• 24th Feb 2009 (HTCIA Members only event) - Mr. Ryan Connolly (from Team Cymru) and Mr. Tarmo Randel (from CERT Estonia). An insightful evening focusing on Botnet technology and also the experience of Estonia as a victim of a major Botnet attack
  
• 23rd March 2009 (HTCIA Members only event) - Mr. James Stark (Director: Technology Risk Limited, UK) on the Challenges of Effective Online Intelligence gathering. Mr. Stark is the leading trainer to UK Law Enforcement on this subject and is a highly regarded expert in this field & he shared a fascinating look at this fast developing new aspect of modern enforcement.

The next evening gathering is a new experiment for us. We will be having an online webinar with leading SANS forensic trainer Rob Lee on Thursday 23rd April 2009. This will be held in an interactive environment in the Microsoft Conference venue on the 23/F, Pacific Place III in HK. It is open to all members and guests and will be held from 1830 - 2000. The venue will allow us to interact with the trainer and also enable group discussions locally. The topic will be:

• Live memory acquisition and analysis

For those unable to attend at the MS Offices in HK, you will be able to access the seminar from any Internet location. Further information about how to join the session will be sent via our mailing list shortly before the event - if you are not already a member of the list, please sign up by clicking here - it's simple, low traffic, & we guarantee no spam! Remember, events such as the above members-only restricted events will only be advertised via the mailing list.

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This week, the Asia-Pacific Chapter website will be moving to a new host. During this time, there will be a number of changes and disruptions, so please bear with us during this time!

Most importantly, we will have a new online forum. This will be a source of communication between members and also a portal for non-members to ask questions. It will also be the source of restricted downloads for members, such as the material from the recent conference and past & future events.

	President: Paul Jackson
	1st Vice-President: Richard Kershaw
	2nd Vice-President: Anthony Fung
	Secretary: Daniel Eng
	Treasurer: Catherine Ng
	Event Coordinator: Anthony Lai
	International Coordinator: Rob Phillips
	Assistant Treasurer: Fred Chan
	Website Management: Alan Jeffries

At the end of 2009, most of these positions (apart from President which will be assumed by the 1st Vice President) will be up for election. The AGM will be held in November 2009, so please make your intentions know early if you would like to stand for a position.