Preserving LLM Chat Context: From Conversation to Reusable Prompt
One of the most powerful features of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or Claude is their ability to learn from conversation context. When you interact with these models through their web interfaces, they adapt to your preferences and feedback, ultimately leading to high-quality outputs that require minimal adjustments. But what happens when you want […]
The Friction Problem: How Fabric is Improving AI Integration
Daniel Meisler recently created a framework called Fabric, which does something that sounds simple but turns out to be revolutionary: it removes the friction between humans and AI. While attending one of Meisler’s Augmented virtual trainings featuring Fabric, he made a few predictions about our future relationship with AI. He believes it’s inevitable that we’ll […]
Inside the SANS SEC587 Advanced OSINT Course Overhaul
After writing the SEC497 Practical OSINT Course, I expected 2024 to be a bit of a downshift in a lot of ways. What wasn’t on my threat model was being asked to take over authorship of the SEC587 Advanced OSINT Course. Most fields evolve slowly. Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) isn’t one of them. Practitioners today face […]
Detecting Modern Drones with Affordable Tools
As I wrote about a few days ago, I recently completed a massive overhaul of the SANS SEC587 Advanced OSINT course, including twenty new labs in 2024. One of the changes is a new wireless section, which includes a lab covering detecting modern drones using inexpensive USB dongles flashed with custom firmware. Here is a […]
Foundation or Frontier? Deciding Between SEC497 and SEC587
Years ago, when SANS split the Forensics 508 course into two separate courses (500 and 508), I took both courses and wrote a blog post to help potential students determine which course would better fit them. I never thought I would write a similar post again, let alone for two courses I wrote. Background When […]
New Year, New Blog
For various reasons I won’t get into yet, I will blog A LOT more in 2025. I decided to convert my business website from a static site to WordPress so I could blog under this umbrella. I’ll leave all my older content at digitalforensicstips.com, but my new stuff will be posted here. Matt
