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Digital Forensics Case Studies Dr Syed Naqvi [email protected]

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Digital Forensics Case Studies

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Outline

•  Introduc8on• DigitalForensics–Standardprocedures• Casestudies•  Forensicsoundnesswhenmanualprocessingisrequired•  Cloudforensics•  Virtualmachines(VM)forensics•  Acquisi8onofevidencefromalivesource•  Smartenvironmentsforensics

• Conclusionsandperspec8ves

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Overview

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Practice

Technology Law

Case Studies

Criminology

Psychology Best practices

Expert witness Advocacy

Investigations

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Collec0on and Preserva0on

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Digital Forensic Analysis

• Generallythirdpartyspecialisedinterven8on•  Evidencecollec8on,examina8on,analysisandpresenta8on

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Digital Forensic Case Studies

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1. Forensic Soundness

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1. Forensic Soundness

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WhenHDcan’tberemoved…Deviceneedstobepoweredon…

VideoofimagingandprocessingIntegrityofthevideo–MD5/SHA1

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2. Logical Images

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WhenPhysicalimageofaHD(.E01)cannotbetaken…

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2. Logical Images

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WhenPhysicalimageofaHD(.E01)cannotbetaken…

MakeLogicalimage(.L01)RecoveryfromUnallocatedclusters,deletedfiles,…–ProductSupport!

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3. Cloud Forensics

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3. Cloud Forensics

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4. Virtual Machine Forensics

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5. Live Forensics

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5. Live Forensics – Challenges

•  Technical•  Constantlyupda8ngrecordswherefulldiskimagingprocessentersintoindefiniteloops

•  Legal•  Insomecountriesliveforensicsmayfallunderthelegisla8on(s)protec8ng“livecommunica8ons”andthereforeavoidingthecrimeofeavesdropping

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5. Live Forensics – Way Forward

•  Taking‘s8llpicture’oftheserveratagiven8meinstant•  Thebesttrade-offforacquiringdigitalevidencefromalivesource

• Downsideofthistechnique:SnapshotimageistakenbySystemAdministrator• Whereastheimageofaharddriveistakenbyadigitalforensicanalyst•  SystemAdministratorisinvolvedintheinves8ga8ons!

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6. Smart Environments • Descrip8on

•  EmergingenvironmentssuchasICS(IndustrialControlSystems),SmartHomes,etc.

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6. Smart Environments

•  Smartenvironmentsforensics•  Analysisoftheprocessesandresul8ngsequenceofac8onstakenbythedevicesintelligently.•  DifferentthanIoTForensicswherethefocusistheanalysisofsensorsdata.

•  Forensicchallenges•  Dataformatoftheseenvironments

•  Dataisstoredindifferent(oeenproprietary)formats•  ScopeoftheNDA(Non-disclosureAgreement)holdsvis-à-visna8onallegisla8ons

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Conclusions

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Summary

• Repositoryofreallifecasestudies•  Flexiblelearningenvironment• Beierstudentexperience• Higheremployabilityprospects

•  Futuredirec8ons•  AvailabletothestudentsofotherHEI•  Moresophis8catedscenarios

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Perspec0ves

• WeneedtoworkontheharmonisaSonofdigitalforensicanalysismethodologiesandthegoverningpolicies•  Scenarios-basedtes8ng•  Iden8fica8onofgreyareas•  Mutualvalida8ons

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LegislaSons

Technology InvesSgaSons

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