Essays on Computer Forensic

1. Answer: Mobile communication devices including different personal digital assistants are not limited to voice calls and short messages only. These devices can easily browse the internet and can use different types of utility and facility applications, such as viewing maps of a certain place, tracking other people via a GPS system and so on. A device with so many features certainly helps a person as well as the society to ease the lifestyle. On the other hand, bad people can use these features to harm other people. In the recent days 22nd July 2016, an eighteen-year-old guy attacked ...

Introduction

Life happens to come with many unprecedented and unpredicted disasters. Halfway across the world there are news of tornadoes, fires, earthquakes, and floods. News reporters give statistics of the many lives that are lost in such disasters and in many instances, the policy makers are not able to correctly determine the monetary value of property and businesses lost in such instances. Such happenings are taking place across the world and some of the greatest losers are business entities. Owing to these disasters and many more such disasters, business organizations have to think beyond the normal operations (Cobanoglu, Blasik, & Haley, ...

In Rhone v. Schneider National Carriers, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53346, a national court ordered the applicant to generate the “Download Your Info” file from her social media account on Facebook (Gates, 2016). The “Download Your Info” details contain the entire information of the user’s profile in one file. Rhone was a private injury case occurred because of an accident with a motor vehicle. The defendant, in this case, demanded a copy of all the posts which applicant made on social media websites after the accident. The applicant answered that she had not a single document file, ...

Abstract

Digital forensics is a critical component of forensic discipline that includes crimes and misconducts with respect to computer systems. The use of computers to investigate online crimes led to the development of this new field known as Digital forensics. The field provides new ideas for understanding and betterment of concepts and directing future concepts in Digital Forensics. Over the last few years, with the advent of latest electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops, the concept has gained popularity over the span of few years. This has resulted in a shift of thefts from real time to ...

Cybercrime and many other crimes are justified by the collection of appropriate evidence by detectives and other law enforcement agencies. The forensics team to collect evidence from the crime scene uses various techniques and tools. Interviewing the witnesses to gather evidence and being able to incorporate the correct method to investigate the crime scene is expected from professional detectives. The paper highlights four mini cases and knowledge of methods used in these cases to collect evidence by forensics experts. Cyber crimes are crimes done by computer experts through their knowledge of software, programming, and networking techniques. In addition to ...

Forensic Science

In the search for justice in the society, there has to be a manner to which things are handled to enhance the outcome or improve the situation in these correctional facilities. To be able to uphold the social control, to mitigate crime and to suction, those that violate the laws there has to be an approach that is taken to how these criminals are handled. The crimes behind these correctional facilities are still human and thus are supposed to be treated like people (Smith, 2011). The introduction of various research programs that help to analyse how these criminals are ...

Computer forensic refers to the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation and documentation of computer evidence (Wiles, Cardwell, and Reyes, 2007, p.2). Such evidence retrieved is usually aimed to be used in a court of law. Electronic crimes increased in the 1970s especially in the financial sector. These crimes resulted because people saw an opportunity of making money by manipulating computer data (Nelson, Phillips, and Steuart, 2010, p.5).

According to Mohay (2003, p.113), computer forensics was first used in the 1970s by the US military and intelligence agencies. Daniel (2011, p.14) notes that computer forensics began in 1984. During this year, the ...

Importance of Forensic Tool Validation

Digital forensics is a new discipline in the field of forensic sciences, which is molded by the birth of innovative technology. Digital forensics uses tools, which are mainly computer based devices. In order to fortify the groundwork of digital forensics, the validation of the forensic tools is an integral process to fulfill. These tools ought to be validated in order to guarantee that the results provided by the tools are exactly correct. Also, it should be ensured that the evidences that the tools will bring about can be taken up in the court dealings. The field of digital forensics ...

Investigating Data Theft

Introduction The use of computers and an internet has been vastly increased at businesses in just few years. This trend has transformed the entire system of the worldwide businesses. Economies have been boosted up, communication gap has been decreased, and businesses have now much more growth opportunities. Beside these advantages of technology and an internet, there are certain risks and challenges that businesses have to face due to these latest advancements. Among these issues, security threats and risks to confidential corporate data is on the top of list. Computer and internet experts have formulated various strategies and ...

Terrorism

Forecast 1: The number of offenses reported to the police involving computers and electronic storage media will continue to increase substantially, requiring changing priorities for resource allocation, new training for line officers and investigators, new police specialties, and new knowledge for prosecuting attorneys and judges. Electronic devices that store data are becoming varied and easily accessible. All of them are potential goldmine for investigators. At the same time their storage capacity is increasing; their size is getting smaller; and their prices plummeting. Against this background, modern criminal are using these devices in ways which are unfamiliar to investigators ...

Introduction

When designing a forensic laboratory, there should be efficient planning done. This is because a forensic laboratory should function effectively to avoid interruptions. A forensic laboratory handles sensitive criminal investigations and is the reason why this investigation process should not be interrupted. This calls for the budget committee to have effective planning so that there is a reserve fund for any emergencies. A computer forensics laboratory is a place that can be either permanent or temporary that is used to carry investigations that deal with computer crime. Computer forensic investigations are a collection of techniques, procedures, and processes that are used to collect, store, ...

Introduction

Criminal activities using digital based information call for standard and structured approach of dealing with the victims. Since the vast amount of information is documented in digital form, the evidence required for the prosecution of criminals is also in the same form (Yusoff, Ismail & Hassan, 2011). In computer forensics, various hardware and software tools are used to help in the process of investigation. The data collected from the crime sight require special software for their acquisition and analysis. The proper crime sight reconstruction is attained from the source if it has to be accepted in a court of law (Hassan, ...

Criminals, lurking in the shadows of Internet, became more rampant and aggressive in their objectives while behind computers. With the resurgence and increased awareness of crooked wizards and robbery masterminds, computer forensics is quickly becoming a general discipline. Computer forensics is not just composed of police officers, secret security agents, and doctors. They work together with technology experts in efforts to curb crime by using advanced equipment. Computer forensics often involves scientists and lawyers, wherein they assist in accumulating and studying different objects as critical evidences for solving mysteries. Computer forensics is a scientific sub-discipline of digital forensics involving systematic ...

Introduction

The data collection phase in computer forensics involves the gathering of all facts and clues that are necessary in the forensic analysis of the case at hand (Mandia and Prosise, 2003). Without the collection of data, important conclusions that are necessary for the case may not be achieved. The data collected helps understand how an incident such as financial fraud or child pornography occurred. The procedures applied need to be done in a forensically sound manner to ensure that the forensic analysis is done accurately. Data collection is aimed at acquiring digital information in a way that its integrity and authenticity ...

Question 1

Policy and disaster recovery is very essential for any organization. This is because it helps to create policies that address critical elements and processes that should be considered and implemented before a crisis occurs. When I was hired to perform digital investigations and forensic analysis for this company, I realized that there were no procedures, policies and processes that were in place. This complicated the job I was called to perform as there was no way I was going to work without the above things put into place. My first task in the company was to formulate policy and process ...

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Computer Forensics is a branch of digital forensics whereby computer forensic experts analyze and study digital media devices and computers to find legal evidence. In simpler words, the purpose of computer forensics is to firstly find, and then preserve data so that it can be later used for legal purposes such as trials. The basic concept of computer forensics is similar to the forensic techniques used in crime scenes. However, there are also several techniques that are unique to computer forensics. Computer forensics play an important role in the technologically sound age that we live in today, and ...

The case involved colluding between the AOL executives and Purchase Pro, Inc. in which they overstated the revenue generated from the software licenses. This made the investors believe that Purchase Pro, Inc. had achieved its sales objectives. To be able to make such revenue claims, the parties had to use computers to overstate the values. Accounting records had to be stored in computers and making such manipulation involved the use of accounting software. Additionally, the cases involved charges of wired fraud, which was done through electronic trading, which means computers were used. One certified professional that could have ...

In the recent past, the world has continually evolved technologically. As a result most companies and people have been able to access computers due to the technology advancement. It has been established that it is very rare for any organization to work manually in the competitive world. The resulting factor is that due to competition both in the business organization nationally and internationally, most organizations have embraced the power of technology. It has been established that one of the fundamental qualifications for an organization to compete globally, first it has to develop technologically. Technology comes hand in hand with the ...

U.S. versus AOL This was a case regarding fraudulent business operations between PurchasePro and AOL. It focused on the overstating revenues that were obtained from the sale of software licenses. Chief executive officers of PurchasePro were accused of several charges including wire-fraud. This means that the crime involved the use of a computer or an equivalent electronics medium. This attaches the computer system as a means to achievement of the offenders’ main goal. Other crimes related to this case and computer use included identity theft and cyber stalking. As such, this case necessitated the use of computer forensics in the determination ...

Knowledge OF the Windows operating system will aid any forensic expert to investigate the operating system effectively. Businesses and governments are hiring forensic experts to piece together what happened leading to cybercrimes such as fraud, industrial espionage and fishing. Computer forensic analyst requires special tools and toolkits to perform forensic audits. Some of the tools include;

Access Data Forensic Toolkit

Access Data Forensic Toolkit is a refined product that is in the third version and is used by industry professionals. The tools is smart in facilitating keyword searches, graphics review, email archive, parsing, compound file extraction and excellent build in file views. The previous ...

The past thirty (30) years has of technological advancement has also seen the importance of computer forensics specialists. Computer forensics as a field in investigations concerns the acquisition and analysis of computer-based information to be use as evidences in various investigative procedures. Computer forensics specialist ha the basic task of satisfying these. Specifically, a computer forensics expert basic task is to provide a way of to preserve, identify, extract and document computer-based evidences. Their jobs also include searching of available information on computers that can provide leads and help to detectives build cases. This specific task often requires them to recover deleted ...

This document provides information on the proposed style guide for writing a Computer Forensic Report. In particular, this document provides guidelines on the report contents, the report structure, the referencing format, and the sentence structure.

It is proposed that a Computer Forensic Report include the following sections (“A Template for Computer Forensics Report,” n.d.): - Executive summary – This section provides a summary of the most important points that are made in the report, so that the reader can get a quick and comprehensive overview of what is contained in the report. - Background to the case – This section provides an ...

Executive summary

The construction of a computer forensic laboratory is a complicated task. There are many requirements that will be needed so that accurate processes are undertaken. This is something that companies take with utmost care in order to have the latest technologies and current trends in the design and configuration. This paper will focus on the requirements that are needed in order to construct a forensic laboratory. The requirements involve such issues as the environmental concerns, security of evidence, management and the process of preservation of evidence. These are the issues and processes that should be protected. There will also be concerns of ...

Data Acquisition and Analysis

Part II. What types of forensic image formats does Adepto support? First Computer forensic software is going to be the stress of the note on Computer Forensic Tools which is Adepto, Adepto is an imaging processor that parts on the Helix Live CD and essential to the drive imaging software GUI (Graphical User Interface) that use for DD and DCFL-DD in commanding the imaging software that essentially use to create a forensically media services and sound imaging and so on. As today it fall into the discussion of Computer Forensic the goes to the board of categories the ...

Introduction

Computer forensics concerns the technical knowledge necessary for collection, analysis and provision of digital evidence in a court of law. Computer forensic refers to the collection, discovery, and preservation of digital data for use in a court of law for the protection of entities or individuals (Bayuk, 2010). This has been in response to the major increase in electronic crimes since the 1970s, especially in the financial sector.

Computer Anti-Forensics

Anti-forensics are the tools, procedures and techniques that undermine forensic tools and the work of forensic investigation. Anti-forensics aims at disrupting the collection of information, avoiding detection, increasing investigation time and reducing the ...

In 1938, German engineer, Zuse Conrad, assembled the first computer called the Z1. The computer was created to work and calculate mathematical problems. As the years went by, computers became electronically enabled and extremely functional to the level that programs and software offered people the capacity to store digital information and aid in daily tasks. The government and private establishments embraced what computers could hence adopted the technology. This enabled the organizations to enjoy the dependable capabilities of computers. In today’s societal model, the world circles around the functionality of the computer and internet connections, which allow for ...

History of Computer Forensics

Computer forensic refers to the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation and documentation of computer evidence (Wiles, Cardwell, and Reyes 2). Such evidence retrieved is usually aimed to be used in a court of law. Electronic crimes increased in the 1970s especially in the financial sector. These crimes resulted because people saw an opportunity of making money by manipulating computer data (Nelson, Phillips, and Steuart 5). According to Mohay (113), computer forensics was first used in the 1970s by the US military and intelligence agencies. Daniel (14) notes that computer forensics began in 1984. During this year, the FBI created a program ...

Introduction

Computer forensic also known as cyber forensic involves the acquisition of legal evidence which is found in computers and digital media storage. It involves using analytical and investigative techniques for the collection and examination of evidence. This technique is commonly used for criminal investigations or civil litigation. (Holley, 2000) There are several computer software which are used for this kind of investigation and analysis of evidence. They include: EnCase, The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy Browser among others. Using a single tool cannot produce substantial evidence to be used for prosecution. There is need to employ at least two of these ...