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Digital forensics (sometimes Digital forensic science) is a branch of forensic science encompassing the recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices, often in relation to computer crime.[1][2] The term digital forensics was originally used as a synonym for computer forensics but has expanded to cover all devices capable of storing digital data and is now used to describe the entire field.[1] The discipline evolved in a haphazard manner during the 1990s and it was not until the early 2000s that national policies were created.

The cloud has also given many issues to the field of digital forensics due to the fact that the cloud is part of many applications and software. Software that is hard to grasp physically since most servers that deploy use of the cloud are hidden in very deep corporate areas such as Microsoft, or is scattered across vast space of the internet (CNN Money, Goldman). The cloud has proven itself a valuable tool in the world of digital media but nonetheless has become a tedious and controversial topic in the world of digital forensics. Although there are advances towards the cloud becoming more useful in digital forensics regarding cybernetic crimes and incriminating evidence, the cloud has proven itself very difficult to be analyzed and processed according to the procedure that digital forensic analysts engage upon such as extracting evidence and using it for court

By performing the tasks required in this lab, many other attributes, references, and system information was gleaned that will benefit forensic efforts in the future. For this lab, the time zone of the computer has been isolated to China Standard Time, which in itself is suspicious. BHOs and add-ins were also located using registry values. Among this, there was only a reference to Bing Bar, which was identified in an earlier lab as a download performed on Jane’s computer. Moreover, this lab uncovered startup applications (UPnP.exe and SCVHhost.exe) that were identified as potentially suspicious in previous labs. Lastly, this lab allowed the student to locate USB storage devices that were connected to Jane’s system as well as the times associated with the connection and removal of the device in the system’s

“CHFI investigators can draw on an array of methods for discovering data that resides in a computer system, or recovering deleted, encrypted, or damaged file information known as computer data recovery (“Computer Hacking”, n.d.)”. A person who is a certified Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator has the skills necessary to identify an intruder’s footprints and to properly gather the necessary evidence to prosecute in the court of law (“Computer Hacking”, n.d.).

Tools used for forensics investigations. What tools are needed for investigations? How do you create a forensics "toolkit?" What should it contain?

Digital crime has been on the increase due to the increasing use of computer and internet. This has led the investigators with another method of fighting this crime. This is Computer Forensics, a process of going into computer hard drive and capturing basic information the user believed it has been erased.

Bashir, Khan, and Bhutto (2015) propose a framework for forensic triage clustering techniques that compare the case evidence against a database of blacklisted information containing information over prior malicious attacks. The framework consists of five phases: (1) identification and isolation of the machine under investigation; (2) data imaging, memory dump, log files, and other system activities; (3) extraction of potential evidence files; (4) triage comparison against the blacklist database; and (5) reporting. The blacklist database contains the history of previous malicious malware or cyber-attacks and allows investigators the ability to use clustering to single out any files matching known attack information. Testing successfully showed a reduction in files needing analysis and provided efficiently accessible information on

Moving onto the weaknesses, the following test will examine the acquisition of information, discovery of information, education, procedure and significance of the evidence. One of the main concerns in this field is still acquiring the information in a way that does not jeopardize the integrity of the information despite having the appropriate tools. This is because digital forensic scientists created the tools for security and other computer related purposes and not for forensic purposes (Casey, 2004, p.29). This poses specific issues when the investigators are trying to collect information in a manner that is acceptable by law, and while it is true that it is possible to create tools specifically for forensic purposes

The OS provides digital forensic investigators with the primary application where the files, folders, and logs of every event that has occurred involving the suspect’s information system can be located. Furthermore, this information can be utilized by the investigator’s to understand how incidents like network intrusion, malware installation, and insider file deletions have occurred. As a result, OS’s is the location where relevant information on incidents or unlawful activities can be discovered with the proper collection and examination

Digital forensics has been responsible for putting away thousands and thousands of criminals. Ranging from simple crime computer crimes to child pornography. To get quality evidence that can be admissible in court there are steps that are needed in preparing a computer investigation. There are also requirements for data recovery, as well as procedures for corporate investigations. “Digital forensics has become prevalent because law enforcement recognizes that modern day life includes a variety of digital devices that can be exploited for criminal activity, not just computer systems. While computer forensics tends to focus on specific methods for extracting evidence from a particular platform, digital forensics must be modeled such that it can encompass all types of digital devices, including future digital technologies” (Reith, Carr, and Gunsch, 2002).

As capabilities grow, cyberspace is becoming more of a battle field than ever. General hackers, terrorist groups, and agents of foreign powers are becoming more complex in the way that they attack the United States. As the threat grows, so must grow the ability to defend against the threat. Every year there is a constant increase of cyber-attacks committed against the United States, and as more actors collaborate, the complexity of the attacks grow. More and more every day, the increased use of volatile memory as the storage point for malware and other malicious code is seen. The CPT has a true need for a tool that will easily, effectively, and fully allow us to handle memory forensics. To stay up to date with current evidence

This manual is to assist forensic technicians who may be responsible for preserving electronic crime scene and recognizing, collecting, preserving, and storing digital evidence. When dealing with digital evidence, these principles apply: The process of collecting, securing, and transporting digital evidence should not change the evidence in anyway. Only trained forensic technicians specifically for digital evidence should conduct the analysis. Everything done during the search, seizure, transportation and the storage of the digital evidence should be documented, preserved and ready for review.

Since the introduction of computer and technology, they have become the new weapon in committing crime, and to the burgeoning science of digital evidence, law enforcement now use computers to fight crime. Nevertheless, digital evidence is information stored, transmitted, and received in binary form that can potentially be relied on as evidence in court. Notwithstanding, digital evidence is commonly associated with crimes that involve such devices, such as a computer hard drives, external storage devices, mobile phones, among others, and are often referred to as e-crimes. However, to fight e-crime, law enforcement must collect relevant digital evidence for such crimes, law enforcement agencies are incorporating the collection and analysis of digital evidence, also referred to as computer forensics, into many of their infrastructures.

The aim of this report is to investigate where and how anti-forensic tools work as well as looking at the challenges forensic investigators are faced when such tools are used. After anti-forensic tools are used certain artefacts will be left behind, this report will also cover the procedures and difficulties when trying to uncover these artefacts as well as the tools used to find them.

The purpose of anti-forensics is to intentionally make digital investigations and the examination of digital media more difficult through several means including data forgery, data hiding or data deletion. The techniques differ in what they do but the purpose is to make sure data is unrecoverable. (Lucia, 2013)