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In the past week i had presented the top 10 security threats for the year 2008. Below i am mentioning a detailed report on those threats and the issues related to them. This report has been made by our Fraud Management expert: Mr. Prabhat Tiwari.
There have been lot of cases recently, where either an individual or an organization had to suffer huge losses due to some security lapses. Internet security has become extremely important, which requires identification of the possible threats and combating them. We have presented the top 10 security threats below in our endeavor to create awareness about the threats, so that everyone can avoid them to prevent occurrence of loss.
The links for this week cover a wide range of topics from data recovery to ethical hacking and network security tools. The articles include some How to do it yourself tutorials, as well.
1. The Windows way of successful data recovery. Read more
2. IBM’s research paper on Ethical Hacking. Read more
3. Importance of newtwork security forensic appliances in evidence gathering. Read more
A police officer rushes on to a crime scene, plays with the computer and executes some 150 evidence gathering commands in 15 minutes. A scene from CSI? No, this is a common scene for investigating police officers; thanks to Microsoft.
Microsoft had released a free tool (Beta version) called - Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), that can be loaded onto a portable device such as a USB drive. COFEE automates some 150 evidence-gathering commands for computers in short time. This tool was available only to law enforcement agencies to test the functionality and strength of the tool. Being a Microsoft product, COFEE is designed to extract information from Windows-based systems only.
The best part with the tool is that an officer with “no or basic training” can extract the data in about 15 minutes and maintain its integrity. It also eliminates the need to seize a computer itself, which typically involves disconnecting from a network, turning off the power and potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for evidence on site.
Many law enforcement agencies in around 15 countries, including Poland, Philippines, Germany, New Zealand and the United States have been using COFEE to crack a variety of online crimes and recover digital evidence. And seeing the success of the beta version, Microsoft has decided to roll out its release version soon, with more features.
