Cyber Crime Is the Internet the new Wild W Wild West?
Ashish Saboo 9A9A-1 Roll no. 9153
The New Wild Wild West
More cyber criminals than cyber cops Criminals feel safe committing crimes from the privacy of their own homes Brand new challenges facing law enforcement
Most not trained in the technologies Internet crimes span multiple jurisdictions Need to retrofit new crimes to existing laws
Computer Crime
Computer used to commit a crime
Child porn, threatening email, assuming someones identity, sexual harassment, defamation, spam, phishing
Computer as a target of a crime
Viruses, worms, industrial espionage, software piracy, hacking
Computer Forensics
What is it?
an autopsy of a computer or network to uncover digital evidence of a crime Evidence must be preserved and hold up in a court of law
Growing field Many becoming computer forensic savvy
FBI, State and Local Police, IRS, Homeland Security Defense attorneys, judges and prosecutors Independent security agencies White hat or Ethical Hackers Programs offered at major universities such as URI
http://homepage.cs.uri.edu/faculty/wolfe/cf
Uncovering Digital Evidence
Smart Criminals dont use their own computers Floppy disks Zip/Jazz disks Tapes Digital cameras Memory sticks Printers CDs PDAs Game boxes Networks Hard drives
The Crime Scene
(with Computer Forensics)
Similar to traditional crime scenes
Must acquire the evidence while preserving the integrity of the evidence
No damage during collection, transportation, or storage Document everything Collect everything the first time
Establish a chain of custody
But also different.
Can perform analysis of evidence on exact copy! Make many copies and investigate them without touching original Can use time stamping/hash code techniques to prove evidence hasnt been compromised
Protect your Computers!
Use anti-virus software and antifirewalls - keep them up to date Keep your operating system up to date with critical security updates and patches Don't open emails or attachments from unknown sources Use hard-to-guess passwords. hard-toDont use words found in a dictionary. Remember that password cracking tools exist BackBack-up your computer data on disks or CDs often Don't share access to your computers with strangers password protect it
If you have a wi-fi network, wiDisconnect from the Internet when not in use Reevaluate your security on a regular basis Make sure your employees and family members know this info too!