As social networking continues to evolve and expand, the opportunities for deviant and criminal behavior have multiplied. Social Networking as a Criminal Enterprise explores how new avenues for social networking criminality have affected our criminal justice system.

With insight from field experts, this book examines:

 

• The history of social networking and the process of developing an online identity

 

 

• Schools of criminological theory and how they relate to criminality on social networking websites

 

 

• Forms of criminal behavior that can be performed utilizing social networking websites

 

 

• Criminality via texting, identity theft, and hacking

 

 

• Adolescents as offenders and victims in cyberbullying and digital piracy

 

 

• Online sexual victimization, including child pornography and sexual solicitation of youth

 

 

The book concludes by discussing law enforcement’s response, including new techniques and training, type of evidence, and use of experts. It also discusses how the corrections system has been affected by these types of offenders.

 

Discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage critical thinking and case studies help place the material in context. Ideal for students and scholars, the book offers a comprehensive examination of how the emergence of social networking has affected criminality online, and how it has impacted the criminal justice system.

 

 

 

 

 

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Requiring no prior hacking experience, Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide supplies a complete introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test, or ethical hack, from beginning to end. You will learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern-day hacking tools, which are required to complete a penetration test. The book covers a wide range of tools, including Backtrack Linux, Google reconnaissance, MetaGooFil, dig, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Fast Track Autopwn, Netcat, and Hacker Defender rootkit. Supplying a simple and clean explanation of how to effectively utilize these tools, it details a four-step methodology for conducting an effective penetration test or hack.Providing an accessible introduction to penetration testing and hacking, the book supplies you with a fundamental understanding of offensive security. After completing the book you will be prepared to take on in-depth and advanced topics in hacking and penetration testing. The book walks you through each of the steps and tools in a structured, orderly manner allowing you to understand how the output from each tool can be fully utilized in the subsequent phases of the penetration test. This process will allow you to clearly see how the various tools and phases relate to each other. An ideal resource for those who want to learn about ethical hacking but don‘t know where to start, this book will help take your hacking skills to the next level. The topics described in this book comply with international standards and with what is being taught in international certifications.

Digital forensics is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of the modern day information security field. The Digital Forensics Diaries allow you to follow a digital forensics investigator through the half scientific, half artistic process that leads to cracking cases without any physical evidence.Based on the authors real world experiences, the diaries tell fictionalised versions of security incidents and subsequent investigations. A must read for anyone interested in computer security or the digital forensics field. This printed book is a collection of five short stories published between 2014 and 2017.

By its very nature digital crime may present a number of specific detection and investigative challenges. The use of steganography to hide child abuse images for example, can pose the kind of technical and legislative problems inconceivable just two decades ago. The volatile nature of much digital evidence can also pose problems, particularly in terms of the actions of the 'first officer on the scene'. There are also concerns over the depth of understanding that 'generic' police investigators may have concerning the possible value (or even existence) of digitally based evidence. Furthermore, although it is perhaps a cliché to claim that digital crime (and cybercrime in particular) respects no national boundaries, it is certainly the case that a significant proportion of investigations are likely to involve multinational cooperation, with all the complexities that follow from this.

This groundbreaking volume offers a theoretical perspective on the policing of digital crime in the western world. Using numerous case-study examples to illustrate the theoretical material introduced this volume examine the organisational context for policing digital crime as well as crime prevention and detection. This work is a must-read for all academics, police practitioners and investigators working in the field of digital crime.

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This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute (DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org) and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog, DumpAnalysis.org/blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, memory forensics, software trace and log analysis written in December 2014 - July 2015 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, quality assurance engineers testing software, technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues, security researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts. This volume is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 – 7, 8a, and features: - 12 new crash dump analysis patterns; - 15 new software log and trace analysis patterns; - New memory dump analysis case study; - Introduction to articoding; - Introduction to special and general trace and log analysis; - Introduction to projective debugging; - Introduction to artifact-malware; - Introduction to concrete and general problem analysis patterns.

Google Earth Forensics is the first book to explain how to use Google Earth in digital forensic investigations. This book teaches you how to leverage Google's free tool to craft compelling location-based evidence for use in investigations and in the courtroom. It shows how to extract location-based data that can be used to display evidence in compelling audiovisual manners that explain and inform the data in contextual, meaningful, and easy-to-understand ways.

As mobile computing devices become more and more prevalent and powerful, they are becoming more and more useful in the field of law enforcement investigations and forensics. Of all the widely used mobile applications, none have more potential for helping solve crimes than those with geo-location tools.

Written for investigators and forensic practitioners, Google Earth Forensics is written by an investigator and trainer with more than 13 years of experience in law enforcement who will show you how to use this valuable tool anywhere at the crime scene, in the lab, or in the courtroom.

• Learn how to extract location-based evidence using the Google Earth program or app on computers and mobile devices
• Covers the basics of GPS systems, the usage of Google Earth, and helps sort through data imported from external evidence sources
• Includes tips on presenting evidence in compelling, easy-to-understand formats

Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator’s Handbook is a vital tool in the arsenal of today’s computer programmers, students, and investigators. As computer networks become ubiquitous throughout the world, cyber crime, cyber terrorism, and cyber war have become some of the most concerning topics in today’s security landscape. News stories about Stuxnet and PRISM have brought these activities into the public eye, and serve to show just how effective, controversial, and worrying these tactics can become.

Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator’s Handbook describes and analyzes many of the motivations, tools, and tactics behind cyber attacks and the defenses against them. With this book, you will learn about the technological and logistic framework of cyber crime, as well as the social and legal backgrounds of its prosecution and investigation. Whether you are a law enforcement professional, an IT specialist, a researcher, or a student, you will find valuable insight into the world of cyber crime and cyber warfare.

Edited by experts in computer security, cyber investigations, and counter-terrorism, and with contributions from computer researchers, legal experts, and law enforcement professionals, Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator’s Handbook will serve as your best reference to the modern world of cyber crime.

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The definitive guide to incident response--updated for the first time in a decade!

Thoroughly revised to cover the latest and most effective tools and techniques, Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition arms you with the information you need to get your organization out of trouble when data breaches occur. This practical resource covers the entire lifecycle of incident response, including preparation, data collection, data analysis, and remediation. Real-world case studies reveal the methodsbehind--and remediation strategies for--today's most insidious attacks.

• Architect an infrastructure that allows for methodical investigation and remediation
• Develop leads, identify indicators of compromise, and determine incident scope
• Collect and preserve live data
• Perform forensic duplication
• Analyze data from networks, enterprise services, and applications
• Investigate Windows and Mac OS X systems
• Perform malware triage
• Write detailed incident response reports
• Create and implement comprehensive remediation plans

 

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute (DumpAnalysis.org) and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog, DumpAnalysis.org/blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, software trace and log analysis, malware analysis and memory forensics written in November 2011 - May 2014 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows (WinDbg) and Mac OS X (GDB) platforms, quality assurance engineers testing software, technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues, security researchers, malware analysts, reverse engineers, and memory forensics analysts. The seventh volume features: - 66 new crash dump analysis patterns - 46 new software log and trace analysis patterns - 18 core memory dump analysis patterns for Mac OS X and GDB - 10 malware analysis patterns - Additional unified debugging pattern - Additional user interface problem analysis pattern - Additional pattern classification including memory and log acquisition patterns - Additional .NET memory analysis patterns - Introduction to software problem description patterns - Introduction to software diagnostics patterns - Introduction to general abnormal structure and behavior patterns - Introduction to software disruption patterns - Introduction to static code analysis patterns - Introduction to network trace analysis patterns - Introduction to software diagnostics report schemes - Introduction to elementary software diagnostics patterns - Introduction to patterns of software diagnostics architecture - Introduction to patterns of disassembly, reconstruction and reversing - Introduction to vulnerability analysis patterns - Fully cross-referenced with Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume 6.

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Python Forensics provides many never-before-published proven forensic modules, libraries, and solutions that can be used right out of the box. In addition, detailed instruction and documentation provided with the code samples will allow even novice Python programmers to add their own unique twists or use the models presented to build new solutions.

Rapid development of new cybercrime investigation tools is an essential ingredient in virtually every case and environment. Whether you are performing post-mortem investigation, executing live triage, extracting evidence from mobile devices or cloud services, or you are collecting and processing evidence from a network, Python forensic implementations can fill in the gaps.

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative code samples, author Chet Hosmer discusses how to:

• Develop new forensic solutions independent of large vendor software release schedules
• Participate in an open-source workbench that facilitates direct involvement in the design and implementation of new methods that augment or replace existing tools
• Advance your career by creating new solutions along with the construction of cutting-edge automation solutions to solve old problems

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Syngress; 1st edition (June 19, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0124186769
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0124186767
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.61 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.72 x 9.25 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,756,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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PDF Forensics and Analysis is very essential part in finding evidence of digital crime. In some versions of Adobe PDF have some serious vulnerability that attacker can use for compromise victim's machine. "PDF Forensics and Analysis" is a brief guide for beginners to professionals. This book cover some great topics like -
1) Brief details of PDF Structure and It's Basics that help you to understand and clear all basics doubt.
2) JavaScript Analysis
3) Shellcode Analysis
4) Brief Metadata analysis
5) Compared between non-malicious PDF and Malicious PDF file
6) Brief information and working procedure of CVE 2010-2883 exploit that use for PDF exploitation.
7) Basics of Malicious PDF file
8) Creation of Malicious PDF File with Metasploit Framework and Perform Analysis on it.
9) Perform forensics and Analysis with PeePDF

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Memory forensics provides cutting edge technology to help investigate digital attacks

Memory forensics is the art of analyzing computer memory (RAM) to solve digital crimes. As a follow-up to the best seller Malware Analyst's Cookbook, experts in the fields of malware, security, and digital forensics bring you a step-by-step guide to memory forensics―now the most sought after skill in the digital forensics and incident response fields.

Beginning with introductory concepts and moving toward the advanced, The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory is based on a five day training course that the authors have presented to hundreds of students. It is the only book on the market that focuses exclusively on memory forensics and how to deploy such techniques properly. Discover memory forensics techniques:

• How volatile memory analysis improves digital investigations
• Proper investigative steps for detecting stealth malware and advanced threats
• How to use free, open source tools for conducting thorough memory forensics
• Ways to acquire memory from suspect systems in a forensically sound manner

The next era of malware and security breaches are more sophisticated and targeted, and the volatile memory of a computer is often overlooked or destroyed as part of the incident response process. The Art of Memory Forensics explains the latest technological innovations in digital forensics to help bridge this gap. It covers the most popular and recently released versions of Windows, Linux, and Mac, including both the 32 and 64-bit editions.

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Child pornography is a critical legal and ethical problem that has experienced a resurgence coincident with the growth of the Internet. After international efforts to amend child protection laws in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the prevalence of child pornography cases dropped precipitously and the distribution of child pornography was largely limited to the back rooms of adult bookstores, small cells of individual traders, and a limited, known list of overseas mail order providers. With the growth of the Internet, the ease, cost, and relative anonymity of transactions greatly increased the availability of child pornography and the number of child pornography offenders.

Digital Child Pornography: A Practical Guide for Investigators seeks to address the problems faced in investigating child pornography offenses in the always-on, always-connected age. The contents of this book are organized into three sections as follows:

•Foundations. The background and modern history of child pornography are covered. The prevalence and types of child pornography are addressed, and a typology of child pornographers is presented, including the psychological reasons for the individuals to be engaged in child pornography. An overview of the current federal laws addressing child pornography is presented, and key cases of recent interest are detailed. How to select investigators to investigate child pornography offenses and how to keep them safe are also reviewed.
•Digital Forensics. Digital forensics, as applied to child pornography, is addressed. A methodology for planning for and conducting search warrants in child pornography offenses is provided, and key elements of proof needed that can be gathered digitally are presented. A framework for conducting dead-box analysis for evidence of child pornography offenses is provided.
•Interviews and Interrogations. The subjects of child pornography cases take special care and feeding and they require special considerations when interviewing. The process of interviewing and interrogating child pornography subjects, from the planning stages through to obtaining a confession, is documented.

Digital Child Pornography: A Practical Guide for Investigators is written by an investigator specifically for other child pornography investigators and provides the most comprehensive guide to these investigations currently available.

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Dive into mobile forensics on iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry devices with this action-packed, practical guide

About This Book

• Clear and concise explanations for forensic examinations of mobile devices

• Master the art of extracting data, recovering deleted data, bypassing screen locks, and much more

• The first and only guide covering practical mobile forensics on multiple platforms

Who This Book Is For

If you are a budding forensic analyst, consultant, engineer, or a forensic professional wanting to expand your skillset, this is the book for you. The book will also be beneficial to those with an interest in mobile forensics or wanting to find data lost on mobile devices. It will be helpful to be familiar with forensics in general but no prior experience is required to follow this book.

What You Will Learn

• Learn different approaches to practical mobile forensics

• Understand the architecture and security mechanisms present in iOS and Android platforms

• Identify sensitive files on iOS and Android platforms

• Set up the forensic environment

• Extract data on iOS and Android platforms

• Recover data on iOS and Android platforms

• Understand the forensics of Windows and BlackBerry devices

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With the advent of smartphones, the usage and functionality of mobile devices has grown enormously along with the sensitive information contained in these devices. Law enforcement agencies around the world have realized the importance of evidence present on a mobile device and how it can influence the outcome of an investigation.

Practical Mobile Forensics explains mobile forensic techniques on the iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry platforms. You will learn the fundamentals of mobile forensics, and different techniques to extract data from a device, recover deleted data, bypass the screen lock mechanisms, and various other tools that aid in a forensic examination.

This book will teach you everything you need to know to forensically examine a mobile device. The techniques described are not only useful for budding forensic investigators, but will also come in handy for those who may want to recover accidentally deleted data.

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Understanding the underlying system of how files are stored, what happens when they are deleted, and how to potentially recover them is essential to the digital forensic examiner. Today’s computer forensic tools automate the process of file recovery, but understanding what those tools are accomplishing and knowing whether they are providing accurate results requires an understanding of the information provided in this text. The FAT and NTFS file systems are the most commonly utilized information storage methods and while there are many other methods available, concentrating on these two lays the foundation for learning the others in the future. A brief introduction of ExFAT is included, as it is a relatively new file system used with larger flash drives. Forensic Examination of Windows-Supported File Systems will provide the basis for this knowledge and the practical expertise to begin the journey of becoming a digital forensic scientist.

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This is a supplemental volume of 150 full color illustrations from Memory Dump Analysis Anthology: revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized selected articles from Software Diagnostics Institute (DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org) and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog, DumpAnalysis.org/blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, software narratology, software trace and log analysis, malware analysis and memory forensics written in November 2011 - May 2014 for software engineers developing and maintaining software products, quality assurance engineers testing software, technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues, security researchers, malware analysts, reverse engineers, digital forensics analysts, computer security and cyber warfare intelligence professionals, computer scientists, conceptual digital artists, and philosophers. Unique in its breadth, depth, and scope it offers unprecedented insight into the world of software behavior and draws profound engineering, scie

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ntific, artistic, and philosophical implications.

Harlan Carvey has updated Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit, now in its fourth edition, to cover Windows 8 systems. The primary focus of this edition is on analyzing Windows 8 systems and processes using free and open-source tools. The book covers live response, file analysis, malware detection, timeline, and much more. Harlan Carvey presents real-life experiences from the trenches, making the material realistic and showing the why behind the how.

The companion and toolkit materials are hosted online. This material consists of electronic printable checklists, cheat sheets, free custom tools, and walk-through demos. This edition complements Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit, Second Edition, which focuses primarily on XP, and Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit, Third Edition, which focuses primarily on Windows 7.

This new fourth edition provides expanded coverage of many topics beyond Windows 8 as well, including new cradle-to-grave case examples, USB device analysis, hacking and intrusion cases, and "how would I do this" from Harlan's personal case files and questions he has received from readers. The fourth edition also includes an all-new chapter on reporting.

• Complete coverage and examples of Windows 8 systems
• Contains lessons from the field, case studies, and war stories
• Companion online toolkit material, including electronic printable checklists, cheat sheets, custom tools, and walk-throughs

At a time when online surveillance and cybercrime techniques are widespread, and are being used by governments, corporations, and individuals, Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense gives you a practical resource that explains how these activities are being carried out and shows how to defend against them.

Expert author Rob Shimonski shows you how to carry out advanced IT surveillance and reconnaissance, describes when and how these techniques are used, and provides a full legal background for each threat. To help you understand how to defend against these attacks, this book describes many new and leading-edge surveillance, information-gathering, and personal exploitation threats taking place today, including Web cam breaches, home privacy systems, physical and logical tracking, phone tracking, picture metadata, physical device tracking and geo-location, social media security, identity theft, social engineering, sniffing, and more.

• Understand how IT surveillance and reconnaissance techniques are being used to track and monitor activities of individuals and organizations
• Find out about the legal basis of these attacks and threats — what is legal and what is not — and how to defend against any type of surveillance
• Learn how to thwart monitoring and surveillance threats with practical tools and techniques
• Real-world examples teach using key concepts from cases in the news around the world

All you need to know to succeed in digital forensics: technical and investigative skills, in one book

 

Complete, practical, and up-to-date

Thoroughly covers digital forensics for Windows, Mac, mobile, hardware, and networks

Addresses online and lab investigations, documentation, admissibility, and more

By Dr. Darren Hayes, founder of Pace University’s Code Detectives forensics lab–one of America’s “Top 10 Computer Forensics Professors”

Perfect for anyone pursuing a digital forensics career or working with examiners

 

Criminals go where the money is. Today, trillions of dollars of assets are digital, and digital crime is growing fast. In response, demand for digital forensics experts is soaring. To succeed in this exciting field, you need strong technical and investigative skills. In this guide, one of the world’s leading computer orensics experts teaches you all the skills you’ll need.

 

Writing for students and professionals at all levels, Dr. Darren Hayes presents complete best practices for capturing and analyzing evidence, protecting the chain of custody, documenting investigations, and scrupulously adhering to the law, so your evidence can always be used.

 

Hayes introduces today’s latest technologies and technical challenges, offering detailed coverage of crucial topics such as mobile forensics, Mac forensics, cyberbullying, and child endangerment.

 

This guide’s practical activities and case studies give you hands-on mastery of modern digital forensics tools and techniques. Its many realistic examples reflect the author’s extensive and pioneering work as a forensics examiner in both criminal and civil investigations.

 

• Understand what computer forensics examiners do, and the types of digital evidence they work with
• Explore Windows and Mac computers, understand how their features affect evidence gathering, and use free tools to investigate their contents
• Extract data from diverse storage devices
• Establish a certified forensics lab and implement good practices for managing and processing evidence
• Gather data and perform investigations online
• Capture Internet communications, video, images, and other content
• Write comprehensive reports that withstand defense objections and enable successful prosecution
• Follow strict search and surveillance rules to make your evidence admissible
• Investigate network breaches, including dangerous Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
• Retrieve immense amounts of evidence from smartphones, even without seizing them
• Successfully investigate financial fraud performed with digital devices
• Use digital photographic evidence, including metadata and social media images

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0789741156
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson IT Certification; 1st edition (December 17, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780789741158
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0789741158
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.77 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.9 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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