Forensic Investigation Process

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FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONPROCESS

PRESENTED BYDAVE MAUPIN

SECURITY MANAGEMENT PARTNERSWALTHAM, MA

WWW.SMPONE.COM

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Your Speaker: Dave Maupin, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, and EnCE

MIT graduate with 30 years of experience in IT Senior Information Security Consultant for Security

Management Partners. PCI QSA Forensic investigations with IT, HR and Legal

departments for various regulated industries such as banking, healthcare and pharmaceutical.

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Common investigation scenarios

ACH fraud Embezzlement Harassment Civil case

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Tools1. Encase Forensic 7.072. Antivirus software3. Malwarebytes4. Excel5. Volatility6. HBGary Responder CE7. Mandiant Redline8. Knowledge of Windows technical details

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ACH Fraud Funds moved electronically from business

online banking account Investigate—initial information gathering

from the financial institution and the business customer

Acquire media using chain of custody protocol

Forensic analysis—acquire forensically and run analysis

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Timeline AnalysisEntry Date Entry Full Path Entry Type 08/24/10 11:29:11AM C\WINDOWS\Prefetch\WINZIP32.EXE-2F3C90C9.pf Created Date08/24/10 11:29:11AM C\WINDOWS\Prefetch\WINZIP32.EXE-2F3C90C9.pf Written Date08/24/10 11:29:11AM C\WINDOWS\Prefetch\WINZIP32.EXE-2F3C90C9.pf Modified Date

08/24/10 11:29:16AM

C\Documents and Settings \User.Domain\Cookies\username@ads.pointroll[2].txt Accessed Date

800 entries for cookies on the system

08/24/10 11:29:21AM

C\Documents and Settings \User.Domain\Cookies\username@rad.microsoft[2].txt Accessed Date

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Embezzlement Funds stolen from business Investigate—initial information gathering

from the business Acquire media using chain of custody

protocol Forensic analysis—acquire forensically

and run analysis

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Data Hiding Changing the extension on a file. Embedding data in a graphic file or scanning a

document so that it becomes a graphic file. This would prevent the text within the document from being identified during a keyword search.

Using a compression utility to compress multiple files or documents into a single compound file (i.e. .zip file).

Encryption: using a utility such as TrueCrypt to create a hidden\encrypted volume on the hard drive.

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Civil Case Intellectual property stolen from business Investigate—initial information gathering

from the business Acquire media using chain of custody

protocol Forensic analysis—acquire forensically

and run analysis

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Shortcuts (.lnk files) Shortcuts contain a volume serial number In order for these Link files to have been

created on the hard drive, the USB drive had to have been plugged into the computer containing the hard drive on which the Link files were located and a file from the USB drive had to have been accessed from that computer.

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Harassment Employee reports harassment to HR Investigate—initial information gathering

from the business Acquire media using chain of custody

protocol Forensic analysis—acquire forensically

and run analysis

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System Restore System Restore uses a feature called

system protection to regularly create and save restore points on your computer. These restore points contain information about registry settings and other system information that Windows uses.

People trying to hide their activities may not realize that information has been saved by System Restore

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Best Practices A/V definitions change daily, full scans

should be run at least weekly Investigate what your a/v console reports Investigate unusual events:

Account lockouts Use a minimum necessary approach

throughout your environment: Block outbound traffic Only give access to social media to those with

a business need (marketing) Block webmail access

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Best Practices, continued Train your users

Call the help desk Be careful with email attachments