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Digital Forensics
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Maximum Mark Available |
100 |
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Weighting of this coursework towards the Course mark (%) |
20% |
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Learning Outcomes Being Assessed |
Summarize how to conduct an investigation, including critiquing a case. |
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Handin date |
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Expected handback date |
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Expected feedback date (if different from handback date) |
Two weeks after submission date |
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Outline of Problem |
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Detail of Questions |
Please follow to Page # 2
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What you should hand in |
A complete report should be named as StudentID_Name_Report.pdf |
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Rules |
While solving all parts, you have to: |
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There is no strict word limit. |
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Resources Required |
Autopsy, E01 image file, and Microsoft Word. |
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Other information |
This Mid-Term case study must be an individual work, not a group work. |
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Submission policy |
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Your attention is drawn to the University Modular Framework Assessment Regulations regarding academic impropriety This covers cheating, attempts to cheat, plagiarism, collusion and any other attempts to gain an unfair advantage in assessments. The work you submit must conform to those regulations. |
EMCS642 – Digital Forensics
(Mid Term Case Study) – Answer Template
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PART-1 – Warm up Questions: 2 Marks
Task-1: Generate MBR of your machine physical drive, and fill the following table:
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Partition No. |
File System Code |
First Sector |
No. of Sectors |
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Hex |
Name |
Hex |
Decimal |
Hex |
Decimal |
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Paste Screenshot here: Screenshot-1: Partition Table View Screenshot-2: Hexadecimal View |
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Task-2: Create or gather Microsoft Excel (.xlsx), Microsoft Word (.docx), .gif, .jpg, .pdf, and .mp3 sample files. Record the hexadecimal codes for each file.
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File Type |
Hexadecimal Code |
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Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) |
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Microsoft Word (.docx) |
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.gif |
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.jpg |
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.mp3 |
PART-2 – CASE STUDY – 18 Marks
Important Notes:
Case Description:
In this case, you will study and investigate copied image from a machine that was under the use of Mr. Charlie. The case belongs to two competitors’ companies; (i) M57.biz and (ii) Project2400 and the communication among their employees.
Both companies are famous for providing innovative and creative ideas to attract companies, inventors, as well as investors. Research and development were the main domain areas for both companies. These companies are always trying to launch new ideas to improve their revenues, and number of customers by generating quality work.
Mr. Charlie was an employee of M57.biz. The company was recently established and is working hard to give strong competition to other companies in the market. The company has a number of employees working under the supervision of the CEO. During the period of November 16, 2009, and December 9, 2009, the company was discussing new research ideas and was planning to publish two research patents. Mainly, Email was the communication channel in order to discuss the formal project ideas and assigned tasks to the team members. In addition, there were some other informal discussion topics that were part of their communication.
On the other side, the company Project2400 was a big competitor of Mr. Charlie’s company. With hard work and dedication, this company also established a reliable name in the market as a research and development industry.
The investigation was initiated after finding out that Mr. Charlie was allegedly involved in selling the ideas to one of the employees belonging to the competitor company. Surely, behind all of these illegal activities, Mr. Charlie’s main concern was to earn unlawful financial benefits (that is still not confirmed). According to the ch
arges applied on Mr. Charlie and during the preliminary investigation conducted internally, the company found him “guilty”. On the other side, Mr. Charlie was continuously denying the charges and recorded the following statements during initial investigations:
The above are some important details about the case you are investigating. Now, the case has been delegated to you to proceed further based on the preliminary analysis. You are required to search for the evidences that can help to prove Mr. Charlie as “Innocent” or “Guilty”. Therefore, you have been given an image of Mr. Charlie’s machine acquired on 4th December 2009. You are guided to proceed as follows (but not limited to):
Following are the tasks you should provide answer for each with proper justification, screenshots, and explanation (if required):
Task-1: Get Name, email and phone number of M57.biz company’s CEO. [1 Mark]
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Name |
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Email Address |
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Phone No. |
Task-2: Get whatever details you find about Nitroba Company’s CEO. [1 Mark]
Task-3: Discuss about the first meeting of both CEOs M57.biz and Nitroba CEO. When and where? [1 Mark]
Task-4: What was the main work assigned to Mr. Charlie from his boss regarding the Nitroba project. [1 Mark]
Task5: Search and investigate Three main evidences that can prove Mr. Charlie guilty.
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Task6: According to Mr. Charlie statement, he said: [2 Mark]
“We were very happy that we received two new business contracts, one from Nitroba.com and second from another company and all of us were working hard for those projects”.
The question is, according to the answer of Task-4. Investigate evidence that he was really working for his company’s tasks or not? Add screenshots to prove your answers
Task7: One of the main reasons behind the illegal act performed by Mr. Charlie that his boss's behavior with the employee was not good. Do you agree? Support your answer with evidence. [1 Mark]
Task8: Mr. Charlie’s opinion about his boss was very good. Do you agree? Support your answer with evidence. [1 Mark]
Task-9: As he mentioned about his friend “Alix” and preparation for Christmas vacation. Is he lying? Does this event occur before suspicious activity or later? [1 Mark]
Task10: Show us some interesting facts using “Communication” and “Timeline” tools in Autopsy as shown in following picture:
Task 10.1. Using Communication tool, find out who has strong or weak relationships with the help of Email IDs. [1 Mark]
Task 10.2. Using a Timeline tool, create a timeline for an event that can help to collect strong evidence during investigation. [1 Mark]
Task11: Generate HTML Report and put the screenshot below. [1 Mark]
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