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This is the '''Forensics Wiki''', a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons]-licensed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] devoted to information about [[digital forensics]] (also known as computer forensics). We currently list a total of [[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] pages.
 
This is the '''Forensics Wiki''', a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons]-licensed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] devoted to information about [[digital forensics]] (also known as computer forensics). We currently list a total of [[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] pages.
 
    
 
    
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Much of [[computer forensics]] is focused on the [[tools]] and [[techniques]] used by [[investigator]]s, but there are also a number of important [[papers]], [[people]], and [[organizations]] involved. Many of those organizations sponsor [[conferences]] throughout the year and around the world. You may also wish to examine the popular [[journals]] and some special [[reports]].
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Much of [[computer forensics]] is focused on the [[tools]] and [[techniques]] used by [[investigator]]s, but there are also a number of important [[papers]], [[people]], and [[organizations]] involved. Many of those organizations sponsor [[Upcoming_events|conferences]] throughout the year and around the world. You may also wish to examine the popular [[journals]] and some special [[reports]].
 
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@inproceedings{Hurley:2013:MAC:2488388.2488444,
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author = {Hurley, Ryan and Prusty, Swagatika and Soroush, Hamed and Walls, Robert J. and Albrecht, Jeannie and Cecchet, Emmanuel and Levine, Brian Neil and Liberatore, Marc and Lynn, Brian and Wolak, Janis},
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booktitle={IT Security Incident Management and IT Forensics (IMF), 2011 Sixth International Conference on},  
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title = {Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on P2P Networks},
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title={Security Aspects of Piecewise Hashing in Computer Forensics},  
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booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22Nd International Conference on World Wide Web},
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keywords={MD5 hash function;SHA-1 hash function;computer forensics;cryptographic hash function;piecewise hashing security aspect;pseudorandom number generator;security analysis;computer forensics;cryptography;random number generation;},  
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url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2488388.2488444},
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abstract="Although hash functions are a well-known method in computer science to map arbitrary large data to bit strings of a fixed length, their use in computer forensics is currently very limited. As of today, in a pre-step process hash values of files are generated and stored in a database, typically a cryptographic hash function like MD5 or SHA-1 is used. Later the investigator computes hash values of files, which he finds on a storage medium, and performs look ups in his database. This approach has several drawbacks, which have been sketched in the community, and some alternative approaches have been proposed. The most popular one is due to Jesse Kornblum, who transferred ideas from spam detection to computer forensics in order to identify similar files. However, his proposal lacks a thorough security analysis. It is therefore one aim of the paper at hand to present some possible attack vectors of an active adversary to bypass Kornblum's approach. Furthermore, we present a pseudo random number generator being both more efficient and more random compared to Kornblum's pseudo random number generator."
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publisher = {International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee},
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address = {Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland},
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keywords = {digital forensics, forensic triage},
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Although hash functions are a well-known method in computer science to map arbitrary large data to bit strings of a fixed length, their use in computer forensics is currently very limited. As of today, in a pre-step process hash values of files are generated and stored in a database, typically a cryptographic hash function like MD5 or SHA-1 is used. Later the investigator computes hash values of files, which he finds on a storage medium, and performs look ups in his database. This approach has several drawbacks, which have been sketched in the community, and some alternative approaches have been proposed. The most popular one is due to Jesse Kornblum, who transferred ideas from spam detection to computer forensics in order to identify similar files. However, his proposal lacks a thorough security analysis. It is therefore one aim of the paper at hand to present some possible attack vectors of an active adversary to bypass Kornblum's approach. Furthermore, we present a pseudo random number generator being both more efficient and more random compared to Kornblum's pseudo random number generator.
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Peer-to-peer networks are the most popular mechanism for the criminal acquisition and distribution of child pornography (CP). In this paper, we examine observations of peers sharing known CP on the eMule and Gnutella networks, which were collected by law enforcement using forensic tools that we developed. We characterize a year's worth of network activity and evaluate different strategies for prioritizing investigators' limited resources. The highest impact research in criminal forensics works within, and is evaluated under, the constraints and goals of investigations. We follow that principle, rather than presenting a set of isolated, exploratory characterizations of users.
  
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First, we focus on strategies for reducing the number of CP files available on the network by removing a minimal number of peers. We present a metric for peer removal that is more effective than simply selecting peers with the largest libraries or the most days online. Second, we characterize six aggressive peer subgroups, including: peers using Tor, peers that bridge multiple p2p networks, and the top 10% of peers contributing to file availability. We find that these subgroups are more active in their trafficking, having more known CP and more uptime, than the average peer. Finally, while in theory Tor presents a challenge to investigators, we observe that in practice offenders use Tor inconsistently. Over 90% of regular Tor users send traffic from a non-Tor IP at least once after first using Tor.
 
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* '''[[Tools#Disk_Analysis_Tools|Disk Analysis]]''': [[EnCase]], [[SMART]], [[Sleuthkit]], [[foremost]], [[Scalpel]], [[frag_find]]...
 
* '''[[Tools#Disk_Analysis_Tools|Disk Analysis]]''': [[EnCase]], [[SMART]], [[Sleuthkit]], [[foremost]], [[Scalpel]], [[frag_find]]...
 
* '''[[Tools#Forensics_Live_CDs|Live CDs]]''': [[DEFT Linux]], [[Helix]] ([[Helix3 Pro|Pro]]), [[FCCU Gnu/Linux Boot CD]], [[Knoppix STD]], ...
 
* '''[[Tools#Forensics_Live_CDs|Live CDs]]''': [[DEFT Linux]], [[Helix]] ([[Helix3 Pro|Pro]]), [[FCCU Gnu/Linux Boot CD]], [[Knoppix STD]], ...
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* '''[[Tools:Document Metadata Extraction|Metadata Extraction]]''': [[wvWare]], [[jhead]], [[Hachoir | hachoir-metadata]], [[Photo Investigator]]...
 
* '''[[Tools:File Analysis|File Analysis]]''': [[file]], [[ldd]], [[ltrace]], [[strace]], [[strings]], ...
 
* '''[[Tools:File Analysis|File Analysis]]''': [[file]], [[ldd]], [[ltrace]], [[strace]], [[strings]], ...
 
* '''[[Tools:Network_Forensics|Network Forensics]]''': [[Snort]],  [[Wireshark]], [[Kismet]],  [[NetworkMiner]]...
 
* '''[[Tools:Network_Forensics|Network Forensics]]''': [[Snort]],  [[Wireshark]], [[Kismet]],  [[NetworkMiner]]...

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This is the Forensics Wiki, a Creative Commons-licensed wiki devoted to information about digital forensics (also known as computer forensics). We currently list a total of 741 pages.

Much of computer forensics is focused on the tools and techniques used by investigators, but there are also a number of important papers, people, and organizations involved. Many of those organizations sponsor conferences throughout the year and around the world. You may also wish to examine the popular journals and some special reports.


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Featured Forensic Research

May 2014

Hurley, Ryan, Prusty, Swagatika, Soroush, Hamed, Walls, Robert J., Albrecht, Jeannie, Cecchet, Emmanuel, Levine, Brian Neil, Liberatore, Marc, Lynn, Brian, Wolak, Janis - Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on P2P Networks
Proceedings of the 22Nd International Conference on World Wide Web pp. 631--642, Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland,2013
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2488388.2488444
Bibtex
Author : Hurley, Ryan, Prusty, Swagatika, Soroush, Hamed, Walls, Robert J., Albrecht, Jeannie, Cecchet, Emmanuel, Levine, Brian Neil, Liberatore, Marc, Lynn, Brian, Wolak, Janis
Title : Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on P2P Networks
In : Proceedings of the 22Nd International Conference on World Wide Web -
Address : Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Date : 2013

Peer-to-peer networks are the most popular mechanism for the criminal acquisition and distribution of child pornography (CP). In this paper, we examine observations of peers sharing known CP on the eMule and Gnutella networks, which were collected by law enforcement using forensic tools that we developed. We characterize a year's worth of network activity and evaluate different strategies for prioritizing investigators' limited resources. The highest impact research in criminal forensics works within, and is evaluated under, the constraints and goals of investigations. We follow that principle, rather than presenting a set of isolated, exploratory characterizations of users.

First, we focus on strategies for reducing the number of CP files available on the network by removing a minimal number of peers. We present a metric for peer removal that is more effective than simply selecting peers with the largest libraries or the most days online. Second, we characterize six aggressive peer subgroups, including: peers using Tor, peers that bridge multiple p2p networks, and the top 10% of peers contributing to file availability. We find that these subgroups are more active in their trafficking, having more known CP and more uptime, than the average peer. Finally, while in theory Tor presents a challenge to investigators, we observe that in practice offenders use Tor inconsistently. Over 90% of regular Tor users send traffic from a non-Tor IP at least once after first using Tor. (See also Past Selected Articles)

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