We are developing a structured approach for Computer Crime Investigation to assist law enforcement agencies that lack the time, resource and money.  The first draft of this methodology is expected to release in the start of 2005. Brief overview of this framework is given below.

Target Audience

• Penetration Tester, Security Auditor and Security testers

• Security engineers and consultants

• System/network/Web administrators

• Security testing project managers

• Technical and Functional Managers

• IT Staff responsible for information security

Chapter 1: Nuts and Bolts of Computer Forensics and Incident Response

1. Introduction to Cyber Crime

2. Type of Cyber Crime

3. Understanding Cyber Crime World
   Understanding Cyber Victims
   Understanding Cyber Criminal
   Understanding Cyber Investigator

4. Challenges of Cyber Crime
   New technologies and new vulnerabilities
   Choices of Cyber Criminals
   Broadband
   E-Commerce and Online Banking
   Instant Messaging
   Mobile Computing
   New Operating Systems and Applications
   Standardization
   Web and Mail Technologies
   Wireless
   Thwarting the Cyber Criminal

5. Evidence gathering process

6. Understanding Volatility of Evidence

7. Creating a Forensic Boot Disk

Chapter 2: Recovering and Preserving Evidence

1. Protecting Evidence (Disk Imaging)

2. Auditing and Logging Procedure

3. Examining log files and their size

4. Centralized Logging

5. Collecting Evidence using sniffers

6. Time Synchronization and Stamping

7. Searching Keywords

8. Recovering evidence
   Deleted files
   Locating web cache and browser history data
   From temporary files
   From print spooler files
   From swap and page files
   From Backups
   Finding and decrypting encrypted files
   Recovering data from hidden files
       Hidden files
       Steganography files
       Password protected compressed files
   Cracking password protection
   Collecting data from Memory
   From Registry
   Viewing and Editing the Registry
   Collecting the Registry Data
   Analyzing the Registry Data
   Collecting Deleted files through the Recycle Bin
   Collecting E-mails

9. Router Log, Reports, Alarms and Alerts

10. Firewall Log, Reports, Alarms and Alerts

11. Hacking tools Forensics

Chapter 3: Back Tracing

1. Email Header Analysis

2. Tracing a domain name or IP Address

Chapter 4: Miscellaneous Cyber Crime Detection Techniques

1. IP address spoofing

2. Anti Detection techniques

3. Decoy techniques ( HoneyNet, HonePot and Other Cyber Stings)

4. Intrusion Detection System