A light diversion for the weekend - what do you think are the biggest computer forensics myths?
Jamie
Computer forensics can positively identify the defendant >P
CF Examiners are inherently sexy and women flock to them. Oh wait… you said myths. My bad.
All you need is forensic software and the evidence is all bookmarked and displayed in a pretty report automatically after you hit the "Easy Button". No analysis needed.
-Attorneys are happy to pay for your services. After all, you're helping THEM win THEIR case for which they charge twice or thrice as much per billable hour as YOU do!
ok my turn
That we have a sound track automatically play when ever we touch a computer.
That We can get the evidence, create a time line and find the suspect all in a 30-60 minute episode.
All our tools have a flashy swordfish GUI that dings,beeps and swooshes while displaying high speed graphics that represent our data.
That 500 GiBs of allocated space takes less time than 500 GiB of unallocated space to image and analyse!
You can crack a password for a secure system in a few seconds as long as you consume mass quantities of Mountain Dew, Twinkies and Hot Pockets. -LarryDaniel
Don't forget the "endless supply of Zena tapes!"
That we just hack into the mainframe of an ISP, corporation or university to identify the user who performed some malicious action.
Hey, it's faster than waiting for results from a subpoena, right!?!?
That it is all right to say, "Don't worry Gov, I know what evidence you want and I'll find it, know what I mean?"
"Just download all the data from the computer and give me a report"
"You don't need to know how we decode and calculate timestamp offsets, just trust our <black box tool> to get it right." Like hell.
You can crack a password for a secure system in a few seconds as long as you consume mass quantities of Mountain Dew, Twinkies and Hot Pockets.
Hey, wait a minute….. You saying this one isn't true. Darn, there goes my whole approach. P
I'm keeping the Mt. Dew though!
existence of the "Find Evidence" button 😉