CNIT 121: Computer Forensics

Fall 2023 Sam Bowne

CRN 72080 Tue 6:10 - 9:00 pm

Meets in room Science 37

Schedule · Projects

This class has physical meetings but physical attendance is not required. To attend class online:
https://twitch.tv/sambowne

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Quizzes

The quizzes are multiple-choice, online, and open-book. However, you may not ask other people to help you during the quizzes. You will need to study the textbook chapter before the lecture covering it, and take the quiz before that class. Each quiz is due 30 min. before class. Each quiz has 5 questions, you have ten minutes to take it, and you can make two attempts. If you take the quiz twice, the higher score counts.

Don't use CCSF's Canvas system for this class. Instead, all students should use this Canvas server:

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Email

For class-related questions, please send messages inside Canvas, or email cnit.121@gmail.com

Schedule

Tue 8-22  Mod 1: The Scope of Digital Forensics
Demo: Binary Games

Tue 8-29Mod 1 Quiz *
Mod 2 Quiz *
Proj H 101 - H 104 due *		 Mod 2: Windows Operating and File Systems
Demo: Bytes

Fri 9-1 Last Day to Add
Tue 9-5Mod 3 Quiz
Proj F 60 & F 200 due		 Mod 3: Handling Computer Hardware
Demos: Hexadecimal and F200

Tue 9-12Mod 4 Quiz
Autopsy Videos 0-2 due 		Mod 4: Acquiring Evidence in a Computer Forensics Lab
Demos: F201 and F202

Tue 9-19Mod 5 Quiz
Autopsy Videos 3-4 due 		Mod 5: Online Investigations
Demo: F210

Tue 9-26Mod 6 Quiz
Proj F 201 & F 202 due 		Mod 6: Documenting the Investigation
Demo: F220

Tue 10-3No Quiz
No Proj due 		Android Forensics Demos: M 143, M 140, M 145, M 144

Tue 10-10Mod 7 Quiz
Proj F 210 due 		Mod 7: Admissibility of Digital Evidence
Demo: F221

Tue 10-17Mod 8 Quiz
Proj F 220 due 		Mod 8: Network Forensics and Incident Response
Demo: F 230

Tue 10-24 Machine Learning

Tue 10-31Mod 9 Quiz
Proj M 144 due		 Mod 9: Mobile Forensics
Demo: H 420

Tue 11-7No Quiz
Proj F 230 due		 Mod 10: Mobile App Investigations
Demos: F 211

Tue 11-14Mod 10+11 Quiz
Proj H 420 & F 211 due		 Mod 11: Mac Forensics

Tue 11-21 Velociraptor Demos

Tue 11-28
 

RF Fundamentals for Red Teamers

Tue, Nov 28, 6 PM
with Kaitlyn Handelman

Tue 12-5All Extra Credit Due Last Class: No new material
Tue 12-12
through
Tue 12-19		  Final Exam available online throughout the week.
You can only take it once.
All quizzes due 30 min. before class
* No late penalty until 9-12

Projects

Grading Policy

Autopsy User Documentation

Submitting Projects

CCSF students must do these things to get credit:

  • Perform the project steps until you find a flag
  • Capture a whole-desktop image showing the flag
  • Outline or highlight the flag in the image
  • Submit the image in the appropriate Project in Canvas
  • Type the flag into the text field

Setup

H 101-4: Binary Games (20 pts.)

Do At Least One of these Three Projects

F 60: Cloud Server on Azure (15 pts)
F 61: Windows Server on Google Cloud (15 pts extra)
ED 32: Windows 10 Virtual Machine (15 pts extra)

Using Autopsy

F 200: Examining a Forensic Image with Autopsy (15 pts.)
F 201: Rhino Hunt with Autopsy (15 pts + 10 extra)
F 202: Rhino Hunt with Wireshark (15 pts + 15 extra)
F 210: Memory Analysis with Autopsy (15 pts + 30 extra)
F 220: Capturing and Examining the Registry (15 pts)
F 221: Examining a Windows Disk Image (25 pts extra)

M 140: Android Studio Emulator (15 pts extra)
M 142: Rooting Android Studio's Emulator (15 pts extra)
M 143: Forensic Acquisition from Android (15 pts extra)
M 144: Android Analysis with Autopsy (10 pts)
M 145: Making a Rooted Android Emulator (10 pts extra)

F 230: iPhone Analysis with Autopsy (20 pts)

Machine Learning

ML 100: Machine Learning with TensorFlow (65 pts extra)
ML 101: Computer Vision (10 pts extra)

Other Tools

H 420: Wireshark (25 pts + 85 extra)
F 211: Memory Forensics of LastPass and Keeper (15 pts + 10 extra)

IR 100: Windows and Linux Machines (20 pts extra)
IR 371: Velociraptor Server on Linux (25 pts extra)
IR 372: Investigating a PUP with Velociraptor (40 pts extra)
IR 373: Investigating a Bot with Velociraptor (50 pts extra)
IR 374: Investigating a Two-Stage RAT with Velociraptor (35 pts extra)

Updated: 11-30-23 8:36 am