CSSE 343: Cybercrime and Digital Forensics

Winter 2023-2024

  • Instructor: Brian Toevs
  • Room: O201
  • MTWR 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Syllabus

Schedule

SessionTopicsRead Before ClassWhat's DueExtra
Week 1Mon, Nov 27What is Cybercrime?Chapter 1
Tue, Nov 28Investigative ProcessChapter 2
hacking in movies
Wed, Nov 29Lab - Preliminaries
Thu, Nov 30Lab (continued)
Week 2Mon, Dec 4Basic LawChapters 3-4
HW 1slides
snl 'law' sketch
Tue, Dec 5Search & SeizureChapters 4-5
18(II) USC (S&S)
FRCP Rule 41
Wed, Dec 6Lab - File Carving
Thu, Dec 7Lab (continued)
Week 3Mon, Dec 11EvidenceChapter 2,9
HW 2
Tue, Dec 12Finding and Preserving EvidenceChapter 8
Pi Investigation
Wed, Dec 13Lab - Hidden Artifacts
Thu, Dec 14Lab (continued)
Week 4Mon, Dec 18Procedure and DefensesChapter 9
HW 3Phishing for Grades
Tue, Dec 19Network ForensicsChapter 12
Wed, Dec 20Lab - Timelines and Metadata
Thu, Dec 21Lab (continued)
Break
Week 5Mon, Jan 8Fraud and ExploitationChapter 6
HW 4
Tue, Jan 9CommunicationsChapter 11
email forensics video
Wed, Jan 10Lab - Network and Email
Thu, Jan 11Lab (continued)
Week 6Mon, Jan 15Computers: Target or Tool?Case Studies (see Moodle)
HW 5
Tue, Jan 16Case Studies, continued
Wed, Jan 17Project KickoffProject Details
Forms
Thu, Jan 18TBD
Week 7Mon, Jan 22Corporate CrimesChapter 10
HW 6
Tue, Jan 23Malware ForensicsBlog Post
Wed, Jan 24Lab - Memory and Search Tools
Thu, Jan 25Lab (continued)
Week 8Mon, Jan 29Image ManipulationSee Moodle
HW 7
Tue, Jan 30Anti-ForensicsSlides
Techniques
Massive Data Recovery
Wed, Jan 31Mobile ForensicsChapter 13
Thu, Feb 1Mini InvestigationSee Moodle
John Oliver Video
Week 9Mon, Feb 5Worktime and Check-Ins
Tue, Feb 6Worktime and Check-Ins
Wed, Feb 7Worktime and Check-Ins
Thu, Feb 8Worktime and Check-Ins
Week 10Mon, Feb 12Project PresentationsFinal Project Report
Tue, Feb 13Project Presentations
Wed, Feb 14Project Presentations
Thu, Feb 15Course Wrap-up (do your evals)