Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar

Marcus K. Rogers

This book contains a selection of thoroughly refereed and revised papers from the Fourth International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2012, held in October 2012 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. The 20 papers in this volume are grouped in the following topical sections: cloud investigation; malware; behavioral; law; mobile device forensics; and cybercrime investigations.

4th International Conference, ICDF2C 2012, Lafayette, IN, USA, October 25-26, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime

Thomas J. Holt

Adam M. Bossler

The emergence of the World Wide Web, smartphones, and Computer-Mediated Communications (CMCs) profoundly affect the way in which people interact online and offline. Individuals who engage in socially unacceptable or outright criminal acts increasingly utilize technology to connect with one another in ways that are not otherwise possible in the real world due to shame, social stigma, or risk of detection. As a consequence, there are now myriad opportunities for wrongdoing and abuse through technology. This book offers a comprehensive and integrative introduction to cybercrime. It is the first to connect the disparate literature on the various types of cybercrime, the investigation and detection of cybercrime and the role of digital information, and the wider role of technology as a facilitator for social relationships between deviants and criminals. It includes coverage of: key theoretical and methodological perspectives, computer hacking and digital piracy, economic crime and online fraud, pornography and online sex crime, cyber-bulling and cyber-stalking, cyber-terrorism and extremism, digital forensic investigation and its legal context, cybercrime policy. This book includes lively and engaging features, such as discussion questions, boxed examples of unique events and key figures in offending, quotes from interviews with active offenders and a full glossary of terms. It is supplemented by a companion website that includes further students exercises and instructor resources. This text is essential reading for courses on cybercrime, cyber-deviancy, digital forensics, cybercrime investigation and the sociology of technology.

An Introduction

Cybercrime and Digital Forensics

"Types of hardware, peripherals, and electronic evidence" -- "Evidence integrity" -- "Summary" -- "13 ACQUISITION AND EXAMINATION OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE" -- "Introduction" -- "Data preservation" -- "Digital forensic imaging tools" -- "Uncovering digital evidence" -- "Data analysis" -- "Data reduction and filtering" -- "Reporting of findings" -- "Summary" -- "14 LEGAL CHALLENGES IN DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS" -- "Introduction" -- "Constitutional issues in digital investigations" -- "Federal Rules of Evidence 702" -- "Summary" -- "15 THE FUTURE OF CYBERCRIME, TERROR, AND POLICY" -- "Introduction" -- "Considering the future of cybercrime" -- "How technicways will shift with new technologies" -- "Social movements, technology, and social change" -- "Need for new cyber criminological theories?" -- "Shifting enforcement strategies in the age of the Internet" -- "Considering the future of forensics" -- "The challenge to policy makers globally" -- "Summary" -- "Glossary

This book offers a comprehensive and integrative introduction to cybercrime. It provides an authoritative synthesis of the disparate literature on the various types of cybercrime, the global investigation and detection of cybercrime and the role of digital information, and the wider role of technology as a facilitator for social relationships between deviants and criminals. It includes coverage of: key theoretical and methodological perspectives; computer hacking and malicious software; digital piracy and intellectual theft; economic crime and online fraud; pornography and online sex crime; cyber-bullying and cyber-stalking; cyber-terrorism and extremism; digital forensic investigation and its legal context around the world; the law enforcement response to cybercrime transnationally; cybercrime policy and legislation across the globe. The new edition features two new chapters, the first looking at the law enforcement response to cybercrime and the second offering an extended discussion of online child pornography and sexual exploitation. This book includes lively and engaging features, such as discussion questions, boxed examples of unique events and key figures in offending, quotes from interviews with active offenders, and a full glossary of terms. This new edition includes QR codes throughout to connect directly with relevant websites. It is supplemented by a companion website that includes further exercises for students and instructor resources. This text is essential reading for courses on cybercrime, cyber-deviancy, digital forensics, cybercrime investigation, and the sociology of technology.

Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar

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