Deliverable: Describe the process used in restoring the scrambled bits and insert plain text in the assignment.Deliverable: Describe the process used in restoring the scrambled bits and insert plain text in the assignment.
Task 2: Revealing hidden information from an image
For this task I will provide an image with hidden information in it. You will be required to reveal the hidden information.
Deliverable: Describe the process used to reveal the hidden information from the image and copy the revealed information in the assignment in plain text.
Task 3: Forensics Report
In this major task you are assumed as a Digital Forensics Examiner. Considering a real or a hypothetical case you are required to produce a formal report consisting of facts from your findings to your attorney who has retained you. You are free to choose a forensics scenario which can be examination of a storage media (HDD, USB Drive etc), email or social media forensics, mobile device forensics, cloud forensics or any other appropriate scenario you can think of.
Deliverable: A forensics report of 1800-2000 words.
Rationale
This assessment task covers data validation, e-discovery, steganography, reporting and presenting, and has been designed to ensure that you are engaging with the subject content on a regular basis. More specifically it seeks to assess your ability to:
• determine the legal and ethical considerations for investigating and prosecuting digital crimes
• analyse data on storage media and various file systems
• collect electronic evidence without compromising the original data;
• evaluate the functions and features of digital forensics equipment, the environment and the tools for a digital forensics lab;
• compose technical tactics in digital crimes and assess the steps involved in a digital forensics investigation;
• prepare and defend reports on the results of an investigation.
