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IEEE CS Webinar-1: [Lock Talk Series] Cyber Forensics

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IEEE Computer Society Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology Student Branch Chapter (SBC05841B)

Lock Talk, an initiative of IEEE CS GCET SBC is a webinar series in collaboration with 7 other IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapters to promote learning in lockdown. There were 7 series of webinars conducted that focussed on various tracks. The resource persons according to their area of expertise have been on a platform to share their knowledge.

Summary:

This was the first-ever webinar under Lock Talk Series.
The basic introduction of cyber forensics - collecting, analyzing, visualizing and reporting in a format that would be accepted in the court.
Some types of cybercrimes:

Malware attacks
Phishing

Discussion of the current problems in India with the reporting of Cyber Crimes, eve-teasing and crime against women.
Phishing is a major crime that happens in the digital world. It is getting the data from people. One way would be fake websites with sign-in options giving some discount options in it.
If the Gmail password is revealed, the attacker will have access to google photos, mails, the location history from google maps, browser history, etc. which may drag us into troublesome situations in cybercrimes.
Not less than this, another profile with the same details could be created and if the other account is misused, the owner and the real person would be in danger.
The speaker has depicted different real-time scenarios to make the participants aware of the possible cybercrimes and be careful in such situations.
The speaker has suggested using social media with limited space and also taking preventive measures while using it.
The usage of slack space and the basics of computers related to the storage of the files.
What actually forensic investigators do?

Sources of evidence like storage devices in case of data manipulation in an IT Company.
Calculating the hash value of the hard disk to present it as evidence to the court.
Cloning the hard disk-physical imaging.
Submitting the related evidence as a report.

Suggestions from the speaker to be safe from cyber crimes:

Using social media carefully without losing the important data
To be aware of the credit card frauds
To be careful while clicking the unknown URLs.
To be careful with the spam calls depicting them to be bank employees or higher authorities.