Software Forensics: Collecting Evidence from the Scene of a Digital Crime - Softcover

Slade, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071428046 ISBN 13: 9780071428040

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

Synopsis

Software forensics - analyzing program code to track, identify, and prosecute computer virus perpetrators - has emerged as one of the most promising and technically challenging aspects of information management and security. This is a technical tutorial that thoroughly examines the programming tools, investigative and analysis methods, and legal implications of the complex evidence chain. Also included are eye-opening case studies, including the famous Enron case, and sample code from real criminal investigations. Written by a security consultant whose clients include the Canadian Government, "Software Forensics" covers: basic concepts; hackers, crackers, and phreaks; objects of analysis: text strings, source code, machine code; user interfaces and commands; program structures and versions; virus families; function indicators; stylistic analysis; and much more. There is no better or faster way for programmers, security analysts and consultants, security officers in the enterprise, application developers, lawyers, judges, and anyone else interested in software forensics to get up to speed on forensic programming tools and methods and the nature of cyber evidence.

About this title

About the Author

Robert M. Slade has been a security consultant since 1987, working for some of the best-known Fortune 500 companies, and the government of Canada. The author of Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses, and co-author of Viruses Revealed, he also teaches. He has prepared curricula and taught courses for Simon Fraser University, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, Ltd., and the University of Phoenix, among others. He is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Practitioner) trainer and a specialist in malware.

From the Back Cover

Follow the trail. Catch the perp.

From one of the world's foremost investigators of computer viruses comes this comprehensive tutorial on solving cyber crimes and bringing perpetrators to justice. Author Robert M. Slade's "Software Forensics" provides expert instruction in tracking and identifying cybercriminals. A professional security consultant to Fortune 500 companies since 1987, Rob Slade teaches you the tools and methods he uses to find the invisible "DNA" on malicious computer code.

The Only Comprehensive Technical Reference on the Tools and Tactics of Cybercrime Investigation and Prosecution

There is no better or faster way for programmers, security analysts and consultants, security officers in the enterprise, application developers, lawyers, judges, and anyone else interested in solving cyber crime to get up to speed on forensic programming tools and methods and the nature of cyber evidence. Robert M. Slade's one-of-a-kind "Software Forensics" shows you how to --
* Learn the technical tools available for identifying and tracking virus creators and other programming miscreants
* Master the techniques and tactics of cyber crime investigation and prosecution
* Analyze source code, machine code, and text strings to track and identify cyber criminals
* Overcome attempts to misdirect investigations into cyber evidence
* Examine eye-opening case studies from real criminal investigations
* Understand enough of the rules of evidence and relevant legal intricacies to make your findings admissible in court
* Learn about the hacker, cracker, and phreak communities

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071428046
• ISBN 13: 9780071428040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240