This document contains information from a security meeting discussing malware analysis, disaster recovery, security information and event management (SIEM). It provides definitions and discussions around digital forensics, malware, digital evidence. It outlines the challenges of malware analysis and finding malware creators/users due to issues like privacy, reverse engineering, and international cooperation. The document is from a presentation by David Marques on March 16th, 2012 given by the Data Recovery Center in Lisbon, Portugal.
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1. Security Meeting
Malware Analysis, Disaster Recover & SIEM
Portugal
Suíça
Moçambique
Angola
Austrália
Speaker: David Marques
16th March 2012
2. Data Recover Center
Lisboa Telefone: 707 200 017 E-Mail: geral@drc.pt Website: www.drc.pt
History
• Foundedin1989
• 1998:DataRecovery
• 2006:DigitalForensics
•2009:Consulting& Monitoring
3. Data Recover Center
Digital Forensics (Computer Forensics)
Definition: Digital forensics (sometimes known as digital
forensic science) is a branch of forensic science encompassing
the recovery and investigation of material found in digital
devices, often in relation to computer crime. The term digital
forensics was originally used as a synonym for computer
forensics but has expanded to cover investigation of all devices
capableofstoringdigitaldata.
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4. Data Recover Center
Digital Forensics (Computer Forensics)
Applications: Digital forensics investigations have a variety of
applications. The most common is to support or refute a
hypothesis before criminal or civil (as part of the electronic
discovery process) courts. Forensics may also feature in the
private sector; such as during internal corporate investigations
or intrusion investigation (a specialist probe into the nature and
extentofanunauthorizednetworkintrusion).
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Malware
Definition: Malware, short for malicious software, is software
designed to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive
information, or gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
While it is sometimes software, it can also appear in the form of
script or code. Malware is a general term used to describe any
kind of software or code specifically designed to exploit a
computer, or the data it contains, without consent. The
expression is a general term used by computer professionals to
mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying
software.
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Malware
Predictions2012:
• Targeted attacks grow more damaging and complex
• Illicit social media scams escalate
• Mobile Malware menaces users and organizations
• Compromised websites serving malicious contents
accelerates
• Major sport events draw major cyber attacks
• Attacks on Cloud Services inevitable
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Digital Evidence
Definition: Digital evidence or electronic evidence is any
probative information stored or transmitted in digital form
that a party may use at trial. Before accepting digital evidence
a court will determine if the evidence is relevant, whether it is
authentic, if it is hearsay and whether a copy is acceptable or
theoriginalisrequired.
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Digital Evidence
ACPO Guidelines: Good practice guide for computer based
electronicevidence.
ACPO – Association of Chief Police Officers (England; Wales;
NorthernIreland)
7Safe–www.7safe.com
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Digital Evidence
Principle1:Noactiontakenbylawenforcementagenciesor
theiragentsshouldchangedataheldon acomputeror
storagemediawhichmaysubsequentlyberelieduponin
court.
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Digital Evidence
Principle2:Incircumstanceswherea personfindsit
necessarytoaccessoriginaldataheldona computeror on
storagemedia,thatpersonmustbecompetenttodosoand
beabletogiveevidenceexplainingtherelevanceandthe
implicationsoftheiractions.
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Digital Evidence
Principle3:Anaudittrailor otherrecordofallprocesses
appliedtocomputerbasedelectronicevidenceshouldbe
createdandpreserved. Anindependentthirdpartyshould
beabletoexaminethoseprocessesandachievethesame
result.
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Digital Evidence
Principle4:Thepersoninchargeoftheinvestigation(the
caseofficer)hasoverallresponsibilityforensuringthatthe
lawandtheseprinciplesareadheredto.
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ACPO vs Malware
Principle2:Incircumstanceswherea personfindsit
necessarytoaccessoriginaldataheldona computeror on
storagemedia,thatpersonmustbecompetenttodosoand
beabletogiveevidenceexplainingtherelevanceandthe
implicationsoftheiractions.
Malware:Eg:RAMCapture
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15. Data Recover Center
Trojan Defense
Defense: My computer has in fact been used to commit a
crime, but I wasn’t the responsible for any of the actions I’m
being charged for. My computer might had a Trojan (or other
Malware) installed by someone else without my knowledge,
andhasbeenusedtocommitacrime.
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Trojan Defense 2
Defense: My computer has in fact been used to commit a
crime, but I wasn’t the responsible for any of the actions I’m
being charged for. My computer might had a Trojan (or other
Malware) installed by someone else without my
knowledge, and has been used to commit a crime. Even if
the Malware was not found on a Forensic Analysis, it could be
thattheMalwarewasonlyonRAM.
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Evidence Collection
Steps:
- Non Digital environment
- Freeze the crime scene
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Evidence Manipulation
Whatnottodo:
-Turndeviceon andboot it
-Bootdeviceinanothercomputer
-Runantivirus
-Openfilesandapplications
-Installapplicationsandcopyfilesintoowndevice
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Evidence Manipulation
Chain of custody: refers to the chronological documentation
or paper trail, showing the
seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of
evidence,physicalorelectronic.
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21. Data Recover Center
Malware Analysis
Why it is so hard to find Malware
creators and users?
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22. Data Recover Center
Malware Analysis
Malware:
- Forensic imaging;logs; etc.
- Privacyissues
- ReverseEngineering
- Find evidence of relation between victim and
attacker
- Find geographiclocation
- Cooperationbetweencountries
- CoordinationbetweenISP’s
- Locateattacker& Evidence
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23. Data Recover Center
Malware Analysis
Future?
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Thanks! Q & A?
David Marques
dmarques@drc.pt
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