Case Brief Gregory Morton William Campbell Dave Wildner

Crime Summary A complaint was made to Kevin smith, the owner and operator of SmithTeeShirts.com, from a customer that says they put their credit card information into the ordering page on the website, and received nothing from the company. SmithTeeShirts.com uses Paypal, to handle all payments. There is a link on the page that directs users to a Paypal window where they can then put their information in. An investigation was done on the website and it was found that the website was compromised and a fake link was put in place that would take users to a Paypal screen shot that did not belong to SmithTeeShirts.com.

Crime Summary When the link was traced, it was found that it came from an IP address This address belongs to a server at Jones & Yingling Inc. in Washington D.C. this is a company that involved creating websites for non-profit organizations. When the company’s IT team was asked they pointed investigators to a web designers work station that belonged to Tony Marsh, a new member of their team. Mr. Marsh’s USB thumb drive was confiscated for analysis.

Crimes Committed Identity theft Phishing fraud

PA Crimes Code § Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information (1) knowingly and without lawful authority produces an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document; (2) knowingly transfers an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document knowing that such document or feature was stolen or produced without lawful authority;

PA Crimes Code (4) knowingly possesses an identification document (other than one issued lawfully for the use of the possessor), authentication feature, or a false identification document, with the intent such document or feature be used to defraud the United States; (5) knowingly produces, transfers, or possesses a document-making implement or authentication feature with the intent such document-making implement or authentication feature will be used in the production of a false identification document or another document- making implement or authentication feature which will be so used

Objectives Finding evidence to either convict or prove innocence Evidence proving fraudulent behavior Evidence that may give Tony Marsh an alibi

Acquisition of Evidence Obtained case information Obtained USB drive with evidence Obtained necessary software needed to examine evidence

What We Are Looking For s User login’s Saved passwords Screenshots Saved account information Deleted files Information hidden in image files

Software Tools Used Pro Discover Similar to Encase but with less utility FTK Imager Used for finding data files in image files (word docs, notepads) Write Blocker Standard tool built into windows for protecting data before editing it

Software Tools Used Encase Primary software used Hex Editor Used for fixing corrupt image, sound and data files Example: Corrupt jpeg image hex code is altered to 4D 5A 9D 00 making image file unable to be seen. Changed hex code to correct jpeg format made seeing the actual image possible: FF D8 FF E0

Procedure Obtained USB with image file Created copy of this image file Took steps to safeguard both original USB image file and the copy Done with write blocker on original image file Made multiple copies of image file for all group members Write blocker used before examining all copies of image file

What We Found Phishing s Saved passwords Saved SSN Saved Birthdays Saved addresses Saved home addresses

What We Found Paypal website HTML code Username/password login form Torrent files WebPage Duplicate Account Fake: Bank Edition Password Recovery Pro WebCode Expert

What We Found.docx word files containing images Paypal screenshots in word files Yahoo! Homepage screenshots in word files Random corrupted.jpeg and.gif files Incriminating evidence in Shot1 – Shot53.docx files Some corrupted picture files needed to be fixed with HexEditor tool to view them

Conclusion We found enough sufficient evidence to charge Tony Marsh of fraud, identity thief, and inappropriate use of company resources. Among the various files recovered from Tony’s thumb drive we found text files with saved information he collected from the fraudulent website he created, the Paypal screen shots he created, and phishing s. Which we believe he used company resources to aid in these criminal activites.

Lessons Learned Chain of Custody forms Properly recording everything This is not CSI Do not get overwhelmed by evidence How to use various forensic software tools How to hide and find data files How to write block