CS 365 - Spring 2020

Digital Forensics


Lectures

Date Topic                                                                                                               
1/21/20 Lecture 1: Administrivia and Introduction
1/23/20 Lecture 2: Introduction to Digital Forensics
1/28/20 Lecture 3: Forensics Science, Fundamentals, and Data Representation
1/30/20 Lecture 4: Carving
2/4/20 Lecture 5: Carving and Bit Manipulation
2/6/20 Lecture 6: File Formats and Metadata
2/11/20 Lecture 7: Metadata
2/13/20 Lecture 8: Metadata Cont.
2/20/20 IN-CLASS EXAM 1 [Review PDF]
2/25/20 Lecture 9: Network Forensics I
2/27/20 Lecture 10: Network Forensics II

Readings:

IPv4 Tutorial, Sections: Overview, OSI Model, TCP/IP Model, Packet Structure, Addressing, Reserved Addresses
3/3/20 Lecture 11: Network Forensics III
3/5/20 Lecture 12: Storage
3/10/20 Lecture 13: Disk Imaging, Volumes, and Partitions
3/12/20 Lecture 14: Filesystems
3/24/20 IN-CLASS EXAM 2 [Review PDF]
3/26/20 Lecture 15: FAT I
3/31/20 Lecture 16: FAT II
4/2/20 Lecture 17: NTFS
4/7/20 Lecture 18: Data Recovery
4/9/20 Lecture 19: Malware I
4/14/20 Lecture 20: Malware II
4/16/20 Lecture 21: Desktop Forensics
4/21/20 Lecture 22: Mobile Forensics
4/23/20 Lecture 23: Biometrics I
4/28/20 Lecture 24: Biometrics II
5/1/20 FINAL EXAM [Review PDF]

Assignments

Date Assignment                                                                                                        
1/23/20 Assignment 1 out
1/29/20 Assignment 1 due
1/30/20 Assignment 2 out
2/7/20 Assignment 2 due
2/10/20 Assignment 3 out
2/19/20 Assignment 3 due
2/27/20 Assignment 4 out
3/6/20 Assignment 4 due
NOTE: Assignment previously here was removed
3/28/20 Assignment 5 out
4/3/20 Assignment 5 due
4/9/20 Assignment 6 out
5/1/20 Assignment 6 due