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   High Tech Crime Fighting Resources
   Internet Fraud Resources
   Professional Resources
   Spyware / Adware References
   Forensic Software Resources
   Forensic Hardware Resources
 

 

High Tech Crime Fighting Resources
     
  http://www.us-cert.gov/ United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team Site. They are charged with protecting our nation's Internet infrastructure by coordinating defense against and in response to cyber attacks. Has current malicious activity, and vulnerability alert information
     
  http://www.nw3c.org/ NW3C (National White Collar Crime Center)
The mission of NW3C is to provide a nationwide support system for agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crimes and to support and partner with other appropriate entities in addressing homeland security initiatives, as they relate to economic and high-tech crimes.
While NW3C has no investigative authority itself, its job is to help law enforcement agencies better understand and utilize tools to combat economic and high-tech crime.
     
  http://www.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at all levels, IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends.
     
  http://www.fraud.org/welcome.htm National Internet Fraud Watch Information Center
A source for information and links for combating telemarketing fraud, Internet fraud, elder fraud, scams against business, counterfeit drugs, and other types of frauds.
     
  http://www.phishinginfo.org/ A source for public service announcements, educational materials, and related links to combat phishing.
     
  http://www.fincen.gov/index.html Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - U.S. Dept. of the Treasury.
The mission of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is to safeguard the financial system from the abuses of financial crime, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit activity.
     
  http://www.arin.net The American Registry for Internet Numbers site will help tracing that unknown IP address.
     

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Internet Fraud Resources
     
  http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm  
  http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes.htm  
  http://internet-fraud.com/internet-fraud/  
     

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Professional Resources
       
  https://www.iasiu.org/ International Association of Special Investigation Units
This mission of the IASIU is:
      - To promote a coordinated effort within the industry to combat insurance fraud
- To provide education and training for insurance investigators
- To develop greater awareness of the insurance fraud problem
- To encourage high professional standards of conduct among insurance investigators
- To support legislation that acts as a deterrent to the crime of insurance fraud.
       
  http://www.ne-isfa.org/ The site for the New England Chapter of the International Information Systems Forensics Association (ISSFA)
       

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Spyware / Adware References
     
  http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/ Bazooka's (spyware scanner) online encyclopedia includes descriptions of software components, web sites and companies related to bundling, advertising, changing browser settings, email-marketing, etc.
     
  http://www.benedelman.org/ A collection of Spyware articles by Benjamin Edelman
     
  http://www.definitivesolutions.com/ Free software to discover and remove software that hijacks your browser - Browser Helper Objects (BHO's)
     
  http://www.michaelhorowitz.com/removespyware.html Tips to aid in removing spyware from PC's
     
  http://www.adwarereport.com Adware removal product comparisons, definitions and other useful information.
     
  http://www.spywarewarrior.com/ Lots of resources to fight spyware.
     
  http://www.sysinfo.org/ Comprehensive list of browser helper objects and programs that run at startup
     
  http://www.answersthatwork.com/home_page.htm Resources for PC troubleshooting.
     

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Forensic Software Resources
     
  http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/carrier/index.html Brian Carrier's site with links to The Sleuth Kit, Autopsy Forensic Browser, The Sleuth Kit Informer, and Tool Testing Images
     
  http://www.digital-detective.co.uk/ Digital Detective Forensic Computing Tools and Utilities. There is also a section to download free tools.
     
  http://www.e-evidence.info/index.html The Electronic Evidence Center is a great collection of links and forensic site.
     
  http://www.sandersonforensics.co.uk/products.htm Forensic software for forensic examination of tapes, and P2P software installations. There are other free tools available.
     
  http://www.snort.org The home of free (and excellent) Intrusion Detection software.
     
  http://www.wotsit.org/default.asp Detailed information about hundreds of different Windows file formats.
     
  http://www.perfectdrivers.com/fileext.html This will allow matching of hundreds file extensions with the program that creates / uses them.
     

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Forensic Hardware Resources
     
  http://www.digitalintelligence.com/ Forensic desktops, laptops, accessories, and training can be found here.
     
  http://www.driveguys.com/ This site is a source for older, smaller, or cheaper hard drives.