Psychic Reading | Spiritual Guidance – Astro Ganesh Ji
E Crime Session The Field Of Digital Forensics In The Middle By Asif Iqbal
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2. Field of digital forensics: legislative & academic
perspectives in the UAE and generally in GCC
Cyber forensics Slide#13
Cloud Forensics Slide#32
Virtualization and Forensics Slide#64
Adobe Photoshop/Content Forensics Slide#139
Social Media Forensics Slide#143
Mobile Phone Forensics Slide#181
Digital forensics lab: Crime Scene Investigation CSI &
policies, procedures and processes Slide#189-229
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4. • Dubai Police statistics reveal a 17 % increase in crimes
involving internet bullying and verbal abuse.
• The Police statistics showed that in 2009 there were 62
reported crimes involving internet bullying and verbal abuse.
• The number increased to 73 cases in the year 2010
Usually these cases involve social Networks such as
Facebook & Twitter
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5. • Russian computer security company Kaspersky said 56 % of
cyber attacks within the region are directed at the UAE
• The UAE ranks 36th in the world for being a source of
malicious internet activity
• Within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), the UAE
ranks No 18 for being a source of malicious activity.
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6. • The Interpol, lists financial fraud among the top cyber-crimes
in the Gulf region.
• People in the Gulf have lost an estimated Dh735 million to
cyber criminals in 2007 alone .
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7. • Cases
• Dh121,000 was swiped from the account of Pravin Bakliwal,
a 51-year-old Indian resident of Dubai in a phone recharge
scam.
• Another Dh7,500 was charged to his credit card for a total of
135 phone recharges.
• The amount was taken incrementally at Dh500and Dh1,000
per transaction.
• Mr. Bakliwal said he never used the direct debit service and
recharged his mobile through a pay-as-you-go scheme.
• He took an extended leave to dispute the transactions but
his employer fired him.
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8. • Cases:
• Mahmoud Mohammad, of Abu Dhabi, found that
Dh27,500 had disappeared from his account in a phone
recharge scam.
• None of the 40 numbers that appeared on his bank
statement worked when he called them.
• The Indian PR officer faces Dh1,200 in bank fees and
has filed a case with the Abu Dhabi Judicial
Department.
• He lodged a formally complaint with his bank to dispute
the transactions, but the banks’ customer care staff told
him the bank was not obligated to give a refund.
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9. • The Digital Security programs in the UAE
universities are very limited.
• Most of the universities provide 1 to 2
courses, which are introductory to the field of
Digital Security.
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10. Percentage of educational Security Programs provided in
UAE Universities
10%
Dedicated Security
Programs
90% Does not provide a
dedicated security
program
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11. • The Forensics Field in the UAE Education is in it is
beginning.
• The number of Universities providing courses
concentrated on Digital Forensics is very limited.
• Most of the Universities in the UAE provide
courses for Digital Forensics in their Master
programs.
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12. Percentage of Digital Forensics concentrated Programs
provided in UAE Universities
6%
Provide a Digital Forensics
concentrated programs
Does Not Provide a Digital
94% Forencsics concentrated
programs
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14. A few of the selected among others are:
• Forensics Timeline Visualizer
• Forensics Data-miner
• E-mail Extracter
• Anti-Forensics Tools/Wipers
Team with Software Architect: Babar Iqbal
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