CSCO 462 – INTRODUCTION TO CYBER SECURITY

Course Objective:
The objective of the courses to
1) Understand the fundamental s of cyber security and cyber crimes.
2) Understand the tools and methods in cybercrimes and understanding computer
forensics.
UNIT - I
INTRODUCTION TO CYBERCRIME [1st TEXTBOOK]
Cybercrime- Definition and Origins of the WordCybercrime and Information Security, Who
are Cybercriminals? Classifications of Cybercrimes, A Global Perspective on Cybercrimes,
Cybercrime Era: Survival Mantra for the Netizens. (1.2-1.5,1.9,1.10)
Cyberoffenses: How Criminals Plan Them:How Criminals Plan the Attacks, Social
Engineering, Cyberstalking, Cybercafe and Cybercrimes, Botnets: The Fuel for Cybercrime,
Attack Vector, Cloud Computing. (2.2-2.8)
CYBERCRIME:
Mobile and Wireless Devices:Introduction, Proliferation of Mobile and Wireless Devices,
Trends in Mobility, Credit Card Frauds in Mobile and Wireless Computing Era, Security
Challenges Posed by Mobile Devices, Registry Settings for Mobile Devices, Authentication
Service Security, Attacks on Mobile/Cell Phones, Mobile Devices: Security Implications for
organizations, Organizational Measures for Handling Mobile, Organizational Security
Policies and Measures in Mobile Computing Era, Laptops. (3.13.12) 12 Hours

UNIT - II
TOOLS AND METHODS USED IN CYBERCRIME
Introduction, Proxy Servers and Anonymizers, Phishing, Password Cracking, Keyloggers and
Spywares, Virus and Worms, Trojan-horses and Backdoors, Steganography, DoS and DDoS
At-tacks, SQL Injection, Buffer Overflow, Attacks on Wireless Networks. (4.1-4.12)
Phishing and Identity Theft: Introduction to Phishing, Identity Theft (ID Theft). (5.2,5.3)
UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FORENSICS
Introduction, Digital Forensics Science, The Need for Computer Forensics, Cyber forensics
and Digital Evidence, Forensics Analysis of E-Mail, Digital Forensics Life Cycle, Chain of
Custody Concept, Network Forensics, Approaching a Computer Forensics Investigation,
Setting up a Computer Forensics Laboratory: Understanding the Requirements, Computer
Forensics and Steganography, Relevance of the OSI 7 Layer Model to Computer Forensics.
(7.1,7.3-7.13) 12 Hours
UNIT - III
Forensics and Social Networking Sites: The Security/Privacy Threats, Computer Forensics
from Compliance Perspective, Challenges in Computer Forensics, Special Tools and
Techniques, Forensics Auditing, Antiforensics. (7.14-7.19)
INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY POLICIES AND CYBER LAWS [2nd Textbook]
Need for An Information Security Policy, Information Security Standards – ISO, Introducing
Various Security Policies and Their Review Process, Introduction to Indian Cyber Law,
Objective and Scope of the IT Act, 2000, Intellectual Property Issues, Overview of
Intellectual Property Related Legislation in India, Patent, Copyright, Law Related to
Semiconductor Layout and Design, Software License. (4.1-4.11)
12 Hours
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course student will be able to
1) Understand the basic concepts of cyber security and cyber crimes.
2) Understand the security policies and cyber laws.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. SunitBelapure and Nina Godbole, “Cyber Security: Understanding Cyber Crimes,
Computer Forensics And Legal Perspectives”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, ISBN: 978-81-
265-21791, Publish Date 2013.
2. Dr. Surya PrakashTripathi, RitendraGoyal, Praveen Kumar Shukla, KLSI.
“Introduction to information security and cyber laws”. Dreamtech Press. ISBN:
9789351194736, 2015.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Thomas J. Mowbray, “Cybersecurity: Managing Systems, Conducting Testing, and
2. Investigating Intrusions”, Copyright © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc, ISBN: 978 -
1-118 -84965 -1.
3. James Graham, Ryan Olson, Rick Howard, “Cyber Security Essentials”, CRC Press,
15-Dec 2010.
4. Anti- Hacker Tool Kit (Indian Edition) by Mike Shema, McGraw-Hill Publication.

SEMESTER III

CSCH 501: DIGITAL FORENSICS

UNIT I
Introduction To Digital Forensics : Introduction, Evolution Of Computer Forensics,
Stages Of Computer Forensics Process, Benefits Of Computer Forensics, Uses Of
Computer Forensics, Objectives Of Computer Forensics, Role Of Forensics Investigator,
Forensics Readiness, Computer Forensics Investigation Process : Introduction To
Computer Crime Investigation, Assess The Situation, Acquire The Data, Analyze The
Data, Report The Investigation, Digital Evidence And First Responder Procedure,
Digital Evidence, First Responder Toolkit, Issues Facing Computer Forensics, Types Of
Investigation, Techniques Of Digital Forensics (16 hours )

UNIT II
Understanding Storage Media And File System : Hard Disk Drive, Details Of Internal
Structure Of Hdd, The Booting Process, File System, Windows Forensics :
Introduction, Recovering Deleted Files And Partitions, More About Recovering Lost
Files/Data, Logs & Event Analysis And Password Cracking : Introduction, Windows
Registry, Windows Event Log File, Windows Password Storage, Application Passwords
Crackers, Network Forensics : Introduction, Network Components And Their Forensics
Importance, Osi, Forensics Information From Network, Log Analysis, Forensics Tools,
Wireless Attacks : Introduction, 4.3wireless Fidelity (Wi-fi)(802.11), Wireless Security,
Wireless Attacks Detection Techniques, Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems
(16 hours )

UNIT III
Investigating Web Attacks : Introduction, Types Of Web Attacks, Web Attack
Forensics, Web Application Forensics Tools, Investigating Email Attacks :