Cell phone forensics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What you need to know for the D431 OA (WGU) Graded A+

Cyberstalking The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person. Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) Restricts government access to stored emails and communications from ISPs and networks. Communication Assistance to Law Enforcement Act - CALEA (1994) Telecom design for lawful surveillance. Monitor phone, internet, VoIP in real-time. Essential for forensic investigators. Requires telecom carriers and manufacturers to design equipment with built-in...

Cyberstalking The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person. Denial of service (DoS) attack An attack designed to overwhelm the target system so it can no longer reply to legitimate requests for connection. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack An attack in which the attacker seeks to infect several machines, and use those machines to overwhelm the target system to achieve a denial of service. Fraud A broad category of crime that can enc...

WGU C840 Digital Forensics in CybersecurityThe Computer Security Act of 1987 Passed to improve the security and privacy of sensitive information in federal computer systems. The law requires the establishment of minimum acceptable security practices, creation of computer security plans, and training of system users or owners of facilities that house sensitive information. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) A law that allows for collection of "foreign intelligence ...

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) - correct answer A set of codes defining all the various keystrokes you could make, including letters, numbers, characters, and even the spacebar and return keys. Anonymous remailing - correct answer The process of sending an email message to an anonymizer. The anonymizer strips identifying information from an email message before forwarding it with the anonymous mailing computer's IP address. Anti-forensics - correct answer The a...

Cyberstalking correct answers The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person. Denial of service (DoS) attack correct answers An attack designed to overwhelm the target system so it can no longer reply to legitimate requests for connection. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack correct answers An attack in which the attacker seeks to infect several machines, and use those machines to overwhelm the target system to achieve a denial of service. Fraud correc...

yberstalking - The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person. Denial of service (DoS) attack - An attack designed to overwhelm the target system so it can no longer reply to legitimate requests for connection. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack - An attack in which the attacker seeks to infect several machines, and use those machines to overwhelm the target system to achieve a denial of service. Fraud - A broad category of crime that can encompass many d...

Cyberstalking The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person. Denial of service (DoS) attack An attack designed to overwhelm the target system so it can no longer reply to legitimate requests for connection. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack An attack in which the attacker seeks to infect several machines, and use those machines to overwhelm the target system to achieve a denial of service. Fraud A broad category of crime that can enc...

Cyberstalking The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person. Denial of service (DoS) attack An attack designed to overwhelm the target system so it can no longer reply to legitimate requests for connection. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack An attack in which the attacker seeks to infect several machines, and use those machines to overwhelm the target system to achieve a denial of service. Fraud A broad category of crime that can e...

WGU D431 - Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity Exam Preview |Graded A+| 100% Correct TERM Know the laws DEFINITION Several questions about ECPA, Wireless , and which laws established computer crime task force and regional forensics labs. LOCATION TERM Know the tools and important file locations DEFINITION Half a dozen questions asking which tool detects steganography. Several asking which specific tool for purpose (free, to edit mp3/video/image, for iphone, etc). Several about sp...