CJ 523 / CJ 603 Internet Vulnerabilities and Criminal Activity Fall 2010 Course Reading & Lecture Schedule Instructor: Susan E Traudt Sue@ttsw.com / STraudt@newhaven.edu

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All readings should be completed before class

Course Introduction - What is cyberspace?

Reading:

• None

• From Cyberspace to Cyberpower: Defining the Problem - http://www.carlisle.army.mil/DIME/documents/Cyber%20Chapter%20Kuehl%20Final.doc

Lecture - Lecture1.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Send me an e-mail with UNH CJ 523 or UNH CJ 603 in the Subject line

  Please answer the following questions in the body of your e-mail:

  1. Name - What you would like to be called
  2. Phone number to use for class
  3. Email address to use for class
  4. Major
  5. Job - Full time / Part time
  6. Other CJ classes taken

Structure of Communication on the Internet, Brief History of the Internet

Reading:

• How TCP/IP Protocol Works - Part 1 by Gabriel Torres (2007) Hardware Secrets - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/433
• 'A Brief History of the Internet' by Barry M. Leiner, et al (2003) The Internet Society - http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml
• Crimes of the Internet - Chapter 1

• The OSI Reference Model for Network Protocols by Gabriel Torres (2007) Hardware Secrets - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/431
• How TCP/IP Protocol Works - Part 2 by Gabriel Torres (2007) Hardware Secrets - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/435
• Internet addiction linked to ADHD, depression in teens - http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/05/depression.adhd.internet.addiction/index.html
• A World Wide Woe - http://www.newsweek.com/id/216911/output/print

Lecture - Lecture2.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz # 1 - What is Cyber Space?
• Assignment #1 - Intro to Internet Forensic Tools - In Class

Malware

Reading:

• Malware: what it is and how to prevent it - http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2004/11/malware.ars
• The Use of Malware Analysis in Support of Law Enforcement - http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/malware-7-07.pdf
• Symantec's 'Unlucky 13' Security Trends for 2010 - http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3849371

• A Layman's Glossary of Malware Terms - http://www.cio.com/article/135453/A_Layman_s_Glossary_of_Malware_Terms
• New Malware Re-Writes Online Bank Statements to Cover Fraud - http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/rogue-bank-statements/
• Finjan's Cyber Intelligence Report - http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2009/09/finjan-cyberintel_sept_2009-sf.pdf

Lecture - Lecture3.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #2 - Structure of Communication on the Internet, Brief History of the Internet
• Malware online investigation - In class
• Google "Lori Drew" & "Megan Meier"
• Find Social Networking, Cyberbullying, or Cyberstalking crime story to share

Predatory & Exploitation Crimes: Cyber Bullying & Cyber Stalking, Social Networking Sites

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 4 & 8
• Definition of stalking behavior - http://www.stalkingbehavior.com/definiti.htm

• Social networking sites a hotbed for cyber crime - http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/012309-social-networking-sites-a-hotbed.html
• Crime risk warning to users of social networking sites - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/crime-risk-warning-to-users-of-social-networking-sites-400062.html
• Social networking invites crime - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/social-networking-invites-crime-2009-09-04
• Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_us/us_gang_tweets/print;_ylt=AgGN.jr9WuDUpuKmLom.JoNH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBvajZzaTFyBHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDdG9wBHNsawNwcmludA--
• Facebook, Twitter users beware: Crooks are a mouse click away - http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/19/social.networking.crimes/index.html
• My Space Predator Caught by Code - http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/10/71948
• Social Networking Sites Help Combat Crime - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/13/eveningnews/main4864837.shtml
• Facebook Safety - http://www.facebook.com/safety/
• MySpace.com Safety Tips & Settings - http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.viewpage&placement=safety_pagetips
• ________________________________________
• Prevent Cyberbullying - http://www.cyberbully411.com/
• Cyberbullying Research Center - http://www.cyberbullying.us/
• Cyberbullying laws by state - http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/10/cyber-bullying-state-laws-and-policies/
• Cyberbullying Bill Could Ensnare Free Speech Rights - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/14/cyberbullying-ensnare-free-speech-rights/
• Mass. High School Girl Takes Life After Allegedly Taunted by Cyber Bullies - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583948,00.html?test=latestnews
• __________________________________________
• A Sinister Web Entraps Victims of Cyberstalkers - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/17/technology/17stalk.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
• Connecticut Stalking Laws - http://www.ncvc.org/SRC/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Connecticut195
• Connecticut Stalking Cases - http://www.ncvc.org/SRC/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Connecticut346

Lecture - Lecture3.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz # 3 - Malware
• Malware - in class - continued

Predatory & Exploitation Crimes : Pedophilia & Child Pornography

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 2
• Child Molesters: A Behvaioral Analysis - pgs. 89-99 - http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/publications/NC70.pdf
• Child Pornography on the Internet - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/e04062000.pdf - Skim

• FBI's Innocent Images National Initiative - http://www.fbi.gov/innocent.htm
• With Child Sex Sites on the Run, Nearly Nude Photos Hit the Web - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/business/20model.html
• US DOJ National Sex Offender Public Website - http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/OffenderSearchCriteria.aspx?Advanced=1
• Connecticut Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registry - http://www.sor.state.ct.us/pls/sor/wsor$offender.startup?Z_CHK=0
• Federal Law - Child Pornography - http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/childporn_stats.html
• Link between child porn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4959002.ece

Lecture - Lecture5.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #4 - Cyber Bullying & Cyber Stalking, Social Networking Sites
• Complete Malware

Predatory & Exploitation Crimes : Child Enticement, Child Molestation & Sexual Tourism

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 3, & 5
• Questions & Answers about the Sexual Exploitation of Children - http://www.ecpat.net/EI/Publications/About_CSEC/FAQ_ENG_2008.pdf
• Trafficking and Sex Tourism - http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos/trafficking.html

• Online Child Sexual Abuse: The Law Enforcement Response - http://www.ecpat.net/worldcongressIII/PDF/Publications/ICT_Law/Thematic_Paper_ICTLAW_ENG.pdf
• Federal Law - Child exploitation - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002251----000-.html
• Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World - http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/national/19kids.ready.html?pagewanted=all
• DOJ Child Exploitation and Obscenity Home page - http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/index.html
• Investigators blind on P2P child abuse - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/07/ceop_report/
• Please note that the following sites promote relationships between adults and children. They are listed here for educational purposes only
• http://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/links.htm
• Boy Chat - http://www.boychat.org/
• Modern Boylover Magazine - http://www.modernblmag.net
• NAMBLA - http://www.nambla.org/

Lecture - Lecture6.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #5 - Pedophilia & Child Pornography
• Spam and/or phishing forensics - Bring a piece of spam that you have received in the last 2 days to class, including headers

Financial Crimes I : Credit Card Fraud & Identity Theft

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 7 & 12

• A Chronology of Data Breaches - http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm
• Computer Crimes including Identity Theft - http://www.cybercrime.gov/cccases.html
• Hackers pay 43 cents per hijacked Mac - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9138517/Hackers_pay_43_cents_per_hijacked_Mac?taxonomyName=Security&taxonomyId=17
• Identity Theft: The Crime of the New Millennium - http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/usamarch2001_3.htm
• ID Theft Statutory Table - http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/identity_fraud_table_1_2006.pdf
• FTC - About Identity Theft - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/consumers/about-identity-theft.html
• Connecticut Criminal Law - Identity Theft - http://law.justia.com/connecticut/codes/title53a/sec53a-129a.html
• 2008 Identity Theft Consumer Complaint Data, Connecticut - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/downloads/CY2008/Connecticut%20CY-2008.pdf
• 2008 - National Data - http://www.ftc.gov/sentinel/reports/sentinel-annual-reports/sentinel-cy2008.pdf
• The President's Identity Theft Task Force - Combating Identity Theft, A Strategic Plan - http://www.idtheft.gov/reports/StrategicPlan.pdf
• Credit Card Statistics - http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-card-industry-facts-personal-debt-statistics-1276.php
• Carding Web Sites - http://listcrime.com/cardingwebsites.html
• Credit Card Number Generator - http://www.elfqrin.com/hacklab/pages/discard.php
• DATA BREACHES:WHAT THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF "CARDING" REVEALS - http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/DataBreachesArticle.pdf
• The Honeynet Project - Profile: Automated Credit Card Fraud - http://old.honeynet.org/papers/profiles/cc-fraud.pdf
• Google Hacking from I-Hacked.com - http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/23/42/

Lecture - Lecture7.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #6 - Child Enticement, Child Molestation, & Sexual Tourism
• To Catch an ID Thief - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17805134/ns/dateline_nbc-to_catch_an_id_thief/
• Email headers

Financial Crimes II: Nigerian 419's, Phishing, & High-Yield Investment Programs (HYIP)

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 10, 11, & 13

• Wife bans FBI head from online banking - http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html
• The Anti-Phishing Act of 2004: A Useful Tool Against Identity Thefthttp://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20040816.html
• Phishing Activity Trends Report 1st Half of 2009 - http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/apwg_report_h1_2009.pdf
• Who or What Is 'Rock Phish' and Why Should You Care? - http://www.pcworld.com/article/128175/who_or_what_is_rock_phish_and_why_should_you_care.html
• Anatomy of a Rock - http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001390.html
• California Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Phishing - http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199903450&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb
• This woman sent Nigerian scam artists $400,000 - a fool or a victim? - http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2008/11/this-woman-sent.html
• Former Congressman duped by Nigerian Scam - http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/12/father_of_chels.html

Lecture - Lecture8.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #7 - Credit Card Fraud & Identity Theft
• Phishing Forensics Exercise

Online Pharmaceuticals & Internet Gambling

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 6, 9, & 21
• Internet Gambling: Two Approaches in the 109th Congress - http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/RS22418_061002.pdf

• FBI - A NEW BREED OF DRUG PUSHER - http://www.fbi.gov/page2/dec03/pharm122903.htm
• FBI - Don't Put Your Health in the Hands of Crooks - http://www.fbi.gov/page2/march09/pharmacy_030309.html
• DOJ - Implementation of the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consume Protection Act of 2008 - http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2009/fr0406.pdf
• Will ban end Internet gambling? Don't bet on it - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15240569/
• US Gambling Laws - http://www.gambling-law-us.com/
• Connecticut state gambling laws - http://www.Gambling-Law-US.com/State-Laws/Connecticut/

Lecture - Lecture9.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #8 - Nigerian 419's, Phishing, & High-Yield Investment Programs (HYIP)

Intellectual property Crimes: Piracy, Warez, & File Sharing Web Sites

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 18 - 20

• Prosecuting Intellectual Property Crimes - http://www.cybercrime.gov/ipmanual/index.html
• Researchers Build Anonymous, Browser-Based 'Darknet' - http://www.darkreading.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=217801293

Lecture - Lecture10.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #9 - Online Pharmaceuticals & Internet Gambling
• File Sharing Exercise

Criminological Perspectives on Cyber Crime: Space Transition Theory, Routine Activity Theory, Neutralization & Social Organization

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 14-17

• Cybercrime : Piercing the darkness - http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00460/index.html

Lecture - Lecture11.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #10 - Piracy, Warez, & File Sharing Web

No Class - Happy Thanksgiving

Investigating & Prosecuting Cyber Crime

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 22-25
• Best Practices for Seizing electronic Evidence - http://www.forwardedge2.com/pdf/bestpractices.pdf
• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 26-28
• Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations - http://www.cybercrime.gov/ssmanual/ssmanual2009.pdf

• Reverse Engineering Malware (part 1 of 5) - http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Reverse-Engineering-Malware-Part1.html
• AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn - by a PC virus - http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20091108/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_a_virus_framed_me

Lecture - Lecture12.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #11 - Criminological Perspectives on Cyber Crime
• Final Research Projects Due

Cyber Terrorism & Cyber Warfare, Final Thoughts

Reading:

• Crimes of the Internet - Chapters 29-31

• Cyberterrorism? http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/cyberterrorism.pdf
• DOS - Foreign Terrorist List - http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm
• Hezbollah - http://www.icpic.ir/ and http://www.alemdad.net/ and http://www.moqavemat.ir/

Lecture - Lecture13.ppt

Assignments/Quizzes:

• Quiz #12 - Investigating & Prosecuting Cyber Crime

The Future of Internet Crime

Reading:

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• Millions tricked by 'scareware' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8313678.stm

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