Project General Instructions

. This project aims to equip you with the crucial skills of extracting and analyzing digital evidence from mobile or computer devices. You will explore the capabilities of forensic analysis tools and apply them to investigate, extract and analyze data and recover deleted data from mobile or computer devices.

• Total Marks = 14
• Group Size = 2 to 3 members.
• Submit all files: Project Report (Word and PDF) on blackboard before 6^th May 2026.
• One of the group members (group leader) should submit all the files such as Project Report on blackboard. Marks will be given based on your submission and quality of the contents.
• Project Report: Each Project Report will be evaluated according to the marking criteria mentioned in the Project Report Template File.
• Each group must come up with a unique solution for the project based on the below description.
• Marks will be given based on your submission and quality of the contents.
• Provide the objectives and plan that you will follow in the project (0.5 mark).
• Visit the websites provided:
• Explore these online tools and understand their functionalities for data extraction from mobile or computer devices.
• Demonstrate understanding and discuss the functionalities offered by the online analysis tools for mobile or computer devices. (1 mark).
• Discuss legal and ethical considerations that you have to follow for handling mobile or computer forensic evidence (0.5 mark)
• Write a report that includes the following:

Project Title: Mobile/ Computer Forensics

Case Description:

Technology company named ABC suspects that one of staff member has leaked confidential information and documents through unauthorized communication apps and external files using mobile or laptop devices. The Security department of the company has flagged suspicious activities. These activities were unauthorized app installs and file transfer on a simulated Android device.

The company hired you as a forensic investigator to investigate mobile or computer devices. Your mission is to investigate the employee’s company-issued Android phone or computer device for evidence of data exfiltration, unauthorized communications, deleted artifacts, and timeline of suspicious actions.

Focus: Extracting and analyzing data from mobile or computer devices.

Tools: you use one of the following: MOBILedi

Deliverables: A report outlining the extraction process, the tools used, and the recovered data.

Project Task:

• Planning and Familiarize Yourself with Online Analysis Tools used for Mobile or computer devices
• Conduct Your Digital Evidence Investigation:
  • Document/PDF Files (3 Marks):
    • Select any three documents or PDF files from your mobile or computer devices.
    • Utilize one or more of the online analysis tools to examine each file.
    • Document your findings in a clear and concise report, including details like:
      • File name and format
      • Creation/Modifaction/accessed date and time
      • Author information (if available)
      • Any other relevant metadata revealed by the tools
      • Screenshots of the analysis process
  • Image Files (3 Marks):
    • Select any three image files (e.g., JPG, PNG) from your mobile or computer devices.
    • Use the online tools to analyze the metadata of each image file.
    • • Image format and size
      • Date and time of capture (if available)
      • Camera model information (if embedded)
      • GPS location data (if present)
      • Editing software traces (if present)
      • Screenshots of the analysis process
  • Browser Artifacts (4.5 Marks)
    • Choose two browsers and analyze history artifacts.
    • In your report, record your findings, including details like:
      • Browsing history
      • Download history
      • Cookies
      • Cached files
      • Saved credentials (metadata only)
      • Timestamps
      • Suspicious domains visited
      • File upload traces
      • Any other relevant technical details revealed by the tools
      • Screenshots of the analysis process
      • Description of the incident and investigation process
      • Provide tools used and reasons for using these tools.
      • Provide details of the evidence collected and analyzed.
      • Finding and conclusion
• Reporting:

Create a report documenting your findings, similar to the document/PDF section, highlighting:

Evaluation Criteria:

• Comprehension of investigation objectives, Analysis Tools and ethical considerations (2 Mark)
• Thoroughness of Investigation (10.5 Marks): Conduct a detailed examination of the chosen files and social media, extracting all relevant metadata possible.
• Screenshots (1.5 Marks): Including screenshots as evidence of your analysis process is mandatory.

Reporting: Present your findings in clear, concise, and well-organized slides that are easy to understand.

Week 6: Case Study- WBS and Risk Identification

Instructions

• CO#3: Deconstruct key element of a project charter and Statement of Work (SOW)
• CO#4: Analyze processes of project risk management with Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• CO#7: Summarize project success factors and applicable tools, techniques, and successful project metrics

Future Technology Data Center Case Study (continued)

Scenario

Charles’s Project Charter and a Statement of Work documents were positively received, and, after a few modifications and recommendations, he was formally charged with responsibility for the project. Charles recruited his team and scheduled their first team meeting (March 1) as the initial task of his project planning process.

Once the initial meeting is conducted Charles can hire contractors to renovate the new data center. During this time, Charles will figure out how to design the network. Charles estimates that screening and hiring a contractor will take about one week and that the network design will take about two weeks.

The new center requires a new ventilation system. The manufacturer’s requirements include an ambient temperature of 67 degrees to keep all of the data servers running at optimal speeds. The ventilation system has a lead time of three weeks. Charles will also need to order new racks to hold the servers, switches, and other network devices. The racks have a two-week delivery time.

The data center supervisor requested that Charles replace all of the old power supplies and data cables. Charles will need to order these as well. Because Charles has a great relationship with the vendor, they guarantee that it will take only one week lead time for the power supplies and the data cables. Once the new ventilation system and racks arrive, Charles can begin installing them.

It will take one week to install the ventilation system and three weeks to install the racks. The renovation of the new data center can begin as soon as the contractors have been hired. The contractors tell Charles that construction will take 20 days. Once the construction begins and after Charles installs the ventilation system and racks, the city inspector must approve the construction of the raised floor.
The city inspector will take two days to approve the infrastructure. After the city inspection and after the new power supplies and cables have arrived, Charles can install the power supplies and run the cables. Charles estimates that it will take five days to install the power supplies and one week to run all of the data cables. Before Charles can assign an actual date for taking the network off line and switching to the hot remote site, he must get approval from each of the functional units (“Switchover Approval”).

Meetings with each of the functional units will require one week. During this time he can initiate a power check to ensure that each of the racks has sufficient voltage. This will require only one day.

Upon completion of the power check, he can take one week to install his test servers. The test servers will test all of the primary network functions and act as a safeguard before the network is taken off line. The batteries must be charged, ventilation installed, and test servers up and running before management can be assured that the new infrastructure is safe, which will take two days. Then they will sign off the Primary Systems check, taking one day of intense meetings. They will also set an official date for the network move.

Charles is happy that everything has gone well thus far and is convinced that the move will go just as smoothly. Now that an official date is set, the network will be shut down for a day. Charles must move all of the network components to the new data center. Charles will do the move over the weekendtwo dayswhen user traffic is at low point.

Assignment Guidelines

1. Use a TEMPLATE to develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the Future Technology Data Center relocation project (include a 50150-word description of the process you went through to create the WBS)
2. Use a TEMPLATE to develop a Risk Register for the Future Technology Data Center relocation project (include a 50150-word description of the process you went through to create the risk register)

Over the last 4 courses, you have performed aspects of forensic investigations. Select at least 2 reports or papers you created and use them as the source of information for 1 formal forensic investigation report. For example, you could choose the Week 3 analysis of mobile device databases. You may choose to include more than 2 reports or papers.

You have been assigned to create at least a 6-page (not including the cover page) forensic investigation report. Assume your report could be used as evidence in a court of law. Include the following elements in your report:

• Cover Page
• Executive Summary
• Purpose of the Investigation (you can create a purpose of the investigation that makes sense for the reports you are using)
• Methodology
• Evidence or Data Collected
• Report Findings
• Exhibits/Appendices
• ConclusionI

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The project incorporates three stepping stones, which were submitted in Modules Two, Three, and Four.

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Assignment Instructions Summary (Track B: Membership Inference)

This assignment is based on the official assignment brief document and the materials covered in Weeks 14 lectures and tutorials. The main objective is to perform a security and privacy review of an AI service, focusing on identifying vulnerabilities, testing them practicly, and proposing suitable defences.

The analysis must follow the structure provided in the assignment file, including:

• System understanding (architecture and trust boundaries)
• Identification of assets, attackers, and risks
• Designing an attack workflow
• Proposing defence strategies with justification
• Supporting analysis with figures, tables, and experimental evidence

  I will choos Track B: Membership Inference.This track focuses on analysing whether an attacker can determine if a specific data record was used in training the model, based on the models outputs.The implementation will be based on the provided file:

  • membership_inference_track.py
    

    Report Requirements

    The final submission will be:

    • One PDF report only
    • No code files will be submitted

    The report must:

    • Be scenario-specific (AI hiring API)
    • Include:
      • Figures (system architecture, attack workflow, defence workflow)
      • Tables (assetattackerharm)
      • Screenshots from code execution as evidence
    • Demonstrate:
      • Understanding of the system
      • Identification of vulnerabilities
      • Clear attack methodology
      • Justified defence design with trade-offs
        

        Coding Task (Track B)

        The coding task is minimal and only requires completing two missing lines in the provided script, After completing these lines, the script must be executed to generate results for analysis

        Required Screenshots

        Only screenshots are required (NOT full code submission). The report must include:

        1. Code Screenshot

        • Show ONLY the modified lines (the two completed lines in run_mia())

        2. Output Screenshot

        • Show the program output after running the code, including:
          • Baseline case results
          • Defended case results
        • Important values to capture:
          • member_mean_signal
          • nonmember_mean_signal
          • mia_attack_accuracy
          • threshold

        These outputs will be used as evidence in your discussion.

        Expected Analysis (Track B)

        In the report, you will:

        • Compare baseline vs defended model
        • Explain how defence techniques (e.g. regularization, label smoothing, dropout) reduce membership inference risk
        • Use your code results as supporting evidence

          please reffer to the attached files and read the assignment instructions careflly

    • • After you finished, provied a (Turnitin + AI) reports. Al