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CrunchGear: Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!
TorrentFreak: COFEE Forensic Tool Leaks To What.cd, Admins Ban It
DarkReading - All Stories: Microsoft Forensics Tool For Law Enforcement Leaked Online
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http://bit.ly/2qRa5L - I wouldn't buy an operating system from a company that also offered this kind of tool for it. 7 days ago |
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Micro$oft Cofee "Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor" http://tinyurl.com/yl3v4ox #COFEE capture evidence in cyber investigation 13 days ago |
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Microsoft forensic tools leaked: http://tinyurl.com/yzrbdjr | Official MS page: http://tinyurl.com/yl3v4ox | I wonder if COFEE is in Java? 17 days ago |
Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!
CrunchGear —
... I’m not mentioning any names, nor will there be any screenshots, but the resourceful among you will be able to find the application. Not that it’ll do you any good, since this is how Microsoft describes COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor: ...
COFEE Forensic Tool Leaks To What.cd, Admins Ban It
TorrentFreak —
... says the marketing blurb on Microsoft’s site.
“They must capture important evidence on a computer at the scene of an investigation before it is powered down and removed for later analysis. ‘Live’ evidence, such as active system processes and network data, is volatile and may be lost in the process of turning off a computer. How does an officer on the scene effectively do this if he or she is not a trained computer forensics expert?”
Using COFEE, of course.
The Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) is a piece of ...
Microsoft Forensics Tool For Law Enforcement Leaked Online
DarkReading - All Stories —
Microsoft Forensics Tool For Law Enforcement Leaked Online Security experts worry cybercriminals will figure out ways to circumvent the tool, which was discovered in a file-sharing forum Nov 09, 2009 | 05:16 PM By Kelly Jackson Higgins DarkReading A forensics tool built by Microsoft exclusively for law enforcement officials worldwide was posted to a file-sharing site, leaving the USB-based tool at risk of falling into the wrong hands. COFEE is a free, USB-based set of tools, which Microsoft offers only to law enforcement, that plugs into a computer to gather evidence ...
Microsoft issues takedown notices over spilled COFEE
Ars Technica —
... Microsoft has been issuing takedown notices for publicly hosting its leaked Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) tool. The company sent off "Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity" to companies hosting websites that offered the tool. The e-mails all start with the following standard statement: "Microsoft has received information that the domain listed above, which appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted works published by Microsoft." ...
