Microsoft Forensic Tool in the Hands of Hackers
    
		Microsoft has a special computer forensics tool designed  only for law enforcement. Now, the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor  (COFEE) has been leaked on the Internet, and the fear is that hackers can use  the tool to sidestep these very forensic techniques. 
The tool is designed to nab computer information including  evidence of child pornography and other crimes -- the same approach I see on  every other episode of "Law & Order."
This may not be a huge deal. Hackers already have plenty of  tools for snooping, and I'm not sure having COFEE out in the wild is a game  changer. Tell me where I'm wrong at [email protected].
 
	Posted by Doug Barney on November 16, 2009