Be a Better Detective #2

Crossing the legal boundaries line in a digital forensic investigation

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Husam Shbib
June 28, 2025

Hello Everyone. It is Husam! Thank you for being part of this journey. Let’s try to be better cybersecurity & digital forensics warriors EVERY SINGLE DAY *_^

These series of posts are real-world challenges/mistakes faced/made by digital forensic practitioners. Try to solve them yourself and sharpen your investigative skills ^_^

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You are investigating a case involving a suspected compromise, and the company suspects sensitive data has been exfiltrated. You are diving into the files, folders, and artifacts - connecting the dots and making progress.

But then, you stumble upon a secure encrypted container. Your instinct kicks in, and you assume the suspect used it to bundle up critical data for exfiltration.

Being a curious (and experienced) penetration tester, your red team brain tells you: Let’s crack it!

And you did, successfully.

Inside, you discovered credentials for a social media account.

Your curiosity grows, and you decided to try logging in to the account. You succeed it again and start reading messages.

Now, you might think: Great! I am uncovering evidence.

All part of the job, right?

𝐁𝐞 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 🕵
Hope such content opened your eyes and make you more aware in such cases.

Here is the task: Is this wrong or not? Why? If so, what would you have done differently instead? Put you answer in the comment section, so I can review it for you.

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