Microsoft COFEE – Hot!
p2pnet news view | Crime:-It’s all over the place.
Microsoft cofee, that is.
And no, that’s not a typo. That’s the way Steve and the Boyz describe their law enforcement tool “that mystified so many of us,” says TechCrunch.
Said the Seattle Times earlier in the year »»»
Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.
The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB “thumb drive” that was quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith described its use to the 350 law-enforcement experts attending a company conference …
The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in real-world crime, as well as cybercrime.
Says Microsoft »»»
Law enforcement agencies around the world face a common challenge in their fight against cybercrime, child pornography, online fraud, and other computer-facilitated crimes: 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?
So »»»
To help combat the growing number of ways that criminals use computers and the Internet to commit crimes, Microsoft is working with INTERPOL and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to provide COFEE at no cost to law enforcement agencies in 187 countries worldwide. INTERPOL and NW3C are also working with Florida State University and University College Dublin to continue the research and development that will help ensure that COFEE serves the needs of law enforcement, even as technology evolves.
Want one?
No problem.
It won’t be of any practical use to you, TechCrunch points out. But still … 
“I’m not mentioning any names, nor will there be any screenshots, but the resourceful among you will be able to find the application, it says, adding:
“So that’s that then; Microsoft COFEE is out there. It’s not too big, either, at around 15MB.”
(Cheers, Andrew)
TechCrunch – Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!, November 6, 2009
Seattle Times – Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime, April 29, 2009
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November 9th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
SO does windows 7 still look good to ya? One more reason no to run Windows or run it in a VM so you can wipe it…fast.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Other than a nosy girlfriend….. I have no reason to “wipe it fast.”
Microsoft helping out law enforcement after they have a warrant seems fine to me.