Remember that thread about Microsoft Cofee? The data forensics tool that Microsoft created a little while back? One word, leaked.
[quote=CrunchGear]It was one of the most sought after applications on the Internet until it was leaked earlier today. And now that it’s out there—and it is all over the place, easily findable by anyone able to use a search engine—we can all move on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft COFEE, the law enforcement tool that mystified so many of us (including Gizmodo~! and Ars Technica~!), is now available to download. If only there were a “bay” of some sort where, I don’t know, pirates hang out…
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:
With COFEE, law enforcement agencies without on-the-scene computer forensics capabilities can now more easily, reliably, and cost-effectively collect volatile live evidence. An officer with even minimal computer experience can be tutored—in less than 10 minutes—to use a pre-configured COFEE device. This enables the officer to take advantage of the same common digital forensics tools used by experts to gather important volatile evidence, while doing little more than simply inserting a USB device into the computer.
To reiterate: you have absolutely no use for the program. It’s not something like Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, an expensive application that you download for the hell of it on the off-chance you need to put Dave Meltzer’s face on Brett Hart’s body as part of a message board thread. No, COFEE is 100 percent useless to you.
Given that, what makes COFEE so mysterious, so special? The sole reason is because it’s never been available before (unless, of course, you’re a law enforcement official). People get a thrill by having something they’re not meant to have, and that effect is magnified online where you have chat rooms and message boards filled with people who get all excited over the idea of having some super-secret piece of software that was never meant to reside on their hard drive.
So that’s that then; Microsoft COFEE is out there. It’s not too big, either, at around 15MB. I’ve kept this post as cryptic as possible primarily to work y’all, and to put over COFEE as the most amazing thing to have never been leaked onto the Internet… until now~![/quote]
Fan-fucking-tastic. My prediction came true....
It didnt take long..
Well, that's no surprise. Nothing stays kept up in wraps for long once it hits the public.
A win for privacy I guess, since people will use this to figure out ways to safeguard against it.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;18246962]A win for privacy I guess, since people will use this to figure out ways to safeguard against it.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, but for the time being, you're fucked.
I'm not going to use this to secure blackmail against my close personal friends and associates.
[sp]that's a lie[/sp]
Holy shit, people are ignorant.
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;18246930]
Given that, what makes COFEE so mysterious, so special? The sole reason is because [b]it’s never been available before[/b] (unless, of course, you’re a law enforcement official).
[/QUOTE]
Apparently nobody knows what a fucking USB Switchblade is.
That sounds pretty cool, gonna cost a fuckload prob
[QUOTE=Saikotic;18247021]
Apparently nobody knows what a fucking USB Switchblade is.[/QUOTE]
those barely work for shit. not everyone stores their passwords in firefox and IE, wiseguy.
time 2 fuc sum brits up
So, what? Its a digital forensics tool?
I got backtrack, so I don't need it.
There are plenty of this things out there. What makes it so different than the rest?
[QUOTE=Syphen;18247172]So, what? Its a digital forensics tool?
I got backtrack, so I don't need it.
There are plenty of this things out there. What makes it so different than the rest?[/QUOTE]
It's made by Microsoft meaning they know their code inside and out, and surely they have backdoors placed in the code that noone knows about, that's why it's different...
[QUOTE=Saikotic;18247021]Holy shit, people are ignorant.
Apparently nobody knows what a fucking USB Switchblade is.[/QUOTE]
Those aren't truly effective, although Microsoft Cofee. That's a whole new meaning.
Waiting for [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/rating/book_error.png[/img]ers to give [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/rating/spellcheck.png[/img]'s to the first post.
There's always a leak.
You people are retarded, it doesn't find passwords or hidden files or anything sneaky like that. All it does is save the volatile data that would be lost when a computer is shut down (running processes, network settings/info, etc). The reports it generates are information that could easily be found using freeware programs, the only special thing about it is that it's all neatly packaged up to speed things up for law enforcement.
Whoever rated him Bad Spelling needs to learn to read.
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;18247224]It's made by Microsoft meaning they know their code inside and out, and surely they have backdoors placed in the code that noone knows about, that's why it's different...[/QUOTE]
Hmm, understandable, but now that it's been release "unwillingly" to the public, what do you think microsoft with do to rectify this?
Since it has been leaked, obviously people will use this for illegal purposes.
At some point Microsoft will have to make a patch for their own product. or something similair.
Unless they don't want to admit to the leak...
[QUOTE=AwesomeDino;18247319]Whoever rated him Bad Spelling needs to learn to read.[/QUOTE]
Then Cofee in the title needs to be capitalised.
[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;18247295]You people are retarded, it doesn't find passwords or hidden files or anything sneaky like that. All it does is save the volatile data that would be lost when a computer is shut down (running processes, network settings/info, etc). The reports it generates are information that could easily be found using freeware programs, the only special thing about it is that it's all neatly packaged up to speed things up for law enforcement.[/QUOTE]
It dumps the contents of memory to a USB drive. We get it.
[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;18247295]You people are retarded, it doesn't find passwords or hidden files or anything sneaky like that. All it does is save the volatile data that would be lost when a computer is shut down (running processes, network settings/info, etc). The reports it generates are information that could easily be found using freeware programs, the only special thing about it is that it's all neatly packaged up to speed things up for law enforcement.[/QUOTE]
Recording volatile data is what everyone's so jumpy about. No one in this thread has mentioned one thing about passwords.
(except for me ofc)
[QUOTE=radioactive;18247353]Then Cofee in the title needs to be capitalised.[/QUOTE]
Seriously? Also nice job on the spelling in capitalized. Genius.
[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;18247295]You people are retarded, it doesn't find passwords or hidden files or anything sneaky like that. All it does is save the volatile data that would be lost when a computer is shut down (running processes, network settings/info, etc). The reports it generates are information that could easily be found using freeware programs, the only special thing about it is that it's all neatly packaged up to speed things up for law enforcement.[/QUOTE]
Lol, its similar to freezing ram.
[url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=900[/url]
Interesting...
[QUOTE=Zeke129;18247360]It dumps the contents of memory to a USB drive. We get it.[/QUOTE]
No obviously people don't get it since they think it's some super secret all powerful hacking tool. It doesn't even dump the contents of the memory in it's entirety, it will litterally just dump a list of the running processes, a list of machines on the network, an ipconifg /all, and a bunch of system specs and shit like that.
There is NOTHING special about it.
Lawl, pwnt.
It's always nice to see the little guy staying one step ahead of the police-software complex.
Cofee's not that special, to be honest.
So if this of any use to the common person?
I've always preferred Tea.
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;18247377]Seriously? Also nice job on the spelling in capitalized. Genius.[/QUOTE]
Ignorant Americans...
holy shit stop getting butthurt over ratings
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