DEF CON 19 - Tyler Cohen - Look At What My Car Can Do
Channel: DEFCONConference
Date: 2013-11-02

This presentation is an introduction to the new world of automobile communication, data and entertainment systems, highlighting the Ford Sync System.

The Ford Sync System is a remarkable technological advance that has changed the automobile industry. While hard drives have been used in automobile entertainment applications for some time now, the Ford Sync System is different. It allows the user to interact with the car's communication system in a brand new way. If a vehicle with the Ford Sync system is used to commit a crime or to hide data, how would examiners be able to determine what data might be contained in the Ford Sync System? How does it get there? What forensic process or type of exploitation can be used to determine what traces are left behind on the car's hard drive? This presentation will take the audience through the process of various methods of infilling, hiding, acquiring data, and conducting a forensic exam on the Ford Sync System.

Tyler Cohen is known in the digital forensic community for her work with forensics on alternate media devices and has given presentations at conferences all over the country on the topic, including the Defense Cybercrime Conference, High Tech Crime Investigation Association, Defcon, TechnoSecuity, Technoforensics, and the California District Attorney Association. She has co-authored a book entitled Alternate Data Storage Forensics (ISBN - 13: 978-1-59749-163-1) and was featured in Best Damn Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Book Period (ISBN-13: 978-1-59749-228-7). She currently works for the Department of Defense. Prior to that she worked for General Dynamics, assigned to the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) where she was a lead digital forensic examiner. Here she used her expertise in intrusion analysis and major crimes to successfully complete digital forensic exams. Before joining DC3, she was employed at ISS/IBM as an emergency incident responder and forensic examiner where she also showcased her expertise in intrusion analysis, major crimes and PCI standards. Prior to that, she worked for NASA as a Computer Forensic Examiner under the computer crimes division for the Inspector General.