UG department of Criminology, School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya organized a two day for Workshop on Digital Forensics and Ethical Hacking on 29 and 30 September 2022 in Maria Paiva Hall.
The program began with students of II-BA, Ms. Diya and Rinisha invoking God's blessings in the form of a song. Ms.Sarik Ankitha, Head Department of Criminology welcomed the gathering, and also gave a brief introduction about the Chief guest ACP Geeta Kulkarni and the resource person, Mr. Samarth Bhaskar Bhat. This was followed by the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries.
Mrs.Geeta Kulkarni, ACP Traffic subdivision, Mangaluru City Police inaugurated the program, by addressing the students. Ms.Geeta Kulkarni, who had served in CID and cyber crime department called this workshop 'a need of the hour' and emphasized the importance of educating oneself on both the good and bad of the cyber world, to prevent the bad and do only the good.
Following this, Dr. Juliet C J Principal of the college gave the presidential address, in which she spoke about the necessity of being educated on topics like ethical Hacking.
The resource person for the workshop was Mr.Samarat Bhaskar Bhat, technical director of reverse engineering at Infosec Bangaluru.
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The Vote of thanks for the inaugural session was delivered by Aysha Falah, student of 3rd BA
Mr. Samrat Bhaskar Bhat, Commenced the workshop with the question 'what is hacking?'. He extensively covered various aspects of cyber forensics inclusive of both theory, demonstrations, and practicals. He covered topics such as hacking, different methods to hack, and how to detect malware. He also introduced the student to different websites used to monitor the devices and methods of their operation.
In the afternoon session, he enlightened them about the essentials of hacking, keyloggers, ransomware, ways to Hack Email, Windows, and social media, and measures to protect your devices from being hacked.
Day one was indeed a leap into the world of cyber forensics filled with ample learning and surprises.
The workshop consisted of a large number of student participants including the student delegates from NITTE university and students of Roshni Nilaya, who benefited from this informative workshop.
Day 2 of the workshop commenced at 9:30 am on the 30th of September 2022 at Maria Paiva hall, School of Social work, Roshni Nilaya. Mr.Samrat Bhaskar Bhat, the resource person covered numerous topics beginning with 'the line of defense' that must be adhered to for safer cyber browsing. Following which he provided insight into, what is cyber forensics, How cyber investigation is conducted, And the necessary tools involved.
In the afternoon session, The students were asked to register on a police training website, wherein they were assigned to solve cybersecurity-related challenges such as phishing, deleted data recovery, RAM analysis, PDF forensics, etc.
Towards the end, he introduced the students to the Darknet, cryptocurrencies, and various hardware used In hacking. Study Materials and necessary software were also provided. The two days workshop ended with a Q&A session followed by a group photo. it comprised both theory and practical insight into ethical hacking and cyber forensics, thus making it interesting, worthwhile, and very beneficial. A total of 58 students participated in the session.
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