Learning Outcomes
- Define the cyber-crime investigation mission, authority, ethics, safeguarding obligations and end-to-end case lifecycle.
- Classify cybercrime typologies and modus operandi while conducting victim-centred, harm-aware triage without premature attribution.
- Conduct structured complaint intake, preserve time-critical information and route Indian cybercrime and financial-fraud reports appropriately.
- Translate allegations into investigative questions, hypotheses, priorities, tasks, decision logs and reviewable case plans.
- Identify, preserve, collect, inventory and transfer digital evidence using minimum-change methods and complete custody records.
- Investigate internet, network, domain and email records by correlating identifiers, time and provider context without overstating identity.
- Use lawful OSINT and supplied social-media or messaging records to develop leads, verify claims and protect privacy and safety.
- Investigate digital-payment and financial-fraud records by tracing transaction evidence, mule indicators and urgent intervention points.
- Coordinate endpoint, mobile, cloud and IoT evidence requests with specialist examiners and preserve provenance across heterogeneous sources.
- Apply Indian cyber-law, criminal-procedure, electronic-evidence, CERT-In, provider-request and jurisdiction principles to an investigation plan.
- Correlate evidence, test competing explanations, conduct ethical interviews and produce clear findings with calibrated attribution and limitations.
- Defend an end-to-end cyber-crime investigation file for Project VajraNet under legal, evidential, ethical, safeguarding and quality constraints.
Certificate : DTF AI Academy
Course Features
- Lectures 72
- Quizzes 13
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 7
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Self
- 13 Sections
- 72 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Mission, Authority, Ethics and Case Lifecycle7 Items
Outcome: Define the cyber-crime investigation mission, authority, ethics, safeguarding obligations and end-to-end case lifecycle.
Case: Project VajraNet opens when a fictional Pune manufacturer reports supplier-email compromise, fraudulent UPI collections, employee impersonation and data exposure. The learner receives a written training mandate and synthetic records only.
Tools: Authority-and-scope matrix, Case lifecycle map, Ethics and safeguarding checklist
- 1.1Investigation is a governed truth-seeking process
- 1.2Authority defines technical boundaries
- 1.3Use the professional investigation routine
- 1.4Protect victims, witnesses and affected people
- 1.5Separate lead, fact, inference and allegation
- 1.6Open Project VajraNet with quality controls
- 1.7Module 1 Assessment — Mission, Authority, Ethics and Case Lifecycle5 Minutes5 Questions
- Cybercrime Typologies, Modus Operandi and Victim-Centred Triage7 Items
Outcome: Classify cybercrime typologies and modus operandi while conducting victim-centred, harm-aware triage without premature attribution.
Case: VajraNet complaints mention a look-alike domain, remote-access persuasion, SIM replacement, UPI collect requests, credential harvesting and threats to publish stolen files.
Tools: Typology map, Modus-operandi timeline, Harm and urgency triage
- 2.1Classify conduct without forcing one label
- 2.2Model the offender journey
- 2.3Triage harm and volatility
- 2.4Recognise high-frequency fraud patterns
- 2.5Manage secondary victimisation and bias
- 2.6Produce a defensible triage decision
- 2.7Module 2 Assessment — Cybercrime Typologies, Modus Operandi and Victim-Centred Triage5 Minutes5 Questions
- Complaint Intake, First Response and Indian Reporting Ecosystem7 Items
Outcome: Conduct structured complaint intake, preserve time-critical information and route Indian cybercrime and financial-fraud reports appropriately.
Case: A finance employee reports a fraudulent transfer within minutes; another complainant supplies screenshots, a UTR, a phone number and a look-alike domain but is unsure where to report.
Tools: Structured complaint record, First-response checklist, India routing and acknowledgement log
- 3.1Capture the account in the complainant’s words
- 3.2Preserve transaction and communication details
- 3.3Escalate financial cyber fraud immediately
- 3.4Use the NCRP accurately
- 3.5Issue preservation requests and advisories
- 3.6Close the first-response loop
- 3.7Module 3 Assessment — Complaint Intake, First Response and Indian Reporting Ecosystem5 Minutes5 Questions
- Investigation Planning, Hypotheses and Case Management7 Items
Outcome: Translate allegations into investigative questions, hypotheses, priorities, tasks, decision logs and reviewable case plans.
Case: VajraNet now contains three complainants, two domains, several accounts, a corporate endpoint alert and payment records. The team must decide what to test first.
Tools: Investigation plan, Hypothesis matrix, Task and decision register
- 4.1Translate allegations into answerable questions
- 4.2Build competing hypotheses
- 4.3Prioritise by harm, volatility and value
- 4.4Use identifiers and link analysis carefully
- 4.5Control tasks, disclosures and versions
- 4.6Review and re-plan at decision gates
- 4.7Module 4 Assessment — Investigation Planning, Hypotheses and Case Management5 Minutes5 Questions
- Digital Evidence Identification, Preservation and Custody7 Items
Outcome: Identify, preserve, collect, inventory and transfer digital evidence using minimum-change methods and complete custody records.
Case: The team receives an email export, firewall logs, two USB drives, a powered-on laptop, payment statements, CCTV and a cloud audit archive from separate custodians.
Tools: Evidence source map, Preservation and collection plan, Chain-of-custody register
- 5.1Identify evidence across the ecosystem
- 5.2Preserve before analysis
- 5.3Follow order of volatility
- 5.4Document collection reproducibly
- 5.5Maintain custody and secure storage
- 5.6Prepare electronic-record production
- 5.7Module 5 Assessment — Digital Evidence Identification, Preservation and Custody5 Minutes5 Questions
- Internet, Network, Domain and Email Investigation7 Items
Outcome: Investigate internet, network, domain and email records by correlating identifiers, time and provider context without overstating identity.
Case: The look-alike domain resolves through a CDN; email headers show several relays; access logs contain private, public and carrier-grade NAT addresses; time fields use UTC and IST.
Tools: Domain and infrastructure worksheet, Email-header trace, Network correlation table
- 6.1Parse internet identifiers in context
- 6.2Investigate domains and DNS
- 6.3Trace email without overclaiming headers
- 6.4Correlate network and security logs
- 6.5Handle URLs and web content safely
- 6.6Write provider-ready technical requests
- 6.7Module 6 Assessment — Internet, Network, Domain and Email Investigation5 Minutes5 Questions
- Social Media, Messaging and Lawful OSINT Investigation7 Items
Outcome: Use lawful OSINT and supplied social-media or messaging records to develop leads, verify claims and protect privacy and safety.
Case: Synthetic public posts, supplied chat exports, screenshots and platform notices appear to connect a fake executive profile to payment requests and a recruitment scam.
Tools: OSINT collection log, Profile and claim matrix, Platform preservation request
- 7.1Set an OSINT collection boundary
- 7.2Preserve social content with context
- 7.3Assess profiles and identifiers
- 7.4Verify media and claims
- 7.5Analyse supplied messaging records
- 7.6Protect vulnerable people and sensitive content
- 7.7Module 7 Assessment — Social Media, Messaging and Lawful OSINT Investigation5 Minutes5 Questions
- Financial Fraud and Digital-Payment Investigation7 Items
Outcome: Investigate digital-payment and financial-fraud records by tracing transaction evidence, mule indicators and urgent intervention points.
Case: VajraNet includes a UPI collect request, bank statement, payment-app screenshot, UTR, beneficiary accounts, rapid layering and withdrawals through alleged mule accounts.
Tools: Transaction evidence table, Funds-flow chart, Urgent action and provider log
- 8.1Reconstruct the transaction lifecycle
- 8.2Apply urgent financial-fraud response
- 8.3Trace funds with provenance
- 8.4Recognise mule and laundering indicators
- 8.5Correlate payment with communication and device evidence
- 8.6Prepare an investigator-ready financial pack
- 8.7Module 8 Assessment — Financial Fraud and Digital-Payment Investigation5 Minutes5 Questions
- Endpoint, Mobile, Cloud and IoT Evidence Coordination7 Items
Outcome: Coordinate endpoint, mobile, cloud and IoT evidence requests with specialist examiners and preserve provenance across heterogeneous sources.
Case: The case team must coordinate a live laptop, managed phone, cloud mailbox, SaaS audit logs, router records and a door-camera clip without performing specialist acquisition beyond competence.
Tools: Specialist request brief, Cross-source provenance map, Collection acceptance checklist
- 9.1Know when to preserve and escalate
- 9.2Coordinate endpoint evidence
- 9.3Coordinate mobile evidence
- 9.4Coordinate cloud and SaaS evidence
- 9.5Handle IoT, CCTV and network appliances
- 9.6Accept and reconcile specialist results
- 9.7Module 9 Assessment — Endpoint, Mobile, Cloud and IoT Evidence Coordination5 Minutes5 Questions
- Legal Process, Provider Requests and Jurisdiction in India7 Items
Outcome: Apply Indian cyber-law, criminal-procedure, electronic-evidence, CERT-In, provider-request and jurisdiction principles to an investigation plan.
Case: Evidence and providers span Maharashtra, another Indian state and an overseas cloud service. The team must distinguish preservation, voluntary production, search, seizure and formal cross-border assistance.
Tools: Legal-process decision matrix, Provider request worksheet, Jurisdiction and escalation note
- 10.1Map conduct to current law cautiously
- 10.2Apply search, seizure and recording process
- 10.3Prepare electronic evidence for proof
- 10.4Use preservation and disclosure processes correctly
- 10.5Address CERT-In and organisational duties
- 10.6Plan cross-border and multi-jurisdiction work
- 10.7Module 10 Assessment — Legal Process, Provider Requests and Jurisdiction in India5 Minutes5 Questions
- Analysis, Attribution, Interviews and Reporting7 Items
Outcome: Correlate evidence, test competing explanations, conduct ethical interviews and produce clear findings with calibrated attribution and limitations.
Case: VajraNet evidence links a domain, mailbox rule, VPN session, payment account and device notification, but shared credentials, automation and compromised accounts remain plausible.
Tools: Evidence matrix, Interview plan, Investigation report and peer review
- 11.1Correlate with source independence in mind
- 11.2Test attribution in layers
- 11.3Conduct ethical, planned interviews
- 11.4Analyse contradictions and negative findings
- 11.5Write a clear investigation report
- 11.6Peer review and disclose corrections
- 11.7Module 11 Assessment — Analysis, Attribution, Interviews and Reporting5 Minutes5 Questions
- Capstone - Project VajraNet7 Items
Outcome: Defend an end-to-end cyber-crime investigation file for Project VajraNet under legal, evidential, ethical, safeguarding and quality constraints.
Case: The final synthetic case pack contains complaints, email and DNS records, endpoint alerts, public posts, supplied chats, bank and UPI records, provider returns, custody forms and conflicting timestamps. Learners must decide what can be concluded, protected and escalated.
Tools: End-to-end investigation file, Findings and limitations report, Executive briefing and defence
- 12.1Confirm mandate, harms and questions
- 12.2Build the evidence and task plan
- 12.3Preserve and validate the supplied records
- 12.4Correlate communications, infrastructure and funds
- 12.5Report findings, limits and next lawful steps
- 12.6Defend, review and improve the investigation
- 12.7Module 12 Assessment — Capstone – Project VajraNet5 Minutes5 Questions
- Final Examination1 ItemFinal assessment for Cyber Crime Investigation. Passing score: 70%.
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