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Computer Forensics with FTK

By : Fernando Carbone
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Computer Forensics with FTK

By: Fernando Carbone

Overview of this book

<p>With the increase of electronic crimes and the need to constantly audit the proper use of resources, companies need qualified professionals and appropriate tools to carry out these activities. The FTK platform, with the ability to collect and analyze digital evidence quickly and with integrity, is a great solution to help professionals achieve these goals. It is extremely useful for conducting digital investigations, helping you conduct a thorough investigation through a single tool and ensure the integrity of evidence. It is hard to find technical information on this tool and that’s where this book will come in handy, helping professionals perform their activities with greater excellence.</p> <p>This tutorial leads by example, providing you with everything you need to use FTK and the tools included such as FTK Imager, Registry View, and PRTK in order to enhance your Computer Forensics knowledge in an easier and more efficient way.</p> <p>You will be introduced to the background of Computer Forensics, which include the types of digital devices that can be acquired and how to prepare for a new case of investigation. You will become acquainted with the FTK architecture and learn how to leverage its features in order to help you find the evidence as fast as possible. Through this book, you will also learn the memory forensics technique using the memory dump feature of FTK Imager. Furthermore, you will learn how to extract some important information such as process and DLL information, Sockets, and Driver List Open Handles.</p> <p>To conclude your tutorial, you will learn how to extract information from Windows Registry and how to recover passwords from the system and files. You will find this book an invaluable supplement to teach you all the steps required for the completion of investigations on digital media and to generate consistent and irrefutable evidence in court.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Computer Forensics with FTK
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Computer Forensics Using FTK
Index

Narrowing the case with KFF


The Known File Filter (KFF) is a database utility that compares known filehash values against your case files.

Using the KFF during your analysis, we can do the following:

  • Immediately identify and ignore 40 to 70 percent of files

  • Immediately identify known contraband files

    Note

    A hash is based on data and not names or extensions.

The KFF database is based on NSRL from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and can be downloaded from the AccessData website at http://www.accessdata.com/support/product-downloads.

The KFF can be selected in the New Case Wizard or later, using the Additional Analysis feature.

To import a new KFF database and define a group, perform the following steps:

  1. Click on Manage and select KFF.

  2. Click on Import to select a new database.

  3. To locate a database file, click on Add File.

  4. Select the Status: Alert or Ignore.

  5. Insert the path where file is located.

  6. Click on OK to go back to KFF Hash Import Tool.

  7. Click on Import to process your new KFF database...