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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is a Linux-based distribution used mainly for penetration testing and digital forensics. It has a wide range of tools to help in forensics investigations and incident response mechanisms. You will start by understanding the fundamentals of digital forensics and setting up your Kali Linux environment to perform different investigation practices. The book will delve into the realm of operating systems and the various formats for file storage, including secret hiding places unseen by the end user or even the operating system. The book will also teach you to create forensic images of data and maintain integrity using hashing tools. Next, you will also master some advanced topics such as autopsies and acquiring investigation data from the network, operating system memory, and so on. The book introduces you to powerful tools that will take your forensic abilities and investigations to a professional level, catering for all aspects of full digital forensic investigations from hashing to reporting. By the end of this book, you will have had hands-on experience in implementing all the pillars of digital forensics—acquisition, extraction, analysis, and presentation using Kali Linux tools.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
Disclaimer
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
10
Revealing Evidence Using DFF

Documentation and evidence collection


Documentation of the scene should also be done by the first responders to aid in investigations. Documentation of the scene should include photographs, video, voice recording, and manual documentation of the following:

  • Room that the device is located in (desk, ceiling, entrance/exit, windows, lighting, electrical outlets, and data drops)
  • State of the device (on, off, power light blinking)
  • Screen contents, if the device is on (operating system, running programs, date and time, wired and/or wireless network connectivity)
  • Books, notes, pieces of paper
  • Connected and disconnected cables

Once the scene has been secured and documented by the first responders, the forensic investigator should also be called in, if not already alerted.

If the first responder has been trained in evidence collection and preservation, they can also begin the process of acquiring what can be considered as physical evidence.

Examples of physical evidence include:

  • Computer towers.
  • Laptops.
  • Tablets...