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Learning Network Forensics

By : Samir Datt
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Learning Network Forensics

By: Samir Datt

Overview of this book

We live in a highly networked world. Every digital device—phone, tablet, or computer is connected to each other, in one way or another. In this new age of connected networks, there is network crime. Network forensics is the brave new frontier of digital investigation and information security professionals to extend their abilities to catch miscreants on the network. The book starts with an introduction to the world of network forensics and investigations. You will begin by getting an understanding of how to gather both physical and virtual evidence, intercepting and analyzing network data, wireless data packets, investigating intrusions, and so on. You will further explore the technology, tools, and investigating methods using malware forensics, network tunneling, and behaviors. By the end of the book, you will gain a complete understanding of how to successfully close a case.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning Network Forensics
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Revisiting the TAARA investigation methodology


Let's do a quick review of the TAARA network forensics and incident response methodology.

As we learned in Chapter 1, Becoming Network 007s, TAARA stands for the following:

  • Trigger: This is the event that leads to an investigation.

  • Acquire: This is the process that is set in motion by the trigger; this is predefined as part of the incident response plan and involves identifying, acquiring, and collecting information and evidence relating to the incident. This includes getting information related to the triggers, reasons for suspecting an incident, and identifying and acquiring sources of evidence for subsequent analysis.

  • Analysis: All the evidence that is collected is now collated, correlated, and analyzed. The sequence of events is identified. The pertinent questions relating to whether the incident actually occurred or not; if it did, what exactly happened, how it happened, who was involved, what is the extent of the compromise, and so on are...