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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

Acquiring memory using FTK Imager


Memory is a very important source of evidence in an investigation process. All activities that happen on a system are usually reflected in the memory at the time.

The following is a step-by-step guide to acquire a system's volatile memory using the product FTK Imager.

This can be downloaded for free at http://accessdata.com/product-download.

  1. Run FTK Imager as an administrator, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. Click on the File menu and select Capture Memory, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Browse the destination folder, where you want to save the acquired memory dump, as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Click on Browse and create a destination folder, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. After creating the destination folder, click on Capture Memory, as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. Click on Capture Memory and the memory dumping will start, as shown in the following screenshot:

  7. Creation of pagefile starts after the completion of memory dump,...