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Windows Forensics Cookbook

By : Scar de Courcier, Oleg Skulkin
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Windows Forensics Cookbook

By: Scar de Courcier, Oleg Skulkin

Overview of this book

Windows Forensics Cookbook provides recipes to overcome forensic challenges and helps you carry out effective investigations easily on a Windows platform. You will begin with a refresher on digital forensics and evidence acquisition, which will help you to understand the challenges faced while acquiring evidence from Windows systems. Next you will learn to acquire Windows memory data and analyze Windows systems with modern forensic tools. We also cover some more in-depth elements of forensic analysis, such as how to analyze data from Windows system artifacts, parse data from the most commonly-used web browsers and email services, and effectively report on digital forensic investigations. You will see how Windows 10 is different from previous versions and how you can overcome the specific challenges it brings. Finally, you will learn to troubleshoot issues that arise while performing digital forensic investigations. By the end of the book, you will be able to carry out forensics investigations efficiently.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Google Chrome analysis with Magnet AXIOM

Google Chrome is another very popular web browser. You will find its artifacts during many forensic examinations, not only on Windows systems, but also macOS, Linux, and even mobile platforms. With the help of this recipe you will learn how to parse Google Chrome artifacts with Magnet AXIOM.

Getting ready

Of course, you can use the whole forensic image as the source, but it is much faster to extract the Google Chrome folder from the user's profile, as this greatly reduces the dataset that has to be parsed. Here is where you can find the folders you need:

Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome

Windows Vista and above:

C:\Users...