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Windows Forensics Cookbook

By : Scar de Courcier, Oleg Skulkin
Book Image

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)

Parsing Windows 10 Notifications

Windows 10 features notifications, called Toast notifications, which pop up in the bottom right of the screen. These can be set up for a number of different requirements, but are on by default for news relating to application updates and security.

It is possible for users to set up notifications to remind themselves of tasks, as well as events and email alerts. In this chapter, we will look at the usefulness of Windows 10 notifications in forensic investigations, and how to parse them.

Getting ready

Details of notifications are stored in the following location:

\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications

The name of the database will differ depending on the build version of...