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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)

Outlook mailbox parsing with Intella

Intella is a very powerful digital forensic and eDiscovery tool capable of processing, searching, and analyzing Electronically Stored Information (ESI). One of its main features is visual analytics. This feature can help an examiner to understand the ESI and custodian relationships better. In this recipe, we will show you how to parse an Outlook mailbox with this tool.

Getting ready

If you don't have a valid Intella license, you can get a free 14-day trial version from Vound Software's website (check the See also section). You will also need a PST or OST file to follow this recipe. It's easy to get one: simply use your own email address with Outlook, then go to C:\Users\...