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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By : William Oettinger
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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By: William Oettinger

Overview of this book

Computer Forensics, being a broad topic, involves a variety of skills which will involve seizing electronic evidence, acquiring data from electronic evidence, data analysis, and finally developing a forensic report. This book will help you to build up the skills you need to work in a highly technical environment. This book's ideal goal is to get you up and running with forensics tools and techniques to successfully investigate crime and corporate misconduct. You will discover ways to collect personal information about an individual from online sources. You will also learn how criminal investigations are performed online while preserving data such as e-mails, images, and videos that may be important to a case. You will further explore networking and understand Network Topologies, IP Addressing, and Network Devices. Finally, you will how to write a proper forensic report, the most exciting portion of the forensic exam process. By the end of this book, you will have developed a clear understanding of how to acquire, analyze, and present digital evidence, like a proficient computer forensics investigator.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Identifying physical locations

Knowing the system’s physical location may help you prove or disprove the allegations against the subject you are investigating. For example, there was an investigation into a compromise of the organization’s network. A former employee was the suspect in the attack because of their threats during the termination process. When the suspect was interviewed, he denied being in the area and stated he was out of state. A judge authorized a search warrant for the suspect’s mobile device and laptop computer. When conducting the forensic analysis of the laptop, the examiner found it to have been recently restored to a new version of the operating system. Artifacts in the unallocated space led us to believe the user had wiped the device. (The user overwrote all available sectors with hexadecimal 00 characters.) The suspect had not tampered with the mobile device, and we could analyze the device. We were able to map out the Wi-Fi hotspots the...