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Windows Forensics Analyst Field Guide

By : Muhiballah Mohammed
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Book Image

Windows Forensics Analyst Field Guide

5 (1)
By: Muhiballah Mohammed

Overview of this book

In this digitally driven era, safeguarding against relentless cyber threats is non-negotiable. This guide will enable you to enhance your skills as a digital forensic examiner by introducing you to cyber challenges that besiege modern entities. It will help you to understand the indispensable role adept digital forensic experts play in preventing these threats and equip you with proactive tools to defend against ever-evolving cyber onslaughts. The book begins by unveiling the intricacies of Windows operating systems and their foundational forensic artifacts, helping you master the art of streamlined investigative processes. From harnessing opensource tools for artifact collection to delving into advanced analysis, you’ll develop the skills needed to excel as a seasoned forensic examiner. As you advance, you’ll be able to effortlessly amass and dissect evidence to pinpoint the crux of issues. You’ll also delve into memory forensics tailored for Windows OS, decipher patterns within user data, and log and untangle intricate artifacts such as emails and browser data. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to robustly counter computer intrusions and breaches, untangle digital complexities with unwavering assurance, and stride confidently in the realm of digital forensics.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1:Windows OS Forensics and Lab Preparation
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Part 2:Windows OS Additional Artifacts

Using Volatility to analyze memory dumps and plugins

Volatility is an open source memory forensics framework used to analyze the contents of volatile memory. It provides digital forensic investigators with the ability to extract artifacts from memory dumps, such as running processes, open files, and network connections. The tool is widely used by incident response teams and forensic investigators to collect and analyze volatile memory for evidence in investigations.

Memory forensics is a critical component of modern digital forensics, and the ability to analyze volatile memory is essential in detecting advanced threats, such as rootkits and file-less malware. The volatility framework provides a robust set of features and capabilities to analyze volatile memory and is considered a leading tool in the field of memory forensics.

The Volatility framework supports various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and macOS. In this section, we will focus on the use of Volatility...