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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux - Third Edition

By : Shiva V. N. Parasram
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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux - Third Edition

By: Shiva V. N. Parasram

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is a Linux-based distribution that's widely used for penetration testing and digital forensics. This third edition is updated with real-world examples and detailed labs to help you take your investigation skills to the next level using powerful tools. This new edition will help you explore modern techniques for analysis, extraction, and reporting using advanced tools such as FTK Imager, Hex Editor, and Axiom. You’ll cover the basics and advanced areas of digital forensics within the world of modern forensics while delving into the domain of operating systems. As you advance through the chapters, you'll explore various formats for file storage, including secret hiding places unseen by the end user or even the operating system. You’ll also discover how to install Windows Emulator, Autopsy 4 in Kali, and how to use Nmap and NetDiscover to find device types and hosts on a network, along with creating forensic images of data and maintaining integrity using hashing tools. Finally, you'll cover advanced topics such as autopsies and acquiring investigation data from networks, memory, and operating systems. By the end of this digital forensics book, you'll have gained hands-on experience in implementing all the pillars of digital forensics: acquisition, extraction, analysis, and presentation – all using Kali Linux's cutting-edge tools.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Blue and Purple Teaming Fundamentals
7
Part 2: Digital Forensics and Incident Response Fundamentals and Best Practices
10
Part 3: Kali Linux Digital Forensics and Incident Response Tools
15
Part 4: Automated Digital Forensics and Incident Response Suites
18
Part 5: Network Forensic Analysis Tools

Ransomware analysis using Volatility 3

For our last section, let’s revisit the very powerful RAM analysis tool called Volatility 3, which we covered in Chapter 10, Memory Forensics and Analysis with Volatility 3. Feel free to take a moment to review that chapter before moving ahead.

In this lab, we’ll be using a memory dump called wcry.raw, which contains information about a WannaCry ransomware infection on a Windows system. We will be analyzing it using a variety of Volatility 3 plugins.

Let’s first download and extract our sample memory dump, which we will later move to our Volatility installation folder for analysis:

  1. The WannaCry memory dump file can be downloaded from https://mega.nz/file/7Z1ySZBT#KX5ZJKYzQgDHSa72lPFwqKL6CsZS7oQGbyyQrMTH9XY.

I’ve downloaded the WannaCry memory dump file to my Downloads folder, which is named wannacry pw- infected.7z.

  1. To extract the file, right-click on the .7z file and click on Extract Here...