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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

Summary

We certainly learned quite a bit in this chapter. Feel free to wipe or delete your installations and try doing them again to become more acquainted with the processes for the different versions if need be.

In this chapter, we learned about the different versions of Kali Linux and the various platforms on which they can be installed and looked at the different methods for downloading different versions of Kali Linux. We then dived into the technical aspect by first learning how to create a bootable Kali Linux flash drive using Rufus utilizing the ISO image of Kali Linux, which we downloaded at the start of this chapter. We then learned how to install Kali on a physical device as a standalone OS and learned how to install Kali within VirtualBox as a VM.

In our next chapter, we will look at another method for installing Kali as a VM and learn how to install Kali on Raspberry Pi 4, followed by some post-installation tasks. See you in the next chapter.