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Learn Computer Forensics

By : William Oettinger
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Learn Computer Forensics

By: William Oettinger

Overview of this book

A computer forensics investigator must possess a variety of skills, including the ability to answer legal questions, gather and document evidence, and prepare for an investigation. This book will help you get up and running with using digital forensic tools and techniques to investigate cybercrimes successfully. Starting with an overview of forensics and all the open source and commercial tools needed to get the job done, you'll learn core forensic practices for searching databases and analyzing data over networks, personal devices, and web applications. You'll then learn how to acquire valuable information from different places, such as filesystems, e-mails, browser histories, and search queries, and capture data remotely. As you advance, this book will guide you through implementing forensic techniques on multiple platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and macOS, to demonstrate how to recover valuable information as evidence. Finally, you'll get to grips with presenting your findings efficiently in judicial or administrative proceedings. By the end of this book, you'll 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)
1
Section 1: Acquiring Evidence
6
Section 2: Investigation
12
Section 3: Reporting

Questions

  1. Peer-to-Peer filesharing is used to share illegal files only.

    a. True

    b. False

  2. What will the first responder identify?

    a. Potential victims

    b. Witnesses

    c. Subjects

    d. All of the above

  3. You may find digital evidence in every type of investigation.

    a. True

    b. False

  4. Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the rights of citizens from unlawful search and seizure?

    a. First

    b. Second

    c. Third

    d. Fourth

  5. What is a "binary"?

    a. A star

    b. An attached file

    c. A USENET post

    d. A web browsing artifact

  6. What is required in the United States to obtain subscriber information?

    a. A search warrant

    b. A subpoena

    c. Consent

    d. Hacking

  7. Criminals use social media for illegal purposes.

    a. True

    b. False

The answers can be found in the back of this book, under Assessments