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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. Which of the following should be included in your response kit?

    a. A digital camera

    b. Latex gloves

    c. A write-blocking device

    d. All of the above

  2. You must use commercial software to perform a valid forensic examination.

    a. True

    b. False

  3. What questions need to be asked when you receive digital evidence?

    a. Why was the digital evidence seized?

    b. Where is the chain of custody?

    c. Who has accessed the evidence?

    d. All of the above

  4. RAM is the most volatile of evidence.

    a. True

    b. False

  5. The chain of custody documents _____________.

    a. Who accessed the evidence

    b. Who witnessed the crime

    c. The suspect's fingerprints

    d. None of the above

  6. Which of the following is best for a digital forensic exam?

    a. A forensic copy

    b. A forensic image

    c. A logical forensic image

    d. Both B and C

  7. Which of the following is a hashing algorithm?

    a. CDC

    b. FBI

    c. MD5

    d. LSD

The answers can be found at the end of the book in the Assessments section.