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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

You're reading from   Digital Forensics with Kali Linux Perform data acquisition, digital investigation, and threat analysis using Kali Linux tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788625005
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shiva V. N. Parasram Shiva V. N. Parasram
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Preface 1. Introduction to Digital Forensics 2. Installing Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding Filesystems and Storage Media 4. Incident Response and Data Acquisition 5. Evidence Acquisition and Preservation with DC3DD and Guymager 6. File Recovery and Data Carving with Foremost, Scalpel, and Bulk Extractor 7. Memory Forensics with Volatility 8. Autopsy – The Sleuth Kit 9. Network and Internet Capture Analysis with Xplico 10. Revealing Evidence Using DFF

Documentation and evidence collection

Documentation of the scene should also be done by the first responders to aid in investigations. Documentation of the scene should include photographs, video, voice recording, and manual documentation of the following:

  • Room that the device is located in (desk, ceiling, entrance/exit, windows, lighting, electrical outlets, and data drops)
  • State of the device (on, off, power light blinking)
  • Screen contents, if the device is on (operating system, running programs, date and time, wired and/or wireless network connectivity)
  • Books, notes, pieces of paper
  • Connected and disconnected cables

Once the scene has been secured and documented by the first responders, the forensic investigator should also be called in, if not already alerted.

If the first responder has been trained in evidence collection and preservation, they can also begin the process...

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