Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Windows Forensics Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Forensics Cookbook Over 60 practical recipes to acquire memory data and analyze systems with the latest Windows forensic tools

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781784390495
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Concepts
Arrow right icon
Authors (2):
Arrow left icon
Oleg Skulkin Oleg Skulkin
Author Profile Icon Oleg Skulkin
Oleg Skulkin
Scar de Courcier Scar de Courcier
Author Profile Icon Scar de Courcier
Scar de Courcier
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Digital Forensics and Evidence Acquisition FREE CHAPTER 2. Windows Memory Acquisition and Analysis 3. Windows Drive Acquisition 4. Windows File System Analysis 5. Windows Shadow Copies Analysis 6. Windows Registry Analysis 7. Main Windows Operating System Artifacts 8. Web Browser Forensics 9. Email and Instant Messaging Forensics 10. Windows 10 Forensics 11. Data Visualization 12. Troubleshooting in Windows Forensic Analysis

Making a timeline in Autopsy

Autopsy is a popular piece of open source freeware with many advocates in the digital forensics community. The tool performs all the basic functions required for investigative work, and also makes it easy for technical users to extend it by creating compatible plugins.

The timeline feature is generally loaded within a case that is already running, and ideally needs to have several options enabled in order to be used efficiently, these being:

  • Hash lookup with NSRL
  • Recent activity
  • EXIF data

Getting ready

First, load up your case in Autopsy and then click Timeline at the top of the page. A new window will now open, which will give you access to the Timeline feature.

Although Autopsy's Timeline...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime