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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 FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Kali Linux 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

Understanding Filesystems and Storage Media

It takes a lot more than just technical know-how to be a digital forensic investigator. There's a lot of research, processes, and analytics that also go into the case itself. Consider a scenario where you need to build a house. Sure, we need wood, nails, cement, metal, glass, and all other raw materials, and we also require the skilled laborers and contractors to construct the structure and piece it together. Apart from the materials, tools, and resources, we would have also done our research to ensure that we understood what is needed for this to be a successful project.

For instance, we would have had to obtain permits to build, perform soil analysis, consider the weather, and then choose to specify types of materials based on the weather, location, soil type, and so on. It goes without saying that there must be understanding...

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