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Learn Computer Forensics

You're reading from   Learn Computer Forensics A beginner's guide to searching, analyzing, and securing digital evidence

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648176
Length 368 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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William Oettinger William Oettinger
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Acquiring Evidence
2. Chapter 1: Types of Computer-Based Investigations FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Forensic Analysis Process 4. Chapter 3: Acquisition of Evidence 5. Chapter 4: Computer Systems 6. Section 2: Investigation
7. Chapter 5: Computer Investigation Process 8. Chapter 6: Windows Artifact Analysis 9. Chapter 7: RAM Memory Forensic Analysis 10. Chapter 8: Email Forensics – Investigation Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Internet Artifacts 12. Section 3: Reporting
13. Chapter 10: Report Writing 14. Chapter 11: Expert Witness Ethics 15. Assessments 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Determining account usage

Identifying the user behind the keyboard is one of the hardest things you have to do when conducting a digital forensic examination. You will have to parse through many artifacts to help make that determination. You will want to gather as much information about the user account in question and see whether you can relate it to the physical person. You will want to gain as much information about that user account and its activity as it relates to the matter you are investigating. We will now go over some artifacts from a Windows-based operating system that will help you make that determination and to identify that account activity starting with the user's last login or password change.

Last login/last password change

This following path will contain information about the user accounts on the system:

C:\windows\system32\config\ SAM\Domains\Account\Users

To navigate to the location that contains the user account information, I will use Eric Zimmerman...

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