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Digital Forensics and Incident Response

You're reading from   Digital Forensics and Incident Response Incident response tools and techniques for effective cyber threat response

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803238678
Length 532 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. Part 1: Foundations of Incident Response and Digital Forensics
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Incident Response FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Managing Cyber Incidents 4. Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Digital Forensics 5. Chapter 4: Investigation Methodology 6. Part 2: Evidence Acquisition
7. Chapter 5: Collecting Network Evidence 8. Chapter 6: Acquiring Host-Based Evidence 9. Chapter 7: Remote Evidence Collection 10. Chapter 8: Forensic Imaging 11. Part 3: Evidence Analysis
12. Chapter 9: Analyzing Network Evidence 13. Chapter 10: Analyzing System Memory 14. Chapter 11: Analyzing System Storage 15. Chapter 12: Analyzing Log Files 16. Chapter 13: Writing the Incident Report 17. Part 4: Ransomware Incident Response
18. Chapter 14: Ransomware Preparation and Response 19. Chapter 15: Ransomware Investigations 20. Part 5: Threat Intelligence and Hunting
21. Chapter 16: Malware Analysis for Incident Response 22. Chapter 17: Leveraging Threat Intelligence 23. Chapter 18: Threat Hunting 24. Assessments 25. Index 26. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Autopsy

One alternative to commercial forensics programs is Autopsy. Autopsy is a GUI-based forensic platform based on the open source The Sleuth Kit toolset. This open source platform provides features that are commonly found in commercial platforms. This includes timeline analysis, keyword searching, web and email artifacts, and the ability to filter results on known bad file hashes. One of its key features is its ease of use. This allows incident responders to have a light platform that focuses on critical tasks and obtain the critical evidence that’s needed.

Installing Autopsy

Several of the Linux distributions we discussed previously have Autopsy preinstalled. It is good practice for responders to ensure that the platform they are using is up to date. For the Windows operating system, download the Microsoft self-installer file located at https://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/download.php. Once downloaded, execute the MSI file and choose an install location. Once you&...

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