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Windows Forensics Analyst Field Guide

You're reading from Windows Forensics Analyst Field Guide Engage in proactive cyber defense using digital forensics techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803248479

Length 318 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Windows OS

Concepts

Forensics

Author (1):

Muhiballah Mohammed

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Windows OS Forensics and Lab Preparation

2. Chapter 1: Introducing the Windows OS and Filesystems and Getting Prepared for the Labs FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Evidence Acquisition

4. Chapter 3: Memory Forensics for the Windows OS

5. Chapter 4: The Windows Registry

6. Chapter 5: User Profiling Using the Windows Registry

7. Part 2:Windows OS Additional Artifacts

8. Chapter 6: Application Execution Artifacts

9. Chapter 7: Forensic Analysis of USB Artifacts

10. Chapter 8: Forensic Analysis of Browser Artifacts

11. Chapter 9: Exploring Additional Artifacts

12. Index

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User registry hives

In the Windows Registry, user hives are specific to each user profile and contain settings and configurations for the user’s environment. When a user logs on to a Windows system, the operating system loads the user’s hive into the system registry. This hive contains a variety of data related to the user’s specific settings and preferences, including desktop backgrounds, display settings, login credentials, application settings, and more.

There are two main user hives in the Windows Registry: HKCU and HKU. The HKCU hive contains information specific to the currently logged-in user, while the HKU hive contains information for all user profiles on the system.

The HKU hive contains subkeys for each user profile on the system, identified by a SID. These subkeys contain user-specific settings and configurations, including the same subkeys found in the HKCU hive.

Let’s explore these additional system hives, which contain a tremendous...

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Authors (1)

Muhiballah Mohammed

Muhiballah Mohammed

Muhiballah Mohammed is a cybersecurity expert and enthusiast, experienced in security operations centers, digital forensics, and incident response. With 10 years of experience, he has worked in a variety of roles in the cybersecurity field, including SOC analyst, consultant, and forensic investigator, and has helped build multiple entities' SOC and DFIR teams. He has experience in investigating a wide range of cyber incidents. Muhiballah is passionate about providing help to organizations so that they can protect themselves against cyber threats, and he is also a mentor and teacher to new students in the cybersecurity field. He loves sharing his knowledge and experience with others, and he is always looking for new ways to help people learn about cybersecurity.

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