Using Volatility to analyze memory dumps and plugins
Volatility is an open source memory forensics framework used to analyze the contents of volatile memory. It provides digital forensic investigators with the ability to extract artifacts from memory dumps, such as running processes, open files, and network connections. The tool is widely used by incident response teams and forensic investigators to collect and analyze volatile memory for evidence in investigations.
Memory forensics is a critical component of modern digital forensics, and the ability to analyze volatile memory is essential in detecting advanced threats, such as rootkits and file-less malware. The volatility framework provides a robust set of features and capabilities to analyze volatile memory and is considered a leading tool in the field of memory forensics.
The Volatility framework supports various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and macOS. In this section, we will focus on the use of Volatility...