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

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803238678

Length 532 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Concepts

Forensics

Author (1):

Gerard Johansen

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Table of Contents (28) Chapters

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

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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&...