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Learn Computer Forensics
Learn Computer Forensics

Learn Computer Forensics: A beginner's guide to searching, analyzing, and securing digital evidence

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Learn Computer Forensics

Chapter 1: Types of Computer-Based Investigations

Welcome to the 21st century, where almost everything in life is connected to an electronic device. There are digital cameras inside doorbells; your smartphone tracks your daily progress from work to home and back again; you get social media updates when you go to the gym, a show, or travel to a new city.

Your phone calls, bank access, and medical appointments are all tracked via digital technology. If it tracks your mundane daily activity, what about criminal or unethical behavior? That activity is also followed, and if you are a digital forensic investigator, you must know the repositories of the digital evidence and how to analyze it. There is almost no criminal activity that will not have digital evidence associated with it and, as an investigator, it is your job to find all available evidence, process it, and present findings to the finder of fact.

This chapter will introduce you to the different topics of computer-based investigations, from criminal acts investigated by the police to civil and potentially illegal actions performed by an employee or external third party that are examined by a nongovernmental investigator.

While the goal is the same, to present evidence about an incident, the methods for each are slightly different. It is essential for you to understand the similarities between the investigations; being able to present evidence in a judicial proceeding and recognize the differences. 

The topics that will be covered in this chapter are as follows:

  • Differences in computer-based investigations
  • Criminal investigations
  • Corporate investigations
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  • Learn the core techniques of computer forensics to acquire and secure digital evidence skillfully
  • Conduct a digital forensic examination and document the digital evidence collected
  • Perform a variety of Windows forensic investigations to analyze and overcome complex challenges

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A computer forensics investigator must possess a variety of skills, including the ability to answer legal questions, gather and document evidence, and prepare for an investigation. This book will help you get up and running with using digital forensic tools and techniques to investigate cybercrimes successfully. Starting with an overview of forensics and all the open source and commercial tools needed to get the job done, you'll learn core forensic practices for searching databases and analyzing data over networks, personal devices, and web applications. You'll then learn how to acquire valuable information from different places, such as filesystems, e-mails, browser histories, and search queries, and capture data remotely. As you advance, this book will guide you through implementing forensic techniques on multiple platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and macOS, to demonstrate how to recover valuable information as evidence. Finally, you'll get to grips with presenting your findings efficiently in judicial or administrative proceedings. By the end of this book, you'll have developed a clear understanding of how to acquire, analyze, and present digital evidence like a proficient computer forensics investigator.

Who is this book for?

If you're an IT beginner, student, or an investigator in the public or private sector this book is for you. This book will also help professionals and investigators who are new to incident response and digital forensics and interested in making a career in the cybersecurity domain. Individuals planning to pass the Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) certification will also find this book useful.

What you will learn

  • Understand investigative processes, the rules of evidence, and ethical guidelines
  • Recognize and document different types of computer hardware
  • Understand the boot process covering BIOS, UEFI, and the boot sequence
  • Validate forensic hardware and software
  • Discover the locations of common Windows artifacts
  • Document your findings using technically correct terminology
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Table of Contents

16 Chapters
Section 1: Acquiring Evidence Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Types of Computer-Based Investigations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: The Forensic Analysis Process Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Acquisition of Evidence Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Computer Systems Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Investigation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Computer Investigation Process Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Windows Artifact Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: RAM Memory Forensic Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Email Forensics – Investigation Techniques Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Internet Artifacts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Reporting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Report Writing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Expert Witness Ethics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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I am a relatively newcomer to the filed of digital/computer forensics, having just completed my college degree in December 2019. Since I am new to the field, I have had the opportunity to read several of the other books out there that are introductions to this type of work. Many of those books have been confusing and often difficult to follow, often assuming that the reader already has a fairly extensive knowledge of computer forensics to begin with. Mr. Oettingers book follows an easy to read and understand pattern and includes several helpful links to resources from NIST, digital forensic software providers, and other reading resources. The breakdown of areas such as file systems, choosing the right forensic tools, how to create a forensic image and then how to investigate and analyze that image has been very insightful. Sometimes authors of these types of books can confuse their readers by not writing in a logical manner or by using too much technological language for someone that is just starting out in this field. This book has not only refreshed my memory of somethings that I have already learned about but it has also provided a lot more information that is brand new to me. I have a colleague that is looking for a new introductory level text book to use in his Cybersecurity curriculum at a local community college and I am most definitely going to recommend this book.
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David Papargiris Jun 01, 2020
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This book is very well written and covers all aspects of the digital forensic process, from identification, preservation , acquition and processing of the digital evidence. This book walks you through a digital crime scene and obstacles and planning that should be done. The chapter on Memory forensics was very clearly stated from acquiring it and processing it to the knowledge that some data will change while capturing the RAM. The book is laid out nicely to include report writing and testifying. The author covers both criminal and civil exams, mentions numerous tools from open source to vendor specific. Over all very well written and easy to follow along with the authors numerous real life examples from his years of experiance.
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This book is a great read, written in an easy fashion which is easy to follow and understand. I love the examples the author included in the book as he discusses digital forensics investigations and provides life-like examples of the types of simple to advance cases a forensic examiner would face on a day-to-day basis. Highly recommend.
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Livre très intéressant.
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This book give you complete knowledge of cyber forensic(computer). Just go for it.
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