Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

You're reading from   Digital Forensics with Kali Linux Perform data acquisition, digital investigation, and threat analysis using Kali Linux tools

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788625005
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Concepts
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Shiva V. N. Parasram Shiva V. N. Parasram
Author Profile Icon Shiva V. N. Parasram
Shiva V. N. Parasram
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Digital Forensics FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Kali Linux 3. Understanding Filesystems and Storage Media 4. Incident Response and Data Acquisition 5. Evidence Acquisition and Preservation with DC3DD and Guymager 6. File Recovery and Data Carving with Foremost, Scalpel, and Bulk Extractor 7. Memory Forensics with Volatility 8. Autopsy – The Sleuth Kit 9. Network and Internet Capture Analysis with Xplico 10. Revealing Evidence Using DFF

Digital evidence acquisitions and procedures


As we covered in the last chapter, data can be stored on both fixed and removable storage media. Data, however, can easily be deleted or completely lost depending on a multitude of factors that must be considered if we are to ensure the preservation of data. It might even be argued that there are more threats to digital storage than paper-based. The following are some comparisons of threats to both:

  • Threats to paper-based storage include:
    • Water
    • Fire and humidity
    • Bugs
    • Age
    • Natural disasters—floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and so on
  • Threats to data on storage media include:
    • Human-error and negligence
    • Magnetism and electromagnetic fields
    • Water and condensation
    • Heat
    • Dust
    • Impact
    • Voltage
    • Static electricity
    • Natural disasters—floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and so on

When exactly does data become evidence? Specific data may have a value that is relative to an investigation when considering the events that transpired. 

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime