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Digital Forensics and Incident Response

You're reading from   Digital Forensics and Incident Response A practical guide to deploying digital forensic techniques in response to cyber security incidents

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288683
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gerard Johansen Gerard Johansen
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Memory evidence overview


When discussing analyzing the memory of a system, there are two terms that are used interchangeably. The first is RAM. RAM is the portion of the computer internal systems where the operating system places data utilized by applications and the system hardware while that application or hardware is in use. What makes RAM different from storage is the volatile nature of the data. Often, if the system is shut off, the data will be lost.

There is a good deal of data contained within RAM at the time a system is running that is valuable in an incident investigation. These include the following:

  • Running processes
  • Loaded Dynamic Link Libraries(DLL)
  • Open Registry Keys
  • Network connections
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