Maximize the power of Windows Forensics to perform highly effective
forensic investigations
Key Features
- Prepare and perform investigations using powerful tools for Windows,
- Collect and validate evidence from suspects and computers and uncover
clues that are otherwise difficult
- Packed with powerful recipes to perform highly effective field
investigations
Book Description
Windows Forensics Cookbook provides recipes to overcome forensic
challenges and helps you carry out effective investigations easily on a
Windows platform. You will begin with a refresher on digital forensics
and evidence acquisition, which will help you to understand the
challenges faced while acquiring evidence from Windows systems. Next you
will learn to acquire Windows memory data and analyze Windows systems
with modern forensic tools. We also cover some more in-depth elements of
forensic analysis, such as how to analyze data from Windows system
artifacts, parse data from the most commonly-used web browsers and email
services, and effectively report on digital forensic investigations.
You will see how Windows 10 is different from previous versions and how
you can overcome the specific challenges it brings. Finally, you will
learn to troubleshoot issues that arise while performing digital
forensic investigations.
By the end of the book, you will be able to carry out forensics
investigations efficiently.
What you will learn
- Understand the challenges of acquiring evidence from Windows systems
and overcome them
- Acquire and analyze Windows memory and drive data with modern forensic
tools.
- Extract and analyze data from Windows file systems, shadow copies and
the registry
- Understand the main Windows system artifacts and learn how to parse
data from them using forensic tools
- See a forensic analysis of common web browsers, mailboxes, and instant
messenger services
- Discover how Windows 10 differs from previous versions and how to
overcome the specific challenges it presents
- Create a graphical timeline and visualize data, which can then be
incorporated into the final report
- Troubleshoot issues that arise while performing Windows forensics
