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Windows Forensics Cookbook
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Windows Forensics Cookbook
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Overview of this book
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.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Digital Forensics and Evidence Acquisition
Windows Memory Acquisition and Analysis
Windows Drive Acquisition
Windows File System Analysis
Windows Shadow Copies Analysis
Windows Registry Analysis
Main Windows Operating System Artifacts
Web Browser Forensics
Email and Instant Messaging Forensics
Windows 10 Forensics
Data Visualization
Troubleshooting in Windows Forensic Analysis
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