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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

By : Shiva V. N. Parasram
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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

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By: Shiva V. N. Parasram

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is a Linux-based distribution that's widely used for penetration testing and digital forensics. It has a wide range of tools to help for digital forensics investigations and incident response mechanisms. This updated second edition of Digital Forensics with Kali Linux covers the latest version of Kali Linux and The Sleuth Kit. You'll get to grips with modern techniques for analysis, extraction, and reporting using advanced tools such as FTK Imager, hex editor, and Axiom. Updated to cover digital forensics basics and advancements in the world of modern forensics, this book will also delve into the domain of operating systems. Progressing through the chapters, you'll explore various formats for file storage, including secret hiding places unseen by the end user or even the operating system. The book will also show you how to create forensic images of data and maintain integrity using hashing tools. Finally, you'll cover advanced topics such as autopsies and acquiring investigation data from networks, operating system memory, and quantum cryptography. By the end of this book, you'll have gained hands-on experience of implementing all the pillars of digital forensics: acquisition, extraction, analysis, and presentation, all using Kali Linux tools.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: Kali Linux – Not Just for Penetration Testing
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Section 2: Forensic Fundamentals and Best Practices
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Section 3: Forensic Tools in Kali Linux
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Section 4: Automated Digital Forensic Suites
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  1. Let's first view some available options in pdgmail by opening a new Terminal and typing in pdgmail –h:

    Figure 8.39 – Viewing the help options of pdgmail

    I've also opened a Firefox browser and logged into a Gmail account, then clicked on my inbox and sent items box so that this process can be run in memory. I've also visited some other sites, such as www.20minutemail.com, where I signed up for a temporary email address, and www.netcraft.com, where I looked up certifiedhacker.com.

  2. To find the Firefox process ID (just as we saw in Chapter 7, Memory Forensics with Volatility...
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