Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools

Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools is the definitive book on investigating and analyzing computer systems and media using open source tools. The book is a technical procedural guide, and explains the use of these tools on Linux and Windows systems as a platform for performing computer forensics. Both well known and novel forensic methods are demonstrated using command-line and graphical open source computer forensic tools for examining a wide range of target systems and artifacts.

• Written by world-renowned forensic practitioners
• Details core concepts and techniques of forensic file system analysis
• Covers analysis of artifacts from the Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools
Chapter 2. Open Source Examination Platform
Chapter 3. Disk and File System Analysis
Chapter 4. Windows Systems and Artifacts
Chapter 5. Linux Systems and Artifacts
Chapter 6. Mac OS X Systems and Artifacts
Chapter 7. Internet Artifacts
Chapter 8. File Analysis
Chapter 9. Automating Analysis and Extending Capabilities
Appendix A. Free, Non-open Tools of Note