Digital Forensics Tools
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Investigating Cybercrimes
Evidence Collection
Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
Incident Response
Data Recovery
Types of tools
Disk imaging tools create bit-by-bit copies (images) of storage devices such
Disk Imaging Tools as hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs), and USB drives.
Data recovery tools are used to retrieve deleted, corrupted, or damaged files from
storage devices. These tools employ various techniques such as file carving, file
Data Recovery Tools system repair, and disk scanning to recover lost data.
Registry analysis tools focus on analyzing the Windows registry, a centralized
Registry Analysis Tools database that stores system configuration settings, user preferences, and
application data.
Steganography tools detect hidden messages or files concealed
Steganography
within other files or media, such as images, audio, or videos
Detection Tools
Database forensics tools analyze database systems to extract
Database Forensics and examine data stored within them, including deleted or
Tools modified records
Command Line Tools
A command-line utility for Unix-like operating systems used to convert and copy
dd files. It is often used in digital forensics for disk imaging.
A command-line memory forensics framework for analyzing volatile memory
dumps. It allows investigators to extract and analyze information such as running
Volatility processes, network connections, and open files.
While not specific to digital forensics, these command-line utilities are
Grep, Awk,
commonly used in conjunction with other forensic tools for text processing,
and Sed searching, and pattern matching.
Hardware Forensics Tools
Computer forensics hardware tools are physical devices designed to aid in
the acquisition, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence from
computers and other electronic devices.
These tools often provide specialized functionality to ensure the integrity of
the data and facilitate thorough investigations
Types of Hardware Forensics Tools
Forensic disk imagers are hardware devices used to create bit-by-bit copies
Forensic Disk Imagers (forensic images) of storage devices such as hard drives, solid-state drives
(SSDs), USB drives, and memory cards
Hardware keyloggers are physical devices connected between a
Hardware Keyloggers keyboard and a computer to capture keystrokes
Media Duplication Media duplication towers are multi-drive devices used for
Towers simultaneous duplication of multiple storage media.
Portable forensic workstations are compact, all-in-one devices designed for on-
Portable Forensic site forensic analysis and data acquisition. They typically include built-in write
Workstations blocking, disk imaging, and analysis capabilities
Write blockers are hardware devices used to prevent any writes or
modifications to the storage device being examined. They ensure that
the original data remains unchanged during the forensic acquisition Write Blockers
process
Popular tools
It allows investigators to acquire, analyze, and report on digital evidence from various
EnCase sources, including computers, smartphones, and cloud storage.
Autopsy is an open-source digital forensics platform that offers
Autopsy
a graphical interface for analyzing disk images and other digital evidence
AXIOM is designed to help digital forensic examiners collect,
Magnet AXIOM
analyze, and report on digital evidence
Cellebrite is a global provider of digital intelligence solutions, specializing in data
extraction, analysis, and management for law enforcement, military, intelligence,
Cellebrite
corporate security, and eDiscovery agencies
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