Project 15: Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)
Analyze digital evidence, reconstruct cyber incidents, and perform forensic investigations.
Project 15: Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)
Analyze digital evidence, reconstruct cyber incidents, and perform forensic investigations.
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)
Overview
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) is crucial for investigating cyber incidents, collecting digital evidence, and responding to security breaches. This project focuses on forensic analysis techniques to examine system artifacts, detect malicious activity, and reconstruct attack timelines.
What You Will Learn
- Collecting and analyzing digital evidence
- Performing disk and memory forensics
- Extracting artifacts from system logs and registry files
- Investigating malware infections and insider threats
- Reconstructing attack timelines to determine root cause
Hands-On Learning
Students will gain experience using:
- Autopsy & Sleuth Kit for disk forensics
- Volatility & Rekall for memory forensics
- Plaso & log2timeline for timeline reconstruction
- YARA rules & IOC detection for malware investigation
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Digital Forensics & Incident Response Lab
Digital Forensics & Incident Response Lab Overview In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze digital evidence, extract forensic artifacts, and reconstruct cyber incidents. You will work with disk and memory forensics, system logs, and forensic timelines to investigate potential security breaches. Lab Instructions 1. Setting Up Your Environment You will need: A Debian-based forensic workstation (Kali Linux, SIFT Workstation, or REMnux) Tools: Autopsy, Sleuth Kit, Volatility, Plaso, log2timeline Install Required Tools sudo apt update && sudo apt install autopsy sleuthkit volatility plaso 2. Disk Forensics with Autopsy & Sleuth Kit Step 1: Acquire an Image Download a sample forensic image (e.g., evidence.dd): ...