Book description
Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems is a handy reference that shows students the essential tools needed to do computer forensics analysis at the crime scene. It is part of Syngress Digital Forensics Field Guides, a series of companions for any digital and computer forensic student, investigator or analyst. Each Guide is a toolkit, with checklists for specific tasks, case studies of difficult situations, and expert analyst tips that will aid in recovering data from digital media that will be used in criminal prosecution.
This book collects data from all methods of electronic data storage and transfer devices, including computers, laptops, PDAs and the images, spreadsheets and other types of files stored on these devices. It is specific for Windows-based systems, the largest running OS in the world. The authors are world-renowned leaders in investigating and analyzing malicious code. Chapters cover malware incident response - volatile data collection and examination on a live Windows system; analysis of physical and process memory dumps for malware artifacts; post-mortem forensics - discovering and extracting malware and associated artifacts from Windows systems; legal considerations; file identification and profiling initial analysis of a suspect file on a Windows system; and analysis of a suspect program.
This field guide is intended for computer forensic investigators, analysts, and specialists.
- A condensed hand-held guide complete with on-the-job tasks and checklists
- Specific for Windows-based systems, the largest running OS in the world
- Authors are world-renowned leaders in investigating and analyzing malicious code
Table of contents
- Cover Image
- Table of Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Editor
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Malware Incident Response
- Chapter 2. Memory Forensics
- Chapter 3. Post-Mortem Forensics
- Chapter 4. Legal Considerations
- Chapter 5. File Identification and Profiling
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Chapter 6. Analysis of a Malware Specimen
- Solutions in this chapter:
- Introduction
- Goals
- Guidelines for Examining a Malicious File Specimen
- Establishing the Environment Baseline
- Pre-Execution Preparation: System and Network Monitoring
- Execution Artifact Capture: Digital Impression and Trace Evidence
- Executing the Malicious Code Specimen
- Execution Trajectory Analysis: Observing Network, Process, Api, File System, and Registry Activity
- Automated Malware Analysis Frameworks
- Online Malware Analysis Sandboxes
- Defeating Obfuscation
- Embedded Artifact Extraction Revisited
- Interacting with and Manipulating the Malware Specimen: Exploring and Verifying Functionality and Purpose
- Event Reconstruction and Artifact Review: Post-Run Data Analysis
- Digital Virology: Advanced Profiling Through Malware Taxonomy and Phylogeny
- Conclusion
- Pitfalls to Avoid
- Selected Readings
- Index
Product information
- Title: Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2012
- Publisher(s): Syngress
- ISBN: 9781597494731
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