Chapter 1. Setting Up the Lab and Introduction to Python ctypes

Cyber Security and Digital Forensics are two topics of increasing importance. Digital forensics especially, is getting more and more important, not only during law enforcement investigations, but also in the field of incident response. During all of the previously mentioned investigations, it's fundamental to get to know the root cause of a security breach, malfunction of a system, or a crime. Digital forensics plays a major role in overcoming these challenges.

In this book, we will teach you how to build your own lab and perform profound digital forensic investigations, which originate from a large range of platforms and systems, with the help of Python. We will start with common ...

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