XBOX 360 Forensics

Chapter 11. Additional Files and Research Techniques

Information in This Chapter

•Introduction

•Additional files “player_configuration_cache.dat” and “preferences.dat”

•Network traffic examination

•Network capture box

•Decompiling XEX files

•Additional tools available for analysis

Within this chapter, a discussion and examination of certain files that were obtained with the original research of 2006 will be presented along with some other tools and research methods that will provide the high-tech examiner a deeper look into some of the data and artifacts. There are two companies that are attempting to fill the gap created by game console forensics: one has developed a forensic tool for game consoles, and the other is in the process of developing a tool ...