Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools

Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools is the definitive book on investigating and analyzing computer systems and media using open source tools. The book is a technical procedural guide and explains the use of open source tools on Mac, Linux, and Windows systems as a platform for performing computer forensics. Both known and novel forensic methods are demonstrated using command-line and graphical open source computer forensic tools for examining a wide range of target systems and artifacts. Written by world-renowned forensic practitioners, this book uses the most current examination and analysis techniques in the field. It consists of 9 chapters that cover a range of topics such as the open source examination platform, disk and file system analysis, Windows systems and artifacts, Linux systems and artifacts, Mac OS X systems and artifacts, Internet artifacts, and automating analysis.