Digital Forensics Explained, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Table of Contents
6. Preface
7. Acknowledgments
8. Author
9. Contributors
10. 1 What is digital forensics, and what should you know about it?
    1. Introduction
    2. Forensic science
       1. What does it take to be a digital forensic investigator?
    3. Educational opportunities
       1. What opportunities are there for digital forensic investigators?
       2. What are the trends and challenges in digital forensics?
       3. Resources available to digital forensic investigators
    4. Conclusion
    5. References
11. 2 Digital forensic approaches and best practices
    1. Introduction
    2. First response
    3. Responding to a case
    4. Conclusion
    5. References
    6. Other useful resources
12. 3 Digital forensics tool kit
    1. Introduction
    2. Computer forensics
    3. Write blockers
    4. Imaging
    5. Add-ons and other technologies
    6. Tools
    7. Mobile forensics tools
    8. Visual analysis
    9. Secured storage
    10. Damaged media
    11. Summary
    12. References
13. 4 Internet and e-mail examinations
    1. Introduction
    2. E-mail
    3. Chat and messaging logs
    4. Peer-to-peer
    5. Search engine activity
    6. Internet history
    7. Social networking and gaming
    8. Malware and viruses
    9. Summary
14. 5 Mobile forensics
    1. Introduction
    2. Mobile phone technology
    3. How a call is made
    4. Forensic challenges
    5. Forensic process
    6. Digital cell phone investigation
    7. Geographic positioning systems
    8. Cameras
    9. Common extraction types
    10. Information sources and location information
    11. Summary
    12. Cellular communications technology overview
    13. References
15. 6 Cloud computing and digital forensics
    1. Introduction
    2. Infrastructure as a service
    3. Platform as a service
    4. Software as a service
    5. Service and deployment models
    6. Customer versus cloud provider responsibilities
    7. Other service models
    8. Multi-tenancy
    9. User access and provisioning
    10. Data protection and breaches
    11. Information technology and information security governance and change control processes
    12. Service access vulnerabilities
    13. Migration planning
    14. Incident response
    15. Virtualization
    16. Security benefits of cloud
16. 7 Law enforcement incident response
    1. Introduction
    2. Case summary
    3. The initiation of an investigation
    4. Information
    5. Evidence gathering
    6. Interviews and the analysis of evidence
    7. Analysis of the electronic evidence
    8. Prosecution and testimony
    9. Things to consider
    10. Conclusion
17. 8 Report writing and presentation
    1. Introduction
    2. Report content and considerations
    3. Sample reports
    4. Presenting and testifying
    5. Dr. Otting’s thoughts on criminal case testimony
    6. Archiving
    7. Summary
18. 9 Social media forensics
    1. Introduction
    2. Introduction to social media
       1. Social networking
       2. Micro blogs
       3. Multimedia sharing
       4. Instant messaging and communication
       5. Blogs
       6. Event coordination
       7. Location identification
       8. Search
       9. Wikis
       10. Web conferencing
       11. Virtual worlds
       12. Social media forensics
       13. Street gangs
       14. Terrorist activity
       15. White collar crimes
    3. Summary
    4. References
19. 10 Social engineering forensics
    1. Introduction
       1. Introduction to social engineering
    2. Online social engineering attacks
    3. Telephone social engineering attacks
    4. Waste management social engineering attacks
    5. Mobile device social engineering attacks
    6. Personal social engineering attacks
    7. Reverse social engineering attacks
       1. Social engineering forensics
    8. Summary
    9. References
20. 11 Anti-forensics
    1. Anti-forensic definition and concepts
    2. Anti-forensic methods
    3. Eliminate trails
    4. Hide evidence
    5. Destroy evidence
    6. Mobile anti-forensics
    7. Conclusion
    8. References
21. 12 Link and visual analysis
    1. Introduction
    2. Link and visual analysis
    3. Conclusion
22. 13 Psychological, ethical, and cultural implications of digital forensics
    1. Introduction
    2. Psychological implications of digital forensics
    3. Prospective from the career in law enforcement of Dr. Otting
    4. Ethical implications of digital forensics
    5. Cultural implications of digital forensics
    6. Conclusion
    7. References
23. 14 Someone is watching
    1. Introduction
    2. Case summary
    3. Evidence gathering
    4. Analysis of evidence
    5. Summary
24. 15 The realities of digital forensic practice
    1. Introduction
    2. The case – taking a look
    3. Case #1 – things are not what they seem
    4. Case #2 – things are not what they seem
    5. Working a criminal case
    6. Case #3 – conducting a thorough investigation
    7. Case #4 – conducting a thorough investigation
    8. Working a civil case
    9. Things to keep in mind during any investigation
    10. Summary
25. Index