Capturing Memory
The ability to capture the memory and then analyze it has important ramifications for forensic exams. Oftentimes, sophisticated malware is best detected by examining memory for specific traces of that malware. Fortunately, there are numerous options for capturing memory.
The first step is to capture the memory from a live machine. This can be done with several different tools, many of which are available for free.
One common free tool is the command-line tool DumpIt, shown in FIGURE 12-1. This tool will dump out the current memory in a file ending in .raw extension. Note that this can take a few minutes. The DumpIt tool is popular but can sometimes be hard to find on the internet. It is downloadable from https://moonsols.com/resources.html ...
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