Chapter 7: Memory Forensics with Volatility
In the previous chapters, we looked at the various types of memory. This included RAM and the swap (or paging) file, which is an area of the hard disk drive which, although slower, functions as RAM. We also discussed the issue of RAM being volatile, meaning the data in RAM is easily lost when there is no longer an electrical charge or current to RAM. With the data on RAM being the most volatile, it ranks high in the order of volatility and must be forensically acquired and preserved as a matter of high priority.
Many types of data and forensic artifacts reside in RAM and the paging file. As discussed earlier, login passwords, user information, running and hidden processes, and even encrypted passwords ...
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