Download or read book Evolution of Traditional Digital Forensics in Virtualization by Using Virtual Machine Introspection written by Juan Carlos Flores and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Implications of Virtual Machine Introspection for Digital Forensics on Nonquiescent Virtual Machines written by Nathan W. Hirst and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of virtualized servers is on the rise. This results in a need for better forensic analysis capabilities for these virtualized environments. One of the answers to that has been the development of virtual machine introspection tools. Virtual machine introspection is a relatively new technique that has some important implications for digital forensics. Since it is performed outside of the virtual machine, it can help to alleviate the observer effect that is often encountered when performing a live analysis. This thesis tests how these tools can work in a nonquiescent environment and shows that the tools tested are able to produce reliable results.

Download or read book Virtualization and Forensics written by Greg Kipper and published by Syngress. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtualization and Forensics: A Digital Forensic Investigators Guide to Virtual Environments offers an in-depth view into the world of virtualized environments and the implications they have on forensic investigations. Named a 2011 Best Digital Forensics Book by InfoSec Reviews, this guide gives you the end-to-end knowledge needed to identify server, desktop, and portable virtual environments, including: VMware, Parallels, Microsoft, and Sun. It covers technological advances in virtualization tools, methods, and issues in digital forensic investigations, and explores trends and emerging technologies surrounding virtualization technology. This book consists of three parts. Part I explains the process of virtualization and the different types of virtualized environments. Part II details how virtualization interacts with the basic forensic process, describing the methods used to find virtualization artifacts in dead and live environments as well as identifying the virtual activities that affect the examination process. Part III addresses advanced virtualization issues, such as the challenges of virtualized environments, cloud computing, and the future of virtualization. This book will be a valuable resource for forensic investigators (corporate and law enforcement) and incident response professionals. - Named a 2011 Best Digital Forensics Book by InfoSec Reviews - Gives you the end-to-end knowledge needed to identify server, desktop, and portable virtual environments, including: VMware, Parallels, Microsoft, and Sun - Covers technological advances in virtualization tools, methods, and issues in digital forensic investigations - Explores trends and emerging technologies surrounding virtualization technology

Download or read book Advances in Digital Forensics XVII written by Gilbert Peterson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Computer networks, cloud computing, smartphones, embedded devices and the Internet of Things have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence in legal proceedings. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications; furthermore, it has a vital role in cyber security -- investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure and resilient systems. Advances in Digital Forensics XVII describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: themes and issues, forensic techniques, filesystem forensics, cloud forensics, social media forensics, multimedia forensics, and novel applications. This book is the seventeenth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of thirteen edited papers from the Seventeenth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held virtually in the winter of 2021. Advances in Digital Forensics XVII is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Download or read book Advances in Digital Forensics XV written by Gilbert Peterson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Computer networks, cloud computing, smartphones, embedded devices and the Internet of Things have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence in legal proceedings. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications; furthermore, it has a vital role in cyber security -- investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure and resilient systems. Advances in Digital Forensics XV describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: forensic models, mobile and embedded device forensics, filesystem forensics, image forensics, and forensic techniques. This book is the fifteenth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of fourteen edited papers from the Fifteenth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held in Orlando, Florida, USA in the winter of 2019. Advances in Digital Forensics XV is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Download or read book Improving digital forensics and incident analysis in production environments by using virtual machine introspection written by Benjamin Taubmann and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advances in Digital Forensics V written by Gilbert Peterson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Networked computing, wireless communications and portable electronic devices have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications. Furthermore, it has a vital role in information assurance - investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure systems. Advances in Digital Forensics V describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: themes and issues, forensic techniques, integrity and privacy, network forensics, forensic computing, investigative techniques, legal issues and evidence management. This book is the fifth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of twenty-three edited papers from the Fifth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held at the National Center for Forensic Science, Orlando, Florida, USA in the spring of 2009. Advances in Digital Forensics V is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Download or read book On the Detection of Virtual Machine Introspection from Inside a Guest Virtual Machine written by Brandon Ashlee Marken and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increased prevalence of virtualization in the modern computing environment, the security of that technology becomes of paramount importance. Virtual Machine Introspection (VMI) is one of the technologies that has emerged to provide security for virtual environments by examining and then interpreting the state of an active Virtual Machine (VM). VMI has seen use in systems administration, digital forensics, intrusion detection, and honeypots. As with any technology, VMI has both productive uses as well as harmful uses. The research presented in this dissertation aims to enable a guest VM to determine if it is under examination by an external VMI agent. To determine if a VM is under examination a series of statistical analyses are performed on timing data generated by the guest itself.

Download or read book Advances in Digital Forensics XVI written by Gilbert Peterson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Computer networks, cloud computing, smartphones, embedded devices and the Internet of Things have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence in legal proceedings. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications; furthermore, it has a vital role in cyber security -- investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure and resilient systems. Advances in Digital Forensics XVI describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: themes and issues, forensic techniques, filesystem forensics, cloud forensics, social media forensics, multimedia forensics, and novel applications. This book is the sixteenth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of sixteen edited papers from the Sixteenth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held in New Delhi, India, in the winter of 2020. Advances in Digital Forensics XVI is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Download or read book Secure Acquisition of Digital Evidence from VMware ESXi Hypervisors written by Matthew Tentilucci and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of computer virtualization technologies has rapidly grown since the early 2000's. Factors driving this growth include the ever-increasing utilization of cloud computing as well as benefits to consolidating physical hardware within a data center. In addition to the growth of virtualization technologies, computer security incidents are also increasing. However, researchers have drawn attention to the problem that many of the traditional computer forensics tools and investigation techniques cannot be used to gather and analyze digital evidence obtained from virtualization technologies or cloud computing resources.To solve a part of this problem, this thesis proposes a new open source tool called ESXimager that securely acquires digital evidence from VMware ESXi hypervisors. The tool securely images selected virtual machine files running on VMware ESXi and ensures image integrity through the entire imaging process. Written in Perl and utilizing Tk, the tool makes use of an ESXi server's ability to execute shell commands. Bit-stream copies are created using the dd command, image integrity is verified using the MD5 and SHA1 hashing algorithms, and images are securely transferred to an external imaging machine with SFTP. With a secure image created, a forensics investigator can load the image into a separate computer forensics tool for analysis. ESXimagers capabilities are validated in a small yet realistic test environment. The tool connects to an ESXi server, creates images of selected virtual machine files, calculates multiple hashes, and securely transfers images to a local imaging machine. In addition, the tool detects if the integrity of an image file is compromised. With some additional development and testing in a larger environment, this could potentially become the go-to tool used to acquire images from VMware ESXi hypervisors.

Download or read book Technology Assessment of Computer Forensic Investigations written by Scott R. Franzen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for computer investigations began with the passing of the Computer Crime Act of 1984. In the beginning, digital forensic applications were limited since few criminal cases required digital media to be analyzed and evidence was located without the need of recovery tools. Presently, computer / digital forensics have evolved into a scientific discipline encompassing many different types of analysis including but not limited to intrusion detection, triage, static, live, mobile, or network. The first generation computer forensic tools were based on convenient access and review of data in a safe manner (Ayers, 2009). Traditional two step method of creating a forensic image of a storage medium and analyzing the contents of the copy became the accepted standard for computer forensic evidence since it could maintain admissibility in court. Technological advancements such as encryption, virtual machines, virtualization, and cloud computing have hindered computer forensics since acquisition and validation of data cannot always be completed. There are challenges facing computer forensics along with many research and tool developments attempting to reduce the growing gap between the advancements in technology and forensic tools necessary for investigation. A proactive approach of forensic readiness and changes in the scientific and corporate environments are necessary for admissible digital evidence in criminal or civil proceedings. Keywords: Economic Crime Management, Suzanne Lynch M.S., non-quiescent, anti-forensics, semantic gap, introspection, and integrity.

Download or read book Computer Forensics and Digital Investigation with EnCase Forensic v7 written by Suzanne Widup and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conduct repeatable, defensible investigations with EnCase Forensic v7 Maximize the powerful tools and features of the industry-leading digital investigation software. Computer Forensics and Digital Investigation with EnCase Forensic v7 reveals, step by step, how to detect illicit activity, capture and verify evidence, recover deleted and encrypted artifacts, prepare court-ready documents, and ensure legal and regulatory compliance. The book illustrates each concept using downloadable evidence from the National Institute of Standards and Technology CFReDS. Customizable sample procedures are included throughout this practical guide. Install EnCase Forensic v7 and customize the user interface Prepare your investigation and set up a new case Collect and verify evidence from suspect computers and networks Use the EnCase Evidence Processor and Case Analyzer Uncover clues using keyword searches and filter results through GREP Work with bookmarks, timelines, hash sets, and libraries Handle case closure, final disposition, and evidence destruction Carry out field investigations using EnCase Portable Learn to program in EnCase EnScript

Download or read book Guide to Security for Full Virtualization Technologies written by K. A. Scarfone and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of SP 800-125 is to discuss the security concerns associated with full virtualization technologies for server and desktop virtualization, and to provide recommendations for addressing these concerns. Full virtualization technologies run one or more operating systems and their applications on top of virtual hardware. Full virtualization is used for operational efficiency, such as in cloud computing, and for allowing users to run applications for multiple operating systems on a single computer.

Download or read book Intrusion Detection Networks written by Carol Fung and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapidly increasing sophistication of cyber intrusions makes them nearly impossible to detect without the use of a collaborative intrusion detection network (IDN). Using overlay networks that allow an intrusion detection system (IDS) to exchange information, IDNs can dramatically improve your overall intrusion detection accuracy.Intrusion Detect

Download or read book Distributed and Cloud Computing written by Kai Hwang and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed and Cloud Computing: From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things offers complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing. It is the first modern, up-to-date distributed systems textbook; it explains how to create high-performance, scalable, reliable systems, exposing the design principles, architecture, and innovative applications of parallel, distributed, and cloud computing systems. Topics covered by this book include: facilitating management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery through virtualization; clustered systems for research or ecommerce applications; designing systems as web services; and social networking systems using peer-to-peer computing. The principles of cloud computing are discussed using examples from open-source and commercial applications, along with case studies from the leading distributed computing vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Each chapter includes exercises and further reading, with lecture slides and more available online. This book will be ideal for students taking a distributed systems or distributed computing class, as well as for professional system designers and engineers looking for a reference to the latest distributed technologies including cloud, P2P and grid computing. - Complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing - Includes case studies from the leading distributed computing vendors: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more - Explains how to use virtualization to facilitate management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery - Designed for undergraduate or graduate students taking a distributed systems course—each chapter includes exercises and further reading, with lecture slides and more available online

Download or read book Digital Forensics for Network Internet and Cloud Computing written by Clint P Garrison and published by Syngress. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide for Investigating Network-Based Criminal Cases

Download or read book The Art of Memory Forensics written by Michael Hale Ligh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memory forensics provides cutting edge technology to help investigate digital attacks Memory forensics is the art of analyzing computer memory (RAM) to solve digital crimes. As a follow-up to the best seller Malware Analyst's Cookbook, experts in the fields of malware, security, and digital forensics bring you a step-by-step guide to memory forensics—now the most sought after skill in the digital forensics and incident response fields. Beginning with introductory concepts and moving toward the advanced, The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory is based on a five day training course that the authors have presented to hundreds of students. It is the only book on the market that focuses exclusively on memory forensics and how to deploy such techniques properly. Discover memory forensics techniques: How volatile memory analysis improves digital investigations Proper investigative steps for detecting stealth malware and advanced threats How to use free, open source tools for conducting thorough memory forensics Ways to acquire memory from suspect systems in a forensically sound manner The next era of malware and security breaches are more sophisticated and targeted, and the volatile memory of a computer is often overlooked or destroyed as part of the incident response process. The Art of Memory Forensics explains the latest technological innovations in digital forensics to help bridge this gap. It covers the most popular and recently released versions of Windows, Linux, and Mac, including both the 32 and 64-bit editions.