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Python Digital Forensics Cookbook

You're reading from Python Digital Forensics Cookbook

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783987467

Pages 412 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Authors (2):

Chapin Bryce

Preston Miller

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Essential Scripting and File Information Recipes

2. Creating Artifact Report Recipes

3. A Deep Dive into Mobile Forensic Recipes

4. Extracting Embedded Metadata Recipes

5. Networking and Indicators of Compromise Recipes

6. Reading Emails and Taking Names Recipes

7. Log-Based Artifact Recipes

8. Working with Forensic Evidence Container Recipes

9. Exploring Windows Forensic Artifacts Recipes - Part I

10. Exploring Windows Forensic Artifacts Recipes - Part II

Sections

In this book, you will find several headings that appear frequently (Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…, and See also).

To give clear instructions on how to complete a recipe, we use these sections as follows:

Getting ready

This section tells you what to expect in the recipe, and describes how to set up any software or any preliminary settings required for the recipe.

How to do it…

This section contains the steps required to follow the recipe.

How it works…

This section usually consists of a detailed explanation of what happened in the previous section.

There's more…

This section consists of additional information about the recipe in order to make the reader more knowledgeable about the recipe.

See also

This section provides helpful links to other useful information for the recipe.

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Authors (2)

Chapin Bryce

Chapin Bryce is a senior consultant at a global firm that is a leader in digital forensics and incident response investigations. After graduating from Champlain College, with a bachelor's degree in computer and digital forensics, Chapin dove into the field of digital forensics and incident response joining the GIAC advisory board and earning four GIAC certifications: GCIH, GCFE, GCFA, and GNFA. As a member of multiple ongoing research and development projects, he has authored several books and articles in professional and academic publications, including Python Digital Forensics Cookbook (2018 Digital Forensics Book of the Year, Forensic 4Cast), Learning Python for Forensics First Edition, and Digital Forensic Magazine.

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Preston Miller

Preston Miller is a consultant at an internationally recognized risk management firm. Preston holds an undergraduate degree from Vassar College and a master's degree in digital forensics from Marshall University. While at Marshall, Preston unanimously received the prestigious J. Edgar Hoover Foundation's scientific scholarship. Preston is a published author, recently of Python Digital Forensics Cookbook, which won the Forensic 4:cast Digital Forensics Book of the Year award in 2018. Preston is a member of the GIAC advisory board and holds multiple industry-recognized certifications in his field.

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