Digital Forensics for Pentesters - Hands-On Learning

Description

Digital forensics is becoming very important in cyber security to detect and backtrack Black Hat criminals. It is essential to remove hackers' malicious backdoors/malware and trace them back to avoid possible future incidents. This course acts as digital forensics' primer for pentesters and cybersecurity professionals wanting to expand their knowledge and add advanced tools and skills to their resumes. Make sure you understand the difference between watching and applying. The course is an excellent primer for anyone considering a career in digital forensics. It's important to understand the difference between digital forensics and computer security. All resources and code files are available here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Digital-Forensics-for-Pentesters---Hands-On-Learning

What You Will Learn

Learn how to forensically image devices
Learn how to recover deleted data from various operating systems
Learn how to produce professional and legal digital forensic reports
Learn how to properly handle digital media before and during investigations
Learn how to utilize various forensic tools for digital forensic investigations
Learn how to analyze and reverse engineer software and malware

Audience

This course is for pentesters interested in digital forensic investigations and for anyone interested in digital forensics as it relates to pentesting and ethical hacking.

Approach

This course will consist of video tutorials and lab files that demonstrate the concepts of digital forensics.

Key Features

Learn about using Kali Forensic Mode and Autopsy * Explore open source intelligence and OSINT * Learn how to dump Wi-Fi credentials using netsh

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Digital-Forensics-for-Pentesters---Hands-On-Learning

About the Author

Cliff Krahenbill

Cliff Krahenbill, known as Professor K, is a technology professional and online instructor. He received his Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity from UMUC in 2015 and a Master of Science degree in Information Technology from Capella University in 2007. Professor K has been working in the field of technology since 1998 as a Microsoft support technician, Microsoft certified trainer, technology support specialist, senior network technology consultant, IT auditor, and most recently, as the owner and operator of his own technology firm, CLK Technology Solutions, located in Tucson, Arizona. Professor K's expertise in technology lies in designing, building, and supporting network infrastructures and network security. He has been teaching online courses since 2008 and conducts online classes for universities and colleges. He holds numerous technology certifications, which include the following: MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration A+, Net+, Security+ He spends his spare time working in his woodshop and providing free technical support to the local retirement community in Tucson, Arizona.

Course Outline

1. Course Overview

2. Building Your Forensics Lab Environment Using VirtualBox

3. Using Kali Forensic Mode and Autopsy

4. Digital Forensics Case Management

5. Open-source intelligence (OSINT)

6. Using Shodan to Search for Vulnerable devices

7. Computer Forensics

8. Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis

9. Stenography

10. Network forensics Using Wireshark

11. Practice What You learned