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• Anti-Forensics Technique: Data/File Deletion
• What Happens When a File is Deleted in Windows?
• Recycle Bin in Windows
• File Carving
• Anti-Forensics Techniques: Password Protection
• Bypassing Passwords on Powered-off Computer
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Steganography
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Alternate Data Streams
• Anti-Forensics Techniques: Trail Obfuscation
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Artifact Wiping
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Overwriting Data/Metadata
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Encryption
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Program Packers
• Anti-Forensics Techniques that Minimize Footprint
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Exploiting Forensics Tools Bugs
• Anti-Forensics Technique: Detecting Forensic Tool Activities
• Anti-Forensics Countermeasures
• Anti-Forensics Tools

- Analyze Various Files Associated with Windows and Linux and Android Devices

• Windows File Analysis
• Metadata Investigation
• Windows ShellBags
• Analyze LNK Files
• Analyze Jump Lists
• Event logs
• File System Analysis using The Sleuth Kit (TSK)
• Linux Memory Forensics
• APFS File System Analysis: Biskus APFS Capture
• Parsing metadata on Spotlight
• Logical Acquisition of Android Devices
• Physical Acquisition of Android Devices
• SQLite Database Extraction
• Challenges in Mobile Forensics

- Analyze various logs and perform network forensics to investigate network attacks

• Analyzing Firewall Logs
• Analyzing IDS Logs
• Analyzing Honeypot Logs
• Analyzing Router Logs
• Analyzing DHCP Logs
• Why investigate Network Traffic?
• Gathering evidence via Sniffers
• Sniffing Tool: Tcpdump
• Sniffing Tool: Wireshark
• Analyze Traffic for TCP SYN flood DOS attack
• Analyze Traffic for SYN-FIN flood DOS attack
• Analyze traffic for FTP password cracking attempts
• Analyze traffic for SMB password cracking attempts
• Analyze traffic for sniffing attempts
• Analyze traffic to detect malware activity
• Centralized Logging Using SIEM Solutions
• SIEM Solutions: Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
• SIEM Solutions: IBM Security QRadar
• Examine Brute-Force Attacks
• Examine DoS Attack
• Examine Malware Activity
• Examine data exfiltration attempts made through FTP
• Examine network scanning attempts
• Examine ransomware attack
• Detect rogue DNS server (DNS hijacking/DNS spoofing)
• Wireless network security vulnerabilities
• Performing attack and vulnerability monitoring
• Detect a rogue access point
• Detect access point MAC spoofing attempts
• Detect misconfigured access point
• Detect honeypot access points
• Detect signal jamming attack

- Analyze Various Logs and Perform Web Application Forensics to Examine Various Web Based Attacks

• Investigating Cross-Site Scripting Attack
• Investigating SQL Injection Attack
• Investigating Directory Traversal Attack
• Investigating Command Injection Attack
• Investigating Parameter Tampering Attack
• Investigating XML External Entity Attack
• Investigating Brute Force Attack
• Investigating Cookie Poisoning Attack

- Perform Forensics on Databases, Dark Web, Emails, Cloud and IoT devices

• Database Forensics Using SQL Server Management Studio
• Database Forensics Using ApexSQL DBA
• Common Scenario for Reference
• MySQL Forensics for WordPress Website Database: Scenario 1
• MySQL Forensics for WordPress Website Database: Scenario 2
• Tor Browser Forensics: Memory Acquisition
• Collecting Memory Dumps
• Memory Dump Analysis: Bulk Extractor
• Forensic Analysis of Memory Dumps to Examine Email Artifacts (Tor Browser Open)
• Forensic Analysis of Storage to Acquire the Email Attachments (Tor Browser Open)
• Forensic Analysis of Memory Dumps to Examine Email Artifacts (Tor Browser Closed)
• Forensic Analysis of Storage to Acquire the Email Attachments (Tor Browser Closed)
• Forensic Analysis: Tor Browser Uninstalled
• Dark Web Forensics Challenges
• Introduction to email crime investigation
• Steps to investigate email crimes
• Division of Responsibilities
• Where Is the Data Stored in Azure?
• Logs in Azure
• Acquiring A VM in Microsoft Azure
• Acquiring A VM Snapshot Using Azure Portal
• Acquiring A VM Snapshot Using PowerShell
• AWS Forensics
• Wearable IoT Device: Smartwatch
• IoT Device Forensics: Smart Speaker-Amazon Echo

- Perform Static and Dynamic Malware Analysis in a Sandboxed Environment

• Malware Analysis: Static
• Analyzing Suspicious MS Office Document
• Analyzing Suspicious PDF Document
• Malware Analysis: Dynamic

- Analyze Malware Behavior on System and Network Level, and Analyze Fileless Malware

• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Registry Artifacts
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Processes
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Windows Services
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Startup Programs
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Windows Event Logs
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring API Calls
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Device Drivers
• System Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Files and Folders
• Network Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Network Activities
• Network Behavior Analysis: Monitoring Port
• Network Behavior Analysis: Monitoring DNS
• Fileless Malware Analysis: Emotet
• Emotet Malware Analysis
• Emotet Malware Analysis: Timeline of the Infection Chain

• Types of Computer Crimes
• Impact of Cybercrimes at Organizational Level
• Cyber Crime Investigation
• Challenges Cyber Crimes Present for Investigators
• Network Attacks
• Indicators of Compromise (IOC)
• Web Application Threats
• Challenges in Web Application Forensics
• Indications of a Web Attack
• What is Anti-Forensics?
• Anti-Forensics Techniques

- Understand the fundamentals of computer forensics and determine the roles and responsibilities of forensic investigators

• Understanding Computer Forensics
• Need for Computer Forensics
• Why and When Do You Use Computer Forensics?
• Forensic Readiness
• Forensic Readiness and Business Continuity
• Forensics Readiness Planning
• Incident Response
• Computer Forensics as part of Incident Response Plan
• Overview of Incident Response Process Flow
• Role of SOC in Computer Forensics
• Need for Forensic Investigator
• Roles and Responsibilities of Forensics Investigator
• What makes a Good Computer Forensics Investigator?
• Code of Ethics
• Accessing Computer Forensics Resources
• Other Factors That Influence Forensic Investigations
• Introduction to Web Application Forensics
• Introduction to Network Forensics
• Postmortem and Real-Time Analys

- Understand data acquisition concepts and rules

• Understanding Data Acquisition
• Live Acquisition
• Order of Volatility
• Dead Acquisition
• Rules of Thumb for Data Acquisition
• Types of Data Acquisition
• Determine the Data Acquisition Format

- Understand the fundamental concepts and working of databases, cloud computing, Emails, IOT, Malware (file and fileless), and dark web

• Understanding Dark Web
• TOR Relays
• How TOR Browser works
• TOR Bridge Node
• Internal architecture of MySQL
• Structure of data directory
• Introduction to Cloud Computing
• Types of Cloud Computing Services
• Cloud Deployment Models
• Cloud Computing Threats
• Cloud Computing Attacks
• Introduction to an email system
• Components involved in email communication
• How email communication works
• Understanding parts of an email message
• Introduction to Malware
• Components of Malware
• Common Techniques Attackers Use to Distribute Malware across Web
• Introduction to Fileless Malware
• Infection Chain of Fileless Malware
• How Fileless Attack Works via Memory Exploits
• How Fileless Attack Happens Via Websites
• How Fileless Attack Happens Via Documents
• What is IoT?
• IoT Architecture
• IoT Security Problems
• OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities
• IoT Threats
• IoT Attack Surface Areas

• Rules of Evidence
• Best Evidence Rule
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE)
• ACPO Principles of Digital Evidence
• Seeking Consent
• Obtaining Witness Signatures
• Obtaining Warrant for Search and Seizure
• Searches Without a Warrant
• Initial Search of the Scene
• Preserving Evidence
• Chain of Custody
• Sanitize the Target Media
• Records of Regularly Conducted Activity as Evidence
• Division of Responsibilities

- Understand different laws and legal issues that impact forensic investigations

• Computer Forensics: Legal Issues
• Computer Forensics: Privacy Issues
• Computer Forensics and Legal Compliance
• Other Laws that May Influence Computer Forensics
• U.S. Laws Against Email Crime: CAN-SPAM Act