
Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems
Digital Forensics Field Guides
Description
Key Features
- A condensed hand-held guide complete with on-the-job tasks and checklists
- Specific for Windows-based systems, the largest running OS in the world
- Authors are world-renowned leaders in investigating and analyzing malicious code
Readership
Computer forensic investigators, analysts, and specialists
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Technical Editor
Introduction
Chapter 1. Malware Incident Response
Solutions in this chapter:
Volatile Data Collection and Analysis Tools
Non-Volatile Data Collection and Analysis Tools
Selected Readings
Jurisprudence/RFCS/Technical Specifications
Chapter 2. Memory Forensics
Solutions in this chapter:
Selected Readings
Chapter 3. Post-Mortem Forensics
Solutions in this chapter:
Selected Readings
Chapter 4. Legal Considerations
Solutions in this chapter:
Chapter 5. File Identification and Profiling
Solutions in this chapter:
Selected Readings
Chapter 6. Analysis of a Malware Specimen
Solutions in this chapter:
Introduction
Goals
Guidelines for Examining a Malicious File Specimen
Establishing the Environment Baseline
Pre-Execution Preparation: System and Network Monitoring
Execution Artifact Capture: Digital Impression and Trace Evidence
Executing the Malicious Code Specimen
Execution Trajectory Analysis: Observing Network, Process, Api, File System, and Registry Activity
Automated Malware Analysis Frameworks
Online Malware Analysis Sandboxes
Defeating Obfuscation
Embedded Artifact Extraction Revisited
Interacting with and Manipulating the Malware Specimen: Exploring and Verifying Functionality and Purpose
Event Reconstruction and Artifact Review: Post-Run Data Analysis
Digital Virology: Advanced Profiling Through Malware Taxonomy and Phylogeny
Conclusion
Pitfalls to Avoid
Selected Readings
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 560
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Syngress 2012
- Published: May 11, 2012
- Imprint: Syngress
- eBook ISBN: 9781597494731
- Paperback ISBN: 9781597494724
About the Authors
Cameron Malin
Cameron H. Malin is a Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) and Certified Network Defense Architect (C|NDA) as designated by the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council); a GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), GIAC Certified Forensic Analysis (GCFA), a GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GIAC Certified Reverse Engineering Malware professional (GREM), GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), and GIAC Certified Unix Security Administrator (GCUX) as designated by the SANS Institute; and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), as designated by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium ((ISC)2®).
From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Malin was an Assistant State Attorney (ASA) and Special Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, Florida, where he specialized in computer crime prosecutions. During his tenure as an ASA, he was also an Assistant Professorial Lecturer in the Computer Fraud Investigations Masters Program at George Washington University.
Mr. Malin is currently a Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Behavioral Analysis Unit, Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center. He is also a Subject Matter Expert for the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Security & Information Systems Information Analysis Center and Defense Systems Information Analysis Center.
Mr. Malin is co-author of the Malware Forensics book series, Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code, the Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems, and the Malware Forensics Field Guide for Linux Systems published by Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.
The techniques, tools, methods, views, and opinions explained by Cameron Malin are personal to him, and do not represent those of the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the government of the United States of America. Neither the Federal government nor any Federal agency endorses this book or its contents in any way.
Eoghan Casey
Eoghan Casey is an internationally recognized expert in data breach investigations and information security forensics. He is founding partner of CASEITE.com, and co-manages the Risk Prevention and Response business unit at DFLabs. Over the past decade, he has consulted with many attorneys, agencies, and police departments in the United States, South America, and Europe on a wide range of digital investigations, including fraud, violent crimes, identity theft, and on-line criminal activity. Eoghan has helped organizations investigate and manage security breaches, including network intrusions with international scope. He has delivered expert testimony in civil and criminal cases, and has submitted expert reports and prepared trial exhibits for computer forensic and cyber-crime cases.
In addition to his casework and writing the foundational book Digital Evidence and Computer Crime, Eoghan has worked as R&D Team Lead in the Defense Cyber Crime Institute (DCCI) at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) helping enhance their operational capabilities and develop new techniques and tools. He also teaches graduate students at Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and created the Mobile Device Forensics course taught worldwide through the SANS Institute. He has delivered keynotes and taught workshops around the globe on various topics related to data breach investigation, digital forensics and cyber security.
Eoghan has performed thousands of forensic acquisitions and examinations, including Windows and UNIX systems, Enterprise servers, smart phones, cell phones, network logs, backup tapes, and database systems. He also has information security experience, as an Information Security Officer at Yale University and in subsequent consulting work. He has performed vulnerability assessments, deployed and maintained intrusion detection systems, firewalls and public key infrastructures, and developed policies, procedures, and educational programs for a variety of organizations. Eoghan has authored advanced technical books in his areas of expertise that are used by practitioners and universities around the world, and he is Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's International Journal of Digital Investigation.
Affiliations and Expertise
James Aquilina
Affiliations and Expertise
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