Digital Forensics Tools

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 Need of DFT’s

Investigating Cybercrimes

Evidence Collection

Compliance and Regulatory Requirements

Incident Response

Data Recovery
 Types of tools

Disk imaging tools create bit-by-bit copies (images) of storage devices such
Disk Imaging Tools as hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs), and USB drives.

Data recovery tools are used to retrieve deleted, corrupted, or damaged files from
storage devices. These tools employ various techniques such as file carving, file
Data Recovery Tools system repair, and disk scanning to recover lost data.

Registry analysis tools focus on analyzing the Windows registry, a centralized

Registry Analysis Tools database that stores system configuration settings, user preferences, and
application data.
 Steganography tools detect hidden messages or files concealed
Steganography
within other files or media, such as images, audio, or videos
Detection Tools

Database forensics tools analyze database systems to extract

Database Forensics and examine data stored within them, including deleted or
Tools modified records
 Command Line Tools

A command-line utility for Unix-like operating systems used to convert and copy
dd files. It is often used in digital forensics for disk imaging.

A command-line memory forensics framework for analyzing volatile memory

dumps. It allows investigators to extract and analyze information such as running
Volatility processes, network connections, and open files.

While not specific to digital forensics, these command-line utilities are

Grep, Awk,
commonly used in conjunction with other forensic tools for text processing,
and Sed searching, and pattern matching.
 Hardware Forensics Tools

Computer forensics hardware tools are physical devices designed to aid in

the acquisition, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence from
computers and other electronic devices.

These tools often provide specialized functionality to ensure the integrity of

the data and facilitate thorough investigations
 Types of Hardware Forensics Tools
Forensic disk imagers are hardware devices used to create bit-by-bit copies
Forensic Disk Imagers (forensic images) of storage devices such as hard drives, solid-state drives
(SSDs), USB drives, and memory cards

Hardware keyloggers are physical devices connected between a

Hardware Keyloggers keyboard and a computer to capture keystrokes

Media Duplication Media duplication towers are multi-drive devices used for
Towers simultaneous duplication of multiple storage media.
 Portable forensic workstations are compact, all-in-one devices designed for on-
Portable Forensic site forensic analysis and data acquisition. They typically include built-in write
Workstations blocking, disk imaging, and analysis capabilities

Write blockers are hardware devices used to prevent any writes or

modifications to the storage device being examined. They ensure that
the original data remains unchanged during the forensic acquisition Write Blockers
process
 Popular tools

It allows investigators to acquire, analyze, and report on digital evidence from various
EnCase sources, including computers, smartphones, and cloud storage.

Autopsy is an open-source digital forensics platform that offers

Autopsy
a graphical interface for analyzing disk images and other digital evidence

AXIOM is designed to help digital forensic examiners collect,

Magnet AXIOM
analyze, and report on digital evidence

Cellebrite is a global provider of digital intelligence solutions, specializing in data

extraction, analysis, and management for law enforcement, military, intelligence,
Cellebrite
corporate security, and eDiscovery agencies
 Team
Gauri Naik
Premanshu Chaudhari
Mayur Hile
Akash Mendke
Ritesh Tiwari