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Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems: Digital Forensics Field Guides
Author(s): Cameron H. Malin (Author), Eoghan Casey (Editor), James M. Aquilina (Editor)
- Publisher: Syngress
- Publication Date: 13 Jun. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 560 pages
- ISBN-10: 1597494720
- ISBN-13: 9781597494724
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
“For anyone working in this field, this is an invaluable book that deserves a permanent place in your toolkit. For those entering into this line of work, it’s worth reading so that you know what you’re in for.” –Network Security, December 2013
Review
Written by information security experts with real-world investigative experience, Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems is a “tool” with checklists for specific tasks, case studies of difficult situations, and expert analyst tips
From the Back Cover
Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems is a companion for computer forensic investigators, incident responders and malware analysts that distills the formalized methods introduced in the authors’ previous work and presents the new forensic concepts of digital impression and trace evidence, along with advanced profiling techniques based in malware taxonomy and phylogeny.
Presented in succinct outline format with cross-references to supplemental appendices, this tactical and practical resource is designed to provide the digital investigator clear and concise guidance in an easily accessible format while responding to an incident or conducting analysis in a lab.
About the Author
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.
James M. Aquilina, Esq. is the Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel of Stroz Friedberg, LLC, a consulting and technical services firm specializing in computer forensics; cyber-crime response; private investigations; and the preservation, analysis and production of electronic data from single hard drives to complex corporate networks. As the head of the Los Angeles Office, Mr. Aquilina supervises and conducts digital forensics and cyber-crime investigations and oversees large digital evidence projects. Mr. Aquilina also consults on the technical and strategic aspects of anti-piracy, antispyware, and digital rights management (DRM) initiatives for the media and entertainment industries, providing strategic thinking, software assurance, testing of beta products, investigative assistance, and advice on whether the technical components of the initiatives implicate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and anti-spyware and consumer fraud legislation. His deep knowledge of botnets, distributed denial of service attacks, and other automated cyber-intrusions enables him to provide companies with advice to bolster their infrastructure protection.
