Name
Abstract | ||
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Using validated carving techniques, we show that popular operating systems (e.g. Windows, Linux, and OSX) frequently have residual IP packets, Ethernet frames, and associated data structures present in system memory from long-terminated network traffic. Such information is useful for many forensic purposes including establishment of prior connection activity and services used; identification of other systems present on the system's LAN or WLAN; geolocation of the host computer system; and cross-drive analysis. We show that network structures can also be recovered from memory that is persisted onto a mass storage medium during the course of system swapping or hibernation. We present our network carving techniques, algorithms and tools, and validate these against both purpose-built memory images and a readily available forensic corpora. These techniques are valuable to both forensics tasks, particularly in analyzing mobile devices, and to cyber-security objectives such as malware analysis. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1016/j.diin.2011.05.010 | Digital Investigation: The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
purpose-built memory image,network structure,associated data structure,network packet,bulk_extractor,network carving,system memory,available forensic corpus,carving,network analysis,cross-drive analysis,popular operating system,cross drive analysis,host computer system,long-terminated network traffic,malware analysis,forensic purpose,algorithms,packets,cyber security,data structure,networks,structures,forensic analysis,operating system,data bases,mass storage,mobile device,identification | Journal | 8, |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
SUPnan | Digital Investigation | 13 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.94 | 15 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Beverly | 1 | 361 | 32.92 |
| simson l garfinkel | 2 | 1125 | 124.60 |
| Greg Cardwell | 3 | 13 | 0.94 |