Know how to mitigate and handle ransomware attacks via the essential cybersecurity training in this book so you can stop attacks before they happen. Learn the types of ransomware, distribution methods, internal structure, families (variants), defense strategies, recovery methods, and legal issues related to reporting ransomware incidents to authorities and other affected parties. This book also teaches you how to develop a ransomware incident response plan to minimize ransomware damage and recover normal operations quickly. Ransomware is a category of malware that can encrypt your computer and mobile device files until you pay a ransom to unlock them. Ransomware attacks are considered the most prevalent cybersecurity threats today—the number of new ransomware variants has grown 30-fold since 2015 and they currently account for roughly 40% of all spam messages. Attacks have increased in occurrence from one every 40 seconds to one every 14 seconds. Government and private corporations are targets. Despite the security controls set by organizations to protect their digital assets, ransomware is still dominating the world of security and will continue to do so in the future. Ransomware Revealed discusses the steps to follow if a ransomware infection occurs, such as how to pay the ransom through anonymous payment methods, perform a backup and restore your affected files, and search online to find a decryption tool to unlock (decrypt) your files for free. Mitigation steps are discussed in depth for both endpoint devices and network systems. What You Will Learn Be aware of how ransomware infects your system Comprehend ransomware components in simple terms Recognize the different types of ransomware families Identify the attack vectors employed by ransomware to infect computer systems Know how to prevent ransomware attacks from successfully comprising your system and network (i.e., mitigation strategies) Know what to do if a successful ransomware infection takes place Understand how to pay the ransom as well as the pros and cons of paying Set up a ransomware response plan to recover from such attacks Who This Book Is For Those who do not specialize in the cybersecurity field (but have adequate IT skills) and want to fully understand the anatomy of ransomware threats. Although most of the book's content will be understood by ordinary computer users, it will also prove useful for experienced IT users aiming to understand the ins and outs of ransomware threats without diving deep into the technical jargon of the internal structure of ransomware.

Apply Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support your intelligence analysis. Use the harvested data in different scenarios such as financial, crime, and terrorism investigations as well as performing business competition analysis and acquiring intelligence about individuals and other entities. This book will also improve your skills to acquire information online from both the regular Internet as well as the hidden web through its two sub-layers: the deep web and the dark web. The author includes many OSINT resources that can be used by intelligence agencies as well as by enterprises to monitor trends on a global level, identify risks, and gather competitor intelligence so more effective decisions can be made. You will discover techniques, methods, and tools that are equally used by hackers and penetration testers to gather intelligence about a specific target online. And you will be aware of how OSINT resources can be used in conducting social engineering attacks. Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools takes a practical approach and lists hundreds of OSINT resources that can be used to gather intelligence from online public sources. The book also covers how to anonymize your digital identity online so you can conduct your searching activities without revealing your identity. What You'll Learn: Identify intelligence needs and leverage a broad range of tools and sources to improve data collection, analysis, and decision making in your organization; Use OSINT resources to protect individuals and enterprises by discovering data that is online, exposed, and sensitive and hide the data before it is revealed by outside attackers; Gather corporate intelligence about business competitors and predict future market directions; Conduct advanced searches to gather intelligence from social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter; Understand the different layers that make up the Internet and how to search within the invisible web which contains both the deep and the dark webs. Who This Book Is For: Penetration testers, digital forensics investigators, intelligence services, military, law enforcement, UN agencies, and for-profit/non-profit enterprises. Nihad A. Hassan is an independent information security consultant, digital forensics and cybersecurity expert, online blogger, and book author. He has been actively conducting research in different areas of information security for more than a decade and has developed numerous cybersecurity education courses and technical guides. He has completed many technical security consulting engagements involving security architectures, penetration testing, computer crime investigation, and cyber Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). Nihad has authored four books and scores of information security articles in various global publications. He also enjoys being involved in security training, education, and motivation. His current work focuses on digital forensics, anti-forensics techniques, digital privacy, and cyber OSINT. He covers different information security topics and related matters on his security blog (DarknessGate) and recently launched a dedicated site for Open Source Intelligence resources. Nihad has a BSc honors degree in computer science from the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. He can be followed on Twitter at @DarknessGate, and you can connect to him via LinkedIn (DarknessGate). Rami Hijazi holds a master's degree in information technology (information security) from the University of Liverpool. He works for Mericler, Inc., an education and corporate training firm in Toronto, Canada. Rami is an experienced IT professional who lectures on a wide array of topics, including object-oriented programming, Java, e-commerce, agile development, database design, and data handling analysis. He also works as an information security consultant, where he is involved in the design of encryption systems and wireless networks, intrusion detection and data breach tracking, and planning and development advice for IT departments concerned with contingency planning

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Know how to mitigate and handle ransomware attacks via the essential cybersecurity training in this book so you can stop attacks before they happen. Learn the types of ransomware, distribution methods, internal structure, families (variants), defense strategies, recovery methods, and legal issues related to reporting ransomware incidents to authorities and other affected parties. This book also teaches you how to develop a ransomware incident response plan to minimize ransomware damage and recover normal operations quickly. Ransomware is a category of malware that can encrypt your computer and mobile device files until you pay a ransom to unlock them. Ransomware attacks are considered the most prevalent cybersecurity threats today—the number of new ransomware variants has grown 30-fold since 2015 and they currently account for roughly 40% of all spam messages. Attacks have increased in occurrence from one every 40 seconds to one every 14 seconds. Government and private corporations are targets. Despite the security controls set by organizations to protect their digital assets, ransomware is still dominating the world of security and will continue to do so in the future. Ransomware Revealed discusses the steps to follow if a ransomware infection occurs, such as how to pay the ransom through anonymous payment methods, perform a backup and restore your affected files, and search online to find a decryption tool to unlock (decrypt) your files for free. Mitigation steps are discussed in depth for both endpoint devices and network systems. What You Will Learn Be aware of how ransomware infects your system Comprehend ransomware components in simple terms Recognize the different types of ransomware families Identify the attack vectors employed by ransomware to infect computer systems Know how to prevent ransomware attacks from successfully comprising your system and network (i.e., mitigation strategies) Know what to do if a successful ransomware infection takes place Understand how to pay the ransom as well as the pros and cons of paying Set up a ransomware response plan to recover from such attacks Who This Book Is For Those who do not specialize in the cybersecurity field (but have adequate IT skills) and want to fully understand the anatomy of ransomware threats. Although most of the book's content will be understood by ordinary computer users, it will also prove useful for experienced IT users aiming to understand the ins and outs of ransomware threats without diving deep into the technical jargon of the internal structure of ransomware.

Know how to mitigate and handle ransomware attacks via the essential cybersecurity training in this book so you can stop attacks before they happen. Learn the types of ransomware, distribution methods, internal structure, families (variants), defense strategies, recovery methods, and legal issues related to reporting ransomware incidents to authorities and other affected parties. This book also teaches you how to develop a ransomware incident response plan to minimize ransomware damage and recover normal operations quickly. Ransomware is a category of malware that can encrypt your computer and mobile device files until you pay a ransom to unlock them. Ransomware attacks are considered the most prevalent cybersecurity threats today—the number of new ransomware variants has grown 30-fold since 2015 and they currently account for roughly 40% of all spam messages. Attacks have increased in occurrence from one every 40 seconds to one every 14 seconds. Government and private corporations are targets. Despite the security controls set by organizations to protect their digital assets, ransomware is still dominating the world of security and will continue to do so in the future. Ransomware Revealed discusses the steps to follow if a ransomware infection occurs, such as how to pay the ransom through anonymous payment methods, perform a backup and restore your affected files, and search online to find a decryption tool to unlock (decrypt) your files for free. Mitigation steps are discussed in depth for both endpoint devices and network systems. What You Will Learn Be aware of how ransomware infects your system Comprehend ransomware components in simple terms Recognize the different types of ransomware families Identify the attack vectors employed by ransomware to infect computer systems Know how to prevent ransomware attacks from successfully comprising your system and network (i.e., mitigation strategies) Know what to do if a successful ransomware infection takes place Understand how to pay the ransom as well as the pros and cons of paying Set up a ransomware response plan to recover from such attacks Who This Book Is For Those who do not specialize in the cybersecurity field (but have adequate IT skills) and want to fully understand the anatomy of ransomware threats. Although most of the book's content will be understood by ordinary computer users, it will also prove useful for experienced IT users aiming to understand the ins and outs of ransomware threats without diving deep into the technical jargon of the internal structure of ransomware.

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Table of Contents......Page 5 About the Author......Page 13 About the Technical Reviewer......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 15 Introduction......Page 16 Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding Digital Forensics......Page 20 What Is Digital Forensics?......Page 21 Digital Forensics Goals......Page 22 Cybercrime Attack Mode......Page 23 Malware Distribution......Page 24 SQL Injections......Page 25 Phishing......Page 26 DDoS Attacks......Page 27 Computer Forensics......Page 28 Forensics Data Analysis......Page 29 Civil Ligation......Page 30 Intelligence and Counterintelligence......Page 31 Digital Forensics Investigation Types......Page 32 The Importance of Forensic Readiness for Organizations......Page 33 Digital Evidence......Page 35 Digital Evidence Types......Page 36 Machine/Network-Created Data......Page 37 Locations of Electronic Evidence......Page 39 Challenge of Acquiring Digital Evidence......Page 40 Who Should Collect Digital Evidence?......Page 42 Chain of Custody......Page 43 Seizure......Page 45 Acquisition......Page 46 Analysis......Page 47 Digital Forensics Process Official Guides......Page 48 Digital Forensics Certifications......Page 49 Digital Forensics vs. Other Computing Domain......Page 51 Chapter Summary......Page 52 Decimal (Base-10)......Page 53 Binary......Page 54 Hexadecimal (Base-16)......Page 55 Computer Character Encoding Schema......Page 58 File Structure......Page 59 Digital File Metadata......Page 61 Timestamps Decoder (Tool)......Page 64 Method Two: Using the Built-In Windows Hashing Feature......Page 65 Types of Computer Storage......Page 66 RAM......Page 67 ROM......Page 68 HDD......Page 69 How Is Data Stored on the HDD?......Page 70 SSD......Page 71 Optical Data Storage......Page 72 HPA and DCO......Page 73 NTFS......Page 76 Computing Environment......Page 77 Cloud Computing......Page 78 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)......Page 79 Windows Version Variations......Page 80 What Is an IP Address?......Page 81 Digital Forensics Resources and Study Materials......Page 83 Chapter Summary......Page 84 Chapter 3: Computer Forensics Lab Requirements......Page 86 Lab Physical Facility Requirements......Page 88 Environment Controls......Page 90 Hardware Equipment......Page 91 Evidence Container......Page 93 Forensic Workstation......Page 94 Commercial Forensics Tools......Page 96 Free and Open Source Forensic Tools......Page 97 Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)......Page 98 Validation and Verification of Forensics Hardware and Software......Page 99 Lab Manager......Page 100 Lab Data Backup......Page 101 Training Requirements......Page 102 Lab Policies and Procedures......Page 103 Lab Accreditation Requirements......Page 104 Step 1: Self-Assessment......Page 105 Step 4: Implementation......Page 106 Chapter Summary......Page 107 Chapter 4: Initial Response and  First Responder Tasks......Page 109 Search and Seizure......Page 110 Consent to Search......Page 111 Search Warrant......Page 113 First Responder Toolkit......Page 114 First Responder Tasks......Page 115 Order of Volatility......Page 120 Documenting the Digital Crime Scene......Page 121 Packaging and Transporting Electronic Devices......Page 122 First Responder Questions When Contacted by a Client......Page 123 Witness Interview Questions......Page 124 Chapter Summary......Page 125 Chapter 5: Acquiring Digital Evidence......Page 127 AFF......Page 128 Forensics Image File Validation......Page 129 Acquiring Volatile Memory (Live Acquisition)......Page 130 Virtual Memory (Swap Space)......Page 131 Windows Is Locked......Page 132 Capturing Tool Footprint......Page 133 Capturing RAM Using the DumpIt Tool......Page 134 Belkasoft Live RAM Capturer......Page 136 Capture RAM with FTK Imager......Page 137 Acquiring Nonvolatile Memory (Static Acquisition)......Page 140 Hard Drive Acquisition Methods......Page 141 Logical Acquisition......Page 142 Sparse Acquisition......Page 143 Using FTK Imager to Capture Hard Drive......Page 144 Hard Drive Imaging Risks and Challenges......Page 151 Corrupted or Physically Damaged Hard Drive......Page 152 Network Acquisition......Page 153 Other Challenges......Page 154 Chapter Summary......Page 155 Analyzing Hard Drive Forensic Images......Page 156 Arsenal Image Mounter......Page 157 OSFMount......Page 158 Launching the Wizard and Creating Your First Case......Page 160 How Long Should It Take to Finish the Data Source Analysis Process?......Page 168 Importing a Hash Database......Page 172 Redline......Page 177 Capturing a RAM Memory Using Redline......Page 178 Memory Forensics Using Redline......Page 185 Volatility Framework......Page 188 Chapter Summary......Page 192 Chapter 7: Windows Forensics Analysis......Page 193 Creating a Timeline Using Autopsy......Page 195 Generate a Timeline Report Using Autopsy......Page 197 File Recovery......Page 200 Windows Recycle Bin Forensics......Page 201 Data Carving......Page 207 Architecture of Windows Registry......Page 208 Acquiring Windows Registry......Page 211 Registry Examination......Page 212 Automatic Startup Locations......Page 213 Installed Program Keys in the Windows Registry......Page 215 USB Device Forensics......Page 217 Most Recently Used List......Page 220 Network Analysis......Page 222 Windows Shutdown Time......Page 224 Printer Registry Information......Page 225 Deleted Registry Key Recovery......Page 226 File Format Identification......Page 228 Windows Prefetch Analysis......Page 231 Windows Thumbnail Forensics......Page 233 Jump Lists Forensics......Page 234 AUTOMATICDESTINATIONS-MS......Page 235 CUSTOMDESTINATIONS-MS......Page 236 LNK File Forensics......Page 237 Windows File Analyzer (WFA)......Page 239 Event Log Analysis......Page 240 Hidden Hard Drive Partition Analysis......Page 244 Windows Minidump File Forensics......Page 246 Pagefile.sys......Page 248 Swapfile.sys......Page 249 Windows Volume Shadow Copies Forensics......Page 250 ShadowCopyView......Page 251 Windows 10 Forensics......Page 253 Notification Area Database......Page 254 Cortana Forensics......Page 257 Chapter Summary......Page 259 Chapter 8: Web Browser and E-mail Forensics......Page 260 IE......Page 261 Microsoft Edge Web Browser......Page 264 Firefox......Page 266 Google Chrome......Page 270 History......Page 272 Login Data......Page 275 Bookmarks......Page 276 Cache Folder......Page 277 Other Web Browser Investigation Tools......Page 278 E-mail Forensics......Page 280 Steps in E-mail Communications......Page 281 List of E-mail Protocols......Page 282 E-mail Header Examination......Page 283 View Full Gmail Headers......Page 284 View E-mail Header Using Outlook Mail......Page 285 View Full E-mail Header in Outlook Mail Client......Page 287 Analyzing E-mail Headers......Page 288 eMailTrackerPro (www.emailtrackerpro.com)......Page 291 Determining a Sender’s Geographic Location......Page 294 Investigating E-mail Clients......Page 296 Webmail Forensics......Page 300 E-mail Investigations Challenge......Page 301 Chapter Summary......Page 302 Chapter 9: Antiforensics Techniques......Page 303 Classification of Antiforensics Techniques......Page 304 Digital Steganography......Page 305 Text Steganography......Page 306 Image Steganography......Page 307 Audio-Video Steganography......Page 309 Digital Steganography Tools......Page 310 Data Destruction and Antirecovery Techniques......Page 311 Files’ Metadata Manipulation......Page 313 Encryption Techniques......Page 315 FDE......Page 316 Windows BitLocker......Page 317 EFS......Page 318 Password Cracking......Page 319 Cryptographic Anonymity Techniques......Page 320 Direct Attacks Against Computer Forensics Tools......Page 321 Chapter Summary......Page 322 Chapter 10: Gathering Evidence from OSINT Sources......Page 323 Goals of OSINT Collection......Page 324 OSINF Categories......Page 325 OSINT Benefits......Page 327 Challenges of OSINT......Page 328 The OSINT Cycle......Page 329 OSINT Gathering and the Need for Privacy......Page 330 Surface Web......Page 331 Darknet......Page 332 Online Resources......Page 333 Chapter Summary......Page 334 Report Main Elements......Page 335 Autogenerated Report......Page 336 Chapter Summary......Page 338 Index......Page 339

Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools focuses on building a deep understanding of how to exploit open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support intelligence analysis. The harvested data can be used in different scenarios such as financial, crime, and terrorism investigations as well as in more regular tasks such as analyzing business competitors, running background checks, and acquiring intelligence about individuals and other entities. This book will also improve your skills in acquiring information online from the surface web, the deep web, and the darknet. Many estimates show that 90 percent of useful information acquired by intelligence services comes from public sources (in other words, OSINT sources). Social media sites open up numerous opportunities for investigations because of the vast amount of useful information located in one place. For example, you can get a great deal of personal information about any person worldwide by just checking their Facebook page. This book will show you how to conduct advanced social media investigations to access content believed to be private, use advanced search engines queries to return accurate results, search historical deleted versions of websites, track individuals online using public record databases and people-searching tools, locate information buried in the deep web, access and navigate the dark web, collect intelligence from the dark web, view multiple historic satellite images and street views of any location, search geolocation information within popular social media sites, and more. In short, you will learn how to use a plethora of techniques, tools, and free online services to gather intelligence about any target online. OSINT-gathering activities should be conducted secretly to avoid revealing the searcher’s identity. Therefore, this book will teach you how to conceal your digital identity and become anonymous online. You will learn how to exchange data secretly across hostile environments like the Internet and how to communicate with your peers privately and anonymously. You will also learn how to check your digital footprint and discover what kind of digital traces you are leaving behind and how to delete them. Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools is an indispensable guide for anyone responsible for collecting online content from public data, and it is a must-have reference for any casual Internet user who wants to dig deeper into the Internet to see what information it contains.

Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools focuses on building a deep understanding of how to exploit open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support intelligence analysis. The harvested data can be used in different scenarios such as financial, crime, and terrorism investigations as well as in more regular tasks such as analyzing business competitors, running background checks, and acquiring intelligence about individuals and other entities. This book will also improve your skills in acquiring information online from the surface web, the deep web, and the darknet. Many estimates show that 90 percent of useful information acquired by intelligence services comes from public sources (in other words, OSINT sources). Social media sites open up numerous opportunities for investigations because of the vast amount of useful information located in one place. For example, you can get a great deal of personal information about any person worldwide by just checking their Facebook page. This book will show you how to conduct advanced social media investigations to access content believed to be private, use advanced search engines queries to return accurate results, search historical deleted versions of websites, track individuals online using public record databases and people-searching tools, locate information buried in the deep web, access and navigate the dark web, collect intelligence from the dark web, view multiple historic satellite images and street views of any location, search geolocation information within popular social media sites, and more. In short, you will learn how to use a plethora of techniques, tools, and free online services to gather intelligence about any target online. OSINT-gathering activities should be conducted secretly to avoid revealing the searcher’s identity. Therefore, this book will teach you how to conceal your digital identity and become anonymous online. You will learn how to exchange data secretly across hostile environments like the Internet and how to communicate with your peers privately and anonymously. You will also learn how to check your digital footprint and discover what kind of digital traces you are leaving behind and how to delete them. Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools is an indispensable guide for anyone responsible for collecting online content from public data, and it is a must-have reference for any casual Internet user who wants to dig deeper into the Internet to see what information it contains.

Apply Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support your intelligence analysis. Use the harvested data in different scenarios such as financial, crime, and terrorism investigations as well as performing business competition analysis and acquiring intelligence about individuals and other entities. This book will also improve your skills to acquire information online from both the regular Internet as well as the hidden web through its two sub-layers: the deep web and the dark web. The author includes many OSINT resources that can be used by intelligence agencies as well as by enterprises to monitor trends on a global level, identify risks, and gather competitor intelligence so more effective decisions can be made. You will discover techniques, methods, and tools that are equally used by hackers and penetration testers to gather intelligence about a specific target online. And you will be aware of how OSINT resources can be used in conducting social engineering attacks. Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools takes a practical approach and lists hundreds of OSINT resources that can be used to gather intelligence from online public sources. The book also covers how to anonymize your digital identity online so you can conduct your searching activities without revealing your identity. What You'll Learn: Identify intelligence needs and leverage a broad range of tools and sources to improve data collection, analysis, and decision making in your organization; Use OSINT resources to protect individuals and enterprises by discovering data that is online, exposed, and sensitive and hide the data before it is revealed by outside attackers; Gather corporate intelligence about business competitors and predict future market directions; Conduct advanced searches to gather intelligence from social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter; Understand the different layers that make up the Internet and how to search within the invisible web which contains both the deep and the dark webs. Who This Book Is For: Penetration testers, digital forensics investigators, intelligence services, military, law enforcement, UN agencies, and for-profit/non-profit enterprises. Nihad A. Hassan is an independent information security consultant, digital forensics and cybersecurity expert, online blogger, and book author. He has been actively conducting research in different areas of information security for more than a decade and has developed numerous cybersecurity education courses and technical guides. He has completed many technical security consulting engagements involving security architectures, penetration testing, computer crime investigation, and cyber Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). Nihad has authored four books and scores of information security articles in various global publications. He also enjoys being involved in security training, education, and motivation. His current work focuses on digital forensics, anti-forensics techniques, digital privacy, and cyber OSINT. He covers different information security topics and related matters on his security blog (DarknessGate) and recently launched a dedicated site for Open Source Intelligence resources. Nihad has a BSc honors degree in computer science from the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. He can be followed on Twitter at @DarknessGate, and you can connect to him via LinkedIn (DarknessGate). Rami Hijazi holds a master's degree in information technology (information security) from the University of Liverpool. He works for Mericler, Inc., an education and corporate training firm in Toronto, Canada. Rami is an experienced IT professional who lectures on a wide array of topics, including object-oriented programming, Java, e-commerce, agile development, database design, and data handling analysis. He also works as an information security consultant, where he is involved in the design of encryption systems and wireless networks, intrusion detection and data breach tracking, and planning and development advice for IT departments concerned with contingency planning

Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools focuses on building a deep understanding of how to exploit open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support intelligence analysis. The harvested data can be used in different scenarios such as financial, crime, and terrorism investigations as well as in more regular tasks such as analyzing business competitors, running background checks, and acquiring intelligence about individuals and other entities. This book will also improve your skills in acquiring information online from the surface web, the deep web, and the darknet. Many estimates show that 90 percent of useful information acquired by intelligence services comes from public sources (in other words, OSINT sources). Social media sites open up numerous opportunities for investigations because of the vast amount of useful information located in one place. For example, you can get a great deal of personal information about any person worldwide by just checking their Facebook page. This book will show you how to conduct advanced social media investigations to access content believed to be private, use advanced search engines queries to return accurate results, search historical deleted versions of websites, track individuals online using public record databases and people-searching tools, locate information buried in the deep web, access and navigate the dark web, collect intelligence from the dark web, view multiple historic satellite images and street views of any location, search geolocation information within popular social media sites, and more. In short, you will learn how to use a plethora of techniques, tools, and free online services to gather intelligence about any target online. OSINT-gathering activities should be conducted secretly to avoid revealing the searcher’s identity. Therefore, this book will teach you how to conceal your digital identity and become anonymous online. You will learn how to exchange data secretly across hostile environments like the Internet and how to communicate with your peers privately and anonymously. You will also learn how to check your digital footprint and discover what kind of digital traces you are leaving behind and how to delete them. Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools is an indispensable guide for anyone responsible for collecting online content from public data, and it is a must-have reference for any casual Internet user who wants to dig deeper into the Internet to see what information it contains.

Use this hands-on guide to understand the ever growing and complex world of digital security. Learn how to protect yourself from digital crime, secure your communications, and become anonymous online using sophisticated yet practical tools and techniques. This book teaches you how to secure your online identity and personal devices, encrypt your digital data and online communications, protect cloud data and Internet of Things (IoT), mitigate social engineering attacks, keep your purchases secret, and conceal your digital footprint. You will understand best practices to harden your operating system and delete digital traces using the most widely used operating system, Windows. Digital Privacy and Security Using Windows offers a comprehensive list of practical digital privacy tutorials in addition to being a complete repository of free online resources and tools assembled in one place. The book helps you build a robust defense from electronic crime and corporate surveillance. It covers general principles of digital privacy and how to configure and use various security applications to maintain your privacy, such as TOR, VPN, and BitLocker. You will learn to encrypt email communications using Gpg4win and Thunderbird. What You'll Learn Know the various parties interested in having your private data Differentiate between government and corporate surveillance, and the motivations behind each one Understand how online tracking works technically Protect digital data, secure online communications, and become anonymous online Cover and destroy your digital traces using Windows OS Secure your data in transit and at rest Be aware of cyber security risks and countermeasures Who This Book Is For End users, information security professionals, management, infosec students

Apply Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support your intelligence analysis. Use the harvested data in different scenarios such as financial, crime, and terrorism investigations as well as performing business competition analysis and acquiring intelligence about individuals and other entities. This book will also improve your skills to acquire information online from both the regular Internet as well as the hidden web through its two sub-layers: the deep web and the dark web. The author includes many OSINT resources that can be used by intelligence agencies as well as by enterprises to monitor trends on a global level, identify risks, and gather competitor intelligence so more effective decisions can be made. You will discover techniques, methods, and tools that are equally used by hackers and penetration testers to gather intelligence about a specific target online. And you will be aware of how OSINT resources can be used in conducting social engineering attacks. Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools takes a practical approach and lists hundreds of OSINT resources that can be used to gather intelligence from online public sources. The book also covers how to anonymize your digital identity online so you can conduct your searching activities without revealing your identity. What You'll Learn Identify intelligence needs and leverage a broad range of tools and sources to improve data collection, analysis, and decision making in your organization Use OSINT resources to protect individuals and enterprises by discovering data that is online, exposed, and sensitive and hide the data before it is revealed by outside attackers Gather corporate intelligence about business competitors and predict future market directions Conduct advanced searches to gather intelligence from social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter Understand the different layers that make up the Internet and how to search within the invisible web which contains both the deep and the dark webs Who This Book Is For Penetration testers, digital forensics investigators, intelligence services, military, law enforcement, UN agencies, and for-profit/non-profit enterprises Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden. Produktdetails Produktdetails Verlag: (https://www.buecher.de/ni/search_search/quicksearch/q/cXVlcnk9U3ByaW5nZXIrVmVybGFnK0dtYkgmZmllbGQ9aGVyc3RlbGxlcg==/session/jmrk8js7cqh6phagdoe9lsidrl/) Springer-Verlag GmbH Seitenzahl: 354 Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2018 Englisch ISBN-13: 9781484232132 Artikelnr.: 53083471 (#product_info) Produktdetails Verlag: (https://www.buecher.de/ni/search_search/quicksearch/q/cXVlcnk9U3ByaW5nZXIrVmVybGFnK0dtYkgmZmllbGQ9aGVyc3RlbGxlcg==/session/jmrk8js7cqh6phagdoe9lsidrl/) Springer-Verlag GmbH Seitenzahl: 354 Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2018 Englisch ISBN-13: 9781484232132 Artikelnr.: 53083471

Use this hands-on, introductory guide to understand and implement digital forensics to investigate computer crime using Windows, the most widely used operating system. This book provides you with the necessary skills to identify an intruder's footprints and to gather the necessary digital evidence in a forensically sound manner to prosecute in a court of law. Directed toward users with no experience in the digital forensics field, this book provides guidelines and best practices when conducting investigations as well as teaching you how to use a variety of tools to investigate computer crime. You will be prepared to handle problems such as law violations, industrial espionage, and use of company resources for private use. Digital Forensics Basics is written as a series of tutorials with each task demonstrating how to use a specific computer forensics tool or technique. Practical information is provided and users can read a task and then implement it directly on their devices. Some theoretical information is presented to define terms used in each technique and for users with varying IT skills. What You'll Learn: Assemble computer forensics lab requirements, including workstations, tools, and more Document the digital crime scene, including preparing a sample chain of custody form Differentiate between law enforcement agency and corporate investigations Gather intelligence using OSINT sources Acquire and analyze digital evidence Conduct in-depth forensic analysis of Windows operating systems covering Windows 10-specific feature forensics Utilize anti-forensic techniques, including steganography, data destruction techniques, encryption, and anonymity techniques.

Use this hands-on guide to understand the ever growing and complex world of digital security. Learn how to protect yourself from digital crime, secure your communications, and become anonymous online using sophisticated yet practical tools and techniques. This book teaches you how to secure your online identity and personal devices, encrypt your digital data and online communications, protect cloud data and Internet of Things (IoT), mitigate social engineering attacks, keep your purchases secret, and conceal your digital footprint. You will understand best practices to harden your operating system and delete digital traces using the most widely used operating system, Windows. Digital Privacy and Security Using Windows offers a comprehensive list of practical digital privacy tutorials in addition to being a complete repository of free online resources and tools assembled in one place. The book helps you build a robust defense from electronic crime and corporate surveillance. It covers general principles of digital privacy and how to configure and use various security applications to maintain your privacy, such as TOR, VPN, and BitLocker. You will learn to encrypt email communications using Gpg4win and Thunderbird. What You'll Learn Know the various parties interested in having your private data Differentiate between government and corporate surveillance, and the motivations behind each one Understand how online tracking works technically Protect digital data, secure online communications, and become anonymous online Cover and destroy your digital traces using Windows OS Secure your data in transit and at rest Be aware of cyber security risks and countermeasures Who This Book Is For End users, information security professionals, management, infosec students

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Use this hands-on guide to understand the ever growing and complex world of digital security. Learn how to protect yourself from digital crime, secure your communications, and become anonymous online using sophisticated yet practical tools and techniques. This book teaches you how to secure your online identity and personal devices, encrypt your digital data and online communications, protect cloud data and Internet of Things (IoT), mitigate social engineering attacks, keep your purchases secret, and conceal your digital footprint. You will understand best practices to harden your operating system and delete digital traces using the most widely used operating system, Windows. Digital Privacy and Security Using Windows offers a comprehensive list of practical digital privacy tutorials in addition to being a complete repository of free online resources and tools assembled in one place. The book helps you build a robust defense from electronic crime and corporate surveillance. It covers general principles of digital privacy and how to configure and use various security applications to maintain your privacy, such as TOR, VPN, and BitLocker. You will learn to encrypt email communications using Gpg4win and Thunderbird. What You'll Learn Know the various parties interested in having your private data Differentiate between government and corporate surveillance, and the motivations behind each one Understand how online tracking works technically Protect digital data, secure online communications, and become anonymous online Cover and destroy your digital traces using Windows OS Secure your data in transit and at rest Be aware of cyber security risks and countermeasures Who This Book Is For End users, information security professionals, management, infosec students

In the digital world, the need to protect online communications increase as the technology behind it evolves. There are many techniques currently available to encrypt and secure our communication channels. Data hiding techniques can take data confidentiality to a new level as we can hide our secret messages in ordinary, honest-looking data files. Steganography is the science of hiding data. It has several categorizations, and each type has its own techniques in hiding. Steganography has played a vital role in secret communication during wars since the dawn of history. In recent days, few computer users successfully manage to exploit their Windows® machine to conceal their private data. Businesses also have deep concerns about misusing data hiding techniques. Many employers are amazed at how easily their valuable information can get out of their company walls. In many legal cases a disgruntled employee would successfully steal company private data despite all security measures implemented using simple digital hiding techniques. Human right activists who live in countries controlled by oppressive regimes need ways to smuggle their online communications without attracting surveillance monitoring systems, continuously scan in/out internet traffic for interesting keywords and other artifacts. The same applies to journalists and whistleblowers all over the world. Computer forensic investigators, law enforcements officers, intelligence services and IT security professionals need a guide to tell them where criminals can conceal their data in Windows® OS & multimedia files and how they can discover concealed data quickly and retrieve it in a forensic way. __Data Hiding Techniques in Windows OS__ is a response to all these concerns. Data hiding topics are usually approached in most books using an academic method, with long math equations about how each hiding technique algorithm works behind the scene, and are usually targeted at people who work in the academic arenas. This book teaches **professionals and end users alike** how they can hide their data and discover the hidden ones using a variety of ways under the most commonly used operating system on earth, Windows®. This is your hands-on guide to understand, detect and use today’s most popular techniques in hiding and exploring hidden data under Windows® machines, covering all Windows® versions from XP till Windows® 10. Starting with the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, and his simple cipher method to the surveillance programs deployed by NSA, to monitor communication and online traffic, this book will teach you everything you need to know to protect your digital data using steganographic & anonymity cryptographic techniques. Written in a simple style and requiring only basic knowledge of main Windows® functions, techniques are presented in a way to easily implement them directly on your computer. * A brief history of steganography since early inception to present day * Simple methods to hide your data without using any third party tools, and different ways to investigate and explore hidden data * Exploiting multimedia files to conceal data using text, image, video and audio steganography * Exploiting Windows® NTFS file system to hide your secret data * A wide array of encryption techniques to protect your confidential data and securing your online communications * Using cryptographic anonymity tools to conceal your identity online * Explaining how hidden data could be used to plant a malware and launch sophisticated attacks against computer systems * Methods to crack steganography and cryptography * A chapter dedicated to anti-forensic techniques, detailing how to conceal data when using a Windows® machine