Lab 1.1 – Installing OSForensics Step – 1.
Extract the software package and run the osf.exe application to start the installation setup.Step – 2. Follow the setup for installation, accept the license agreement.Step – 3. Select the destination where application will be installed.
Step – 4. Click Install.Step – 5.
On completion of the setup click Finish and launch the application.OSForensics Application –Step – 6. To import hashsets in the application, extract the hashsets to C:ProgramDataPassMarkOSForensicshashSets.Hands-on Project 1.1 – Investigation of a USB drive to find probable evidences related with case involving a suspicious death.Step – 1.
Open ProDiscover Basic and enter the case details.Step – 2. Import the image of the USB drive. Step – 3. Expand content view in the tree view on the left side to explore all the files present in the image.Step – 4. Right click on the file and click view to open the file and find possible evidences.
Step – 5. Export the file by right clicking on the file and click copy file.Exported file –Step – 6.
Save the project and exit ProDiscover Basic.From the provided image, a suicide note and a list of assets of the deceased in an excel file.Hands-on Project 1.2 – Investigation of an USB drive of an ex-employee to find possible evidences of any sensitive information present on the drive.Step – 1. Open ProDiscover Basic and enter the case details.Step – 2.
Import the image of the USB drive.Step – 3. Expand content view in the tree view on the left side to explore all the files present in the image.
Step – 4. Click search in the tree view, type ‘book’ in the search toolbar. Select the image that needs to be searched and click OK.Step – 5. In the tree view click Search Content View to view the search results.Step – 6. Explore the file returned in the search result to find possible evidence.Step – 7.
Open the search dialogue box again, click on the cluster search tab. Enter the keyword in the search toolbar and select the image that needs to be searched.Step – 8. Click on Cluster Search Results in the tree view to analyse the results returned.One .
xls file was returned in Content search and 27 hits were received when the keyword ‘book’ was searched in clusters.Lab – 1.2 Installing FTK ImagerStep – 1 Browse to https:accessdataproduct-download and search for FTK Imager. Download the application.
Step – 2. Open the .exe file to initialize the setup.
Step – 3. Accept the license agreement’s terms and conditions and select the path where the application will be installed. Click Install.FTK Imager – Lab – 1.3 Installing ProDiscover Basic.
Step – 1. Extract the 64-bit version of ProDiscover Basic.Step – 2. Open the .exe file to start the setup.
Step – 3. Follow the setup to install the application.Step – 4. Click finish to complete the installation.ProDiscover Basic – Lab – 1.
4 Installing AccessData Registry Viewer.Step – 1. Browse to https:accessdataproduct-download and search for Registry Viewer. Download the application.Step – 2.
Open the .exe file and follow the setup.Step – 3. Click install after accepting the license agreements and selecting the destination folder for installation of application.AccessData Registry Viewer –