Preface

In today's world, new threats, breaches, and malicious activities are discovered and published in the news, websites, and portals quite regularly. As much as we try to secure our data, systems, and networks to the best of our abilities, breaches occur. In an effort to understand what took place, we turn to the field of digital forensics. Although still a relatively new field, forensics has become just as important as security, especially when considering the wealth of information available to anyone accessing the internet with the intent of carrying out malicious activity. Thankfully, digital fingerprints and artifacts are sometimes left behind, whether in a deleted or hidden file, email, in someone's browsing history, remote connection list, or even mobile text message.

This book gives even the absolute beginner a structured approach with best practices to carry out their own investigations using the popular and powerful forensics tools in Kali Linux, many of which are used by military organizations and forensic investigators worldwide.