Perl Scripting for Windows Security,: Live Response, Forensic Analysis, and Monitoring - Softcover

Carvey, Harlan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159749173X ISBN 13: 9781597491730

Publisher: Syngress, 2008

Synopsis

I decided to write this book for a couple of reasons. One was that I've now written a couple of books that have to do with incident response and forensic analysis on Windows systems, and I used a lot of Perl in both books. Okay. I'll come clean. I used nothing but Perl in both books! What I've seen as a result of this is that many readers want to use the tools, but don't know how they simply aren't familiar with Perl, with interpreted (or scripting) languages in general, and may not be entirely comfortable with running tools at the command line. This book is intended for anyone who has an interest in useful Perl scripting, in particular on the Windows platform, for the purpose of incident response, and forensic analysis, and application monitoring. While a thorough grounding in scripting languages (or in Perl specifically) is not required, it helpful in fully and more completely understanding the material and code presented in this book. This book contains information that is useful to consultants who perform incident response and computer forensics, specifically as those activities pertain to MS Windows systems (Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and some Vista). My hope is that not only will consultants (such as myself) find this material valuable, but so will system administrators, law enforcement officers, and students in undergraduate and graduate programs focusing on computer forensics. Code can be found at: http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companion.jsp ISBN=9781597491730

About this title

About the Author

Mr. Carvey is a digital forensics and incident response analyst with past experience in vulnerability assessments, as well as some limited pen testing. He conducts research into digital forensic analysis of Window systems, identifying and parsing various digital artifacts from those systems, and has developed several innovative tools and investigative processes specific to the digital forensics analysis field. He is the developer of RegRipper, a widely-used tool for Windows Registry parsing and analysis. Mr. Carvey has developed and taught several courses, including Windows Forensics, Registry, and Timeline Analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syngress
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 159749173X
• ISBN 13: 9781597491730
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 197