Three tools I use for Forensic Investigations and OSINT

Please share more about your beginnings and inspirations.

My beginnings in Digital Forensics were mostly inspired by a figure known as “D4RKR4BB1T47.” This figure motivated me to delve deeper into the Blue Teaming realm. At that time, I was primarily involved in the Red Teaming realm, but in 2017, a teacher of mine from the military inspired me further. He introduced me to different tools, including Passware Kit Forensics. He is also one of the main hackers responsible for hacking the US White House during President Obama's time.

Of course, this event never made it to the media because Obama obviously knew that his own country was attacking America and wouldn’t want it to reach the public. Nonetheless, the military did it just for fun. They powered off the White House after hacking them for about 15 minutes and then got their systems back up. Even if I had reported him, nothing could be done since it’s all past the statute of limitations, and such admissions can’t be used to prosecute in court without concrete evidence of the hack.

Nonetheless, he was the one who inspired me to take the CHFI on Cybrary, and I even got certified in three days.

What area of digital forensics is your main interest?

I am particularly interested in Malware Analysis and various forms of Forensics, including Windows Forensics. While all forms of Forensics interest me, my main focus is primarily on Malware Analysis.

Please tell us about your top 3 favourite tools.

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