Memory Analysis

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This task will investigate memory analysis tools and techniques

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Volatility

Volatility is a framework for memory forensics that can be used for memory analysis. The following factors are involved in memory analysis with Volatility:

• Memory Acquisition: Obtain the target system's memory image. This can be accomplished through a variety of methods, including live acquisition and cold acquisition.
• Image Recognition: Determine the type of memory image being analyzed. Volatility can read and write a variety of image formats, including raw memory dumps, hibernation files, and crash dumps.
• Profile Selection: Select the best profile for the target system. Volatility includes a plethora of profiles for various operating systems and versions, such as Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
• Data Extraction: Use Volatility to extract information from the memory image, such as the process list, network connections, loaded modules, and other key data.
• Analysis and Interpretation: Analyze the extracted data to identify any malicious activity or other indicators of compromise, such as malware, rootkits, and other forms of attacker behavior.
• Reporting: Generate a report that documents the results of the memory analysis, including any findings, recommendations, and other key information.

https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/ https://www.varonis.com/blog/how-to-use-volatility

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Rekall

Rekall is a powerful and adaptable memory forensics framework that offers a wide range of capabilities for analyzing device memory. Rekall's key capabilities include the following:

• Memory Acquisition: Rekall offers tools for capturing memory images of both live and offline systems, including physical memory and swap space.
• Memory Examining: Rekall offers a comprehensive set of memory analysis capabilities, including the ability to examine the process list, network connections, loaded modules, and other critical information about the state of a system.
• Volatility Analysis: Rekall includes plugins that enable analysts to perform volatility analysis, which is a technique for extracting information from memory images in order to identify artifacts of malicious activity such as malware, rootkits, and other forms of attacker behavior.
• Scripting and Automation: Rekall includes a powerful scripting interface that makes it simple to automate complex analysis tasks, such as custom memory analysis plugins, data collection and reporting automation, and more.
• Memory Mapping: Rekall allows you to visualize a system's memory layout, including the virtual address space of processes, the physical memory layout, and other important details about the system's memory.
• Memory Forensics Reports: Rekall can generate detailed memory forensics reports that document the results of a memory analysis, including system state information, volatility analysis results, and other key findings.

http://www.rekall-forensic.com/ https://github.com/google/rekall