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This skill details the forensic analysis of Windows LNK shortcut files and Jump Lists. These artifacts record critical user activity, including file access and program execution, even after the original source files have been deleted. It covers using specialized tools (LECmd, JLECmd) and Python parsing techniques to reconstruct user timelines, making it essential for incident response and deep digital forensics examinations.

This tool correlates multiple system artifacts, including Windows registry keys (USBSTOR, MountedDevices), Event Logs, and SetupAPI logs, to reconstruct a detailed timeline of USB device usage. It determines first/last connection timestamps, tracks device provenance, and maps drive letter assignments. Essential for digital forensics investigations, insider threat detection, and verifying compliance regarding removable media usage.

This guide details a comprehensive workflow for digital forensic investigations focusing on Amcache.hve registry hive. It teaches how to use AmcacheParser to extract evidence of program execution, application installation, and driver loading, including correlating SHA-1 hashes with threat intelligence and reconstructing timelines. This is crucial for DFIR work to identify deleted executables and malicious activity.

This skill parses Windows Prefetch (.pf) files to reconstruct detailed application execution history. It is crucial for digital forensics, allowing analysts to track execution timelines, identify suspicious or renamed binaries, and investigate potential malware activity or lateral movement during incident response. It uses Python to extract run counts and accessed file details.

A comprehensive guide to deploying and configuring osquery across diverse endpoints (Windows, macOS, Linux). This tool allows security teams to gather deep, SQL-based insights into endpoint state, including running processes, network connections, system configuration, and installed software. It is essential for threat hunting, compliance auditing, and building centralized fleet visibility.

A comprehensive guide and toolkit for extracting, parsing, and analyzing Windows Event Logs (EVTX). This method utilizes industry-leading tools like Chainsaw and Hayabusa, along with Sigma rules, to perform deep digital forensics. It is specifically designed to detect critical security indicators such as lateral movement, persistence mechanisms, privilege escalation, and unauthorized access attempts on Windows systems.

This skill guides security analysts through detecting MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation techniques. It analyzes Windows Security Event Logs (e.g., 4738, 4728) to find signs of unauthorized privilege escalation, group membership changes, or shadow admin account creation. It is essential for proactive threat hunting, incident response, and validating Active Directory security posture.

This skill performs threat hunting for persistence mechanisms by parsing Windows System event logs (Event ID 7045). It specifically detects suspicious service installations, analyzing service binary paths, and correlating these events with advanced telemetry (Sysmon/EDR) to identify indicators of compromise (MITRE ATT&CK T1543.003). Ideal for incident response and security validation.

A comprehensive guide for collecting, parsing, and correlating system, application, and security logs from diverse sources (Windows, Linux, Web). This technique is crucial for reconstructing detailed event timelines, identifying initial access vectors, tracking lateral movement, and establishing evidence of unauthorized activity during post-breach forensic investigations.

This suite provides comprehensive utilities for digital forensic investigations, allowing users to analyze critical Windows artifacts. Tools like KAPE, MFTECmd, PECmd, and RECmd parse registry hives, $MFT records, prefetch files, and event logs. It is essential for building a robust timeline of program execution, file access patterns, and system persistence during DFIR incident response.

This guide details the process of parsing Windows LNK shortcut files to extract crucial forensic artifacts. It gathers information such as target paths, MAC timestamps, volume serial numbers, and machine identifiers. This technique is invaluable in digital forensics, helping investigators reconstruct user activity timelines, track accessed files on removable media, or build comprehensive evidence from compromised systems.

This skill provides a comprehensive framework for detecting NTLM relay attacks (T1557.001). It achieves this by correlating Windows Security Event 4624 (LogonType 3) to identify IP-to-hostname mismatches, detecting artifacts from Responder/LLMNR poisoning, and auditing SMB/LDAP protocol signing weaknesses. Use it for proactive threat hunting in Active Directory environments, investigating authentication anomalies, or building SIEM correlation rules.