"The Art of Memory Forensics"

Windows Incident Response - Book Review: "The Art of Memory Forensics"

I recently received a copy of The Art of Memory Forensics (thanks, Jamie!!), with a request that I write a review of the book.  Being a somewhat outspoken proponent of constructive and thoughtful feedback within the DFIR community, I agreed.

This is the seminal resource/tome on memory analysis, brought to you by THE top minds in the field.  The book covers Windows, Linux, and Mac memory analysis, and as such must be part of every DFIR analyst's reading and reference list.  The book is 858 pages (not including the ToC, Introduction, and index), and is quite literally packed with valuable information.

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If you have an interest in memory analysis, this is THE MUST-HAVE resource!  To say that if you or anyone on your team is analyzing Windows systems and doesn't have this book on your shelf is wrong, is wholly incorrect.  Do NOT keep this book on a shelf...keep it on your desk, and open!  Within the first two weeks of this book arriving into your hands, it should have a well-worn spine, and dirty finger prints and stains on the pages!  If you have a team of analysts, purchase multiple copies and engage the analysts in discussions.  If one of your analysts receives a laptop system for analysis and the report does not include information regarding the analysis of the hibernation file, I would recommend asking them why - they may have a perfectly legitimate reason for not analyzing this file, but if you had read even just a few chapters of this book, you'd understand why memory analysis is too important to ignore. "

Not something I really need right now nor probably many of you, but I still think it's pretty darn cool looking and talk about a geek level-up tool! :)