Performing forensics on files with Linux.

There are many ways to find files embedded inside other files, one way is using binwalk to find embedded files inside another file. This is how to use binwalk to list all embedded files inside a larger one. This takes a while with a multi-gigabyte file, but it does work. ┌──[[email protected]]─[/mnt] └──╼ ╼ $ binwalk … Read more

Find information in a swapfile image with Linux.

The strings utility for Linux is very useful for finding all text strings in a binary file. I am using a swapfile image as an example. It can easily be searched for various strings that can reveal various information. Below is an example, I am looking for instances of the word “user”. ┌─[✗]─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Downloads] └──╼ $strings … Read more