Advanced Imaging Lab Project

Certainly! Here’s a concise project description that you can use for a freelancer to explain the concept and requirements of your digital forensic project: Project Concept: Digital Forensic Investigation Using Virtual Hard Drives Overview: This project involves a hands-on digital forensic investigation using Virtual Hard Drives (VHD) and specialized forensic software. The main objective is to simulate a forensic analysis by creating a virtual environment, capturing data, and recovering deleted files. This project is ideal for gaining practical experience in digital forensics techniques and utilizing forensic tools for data recovery and analysis. Key Tasks: 1. Create a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD): • Set up a VHD in a Windows environment with dynamic sizing to simulate a storage environment. • The VHD will have multiple partitions with different file systems (e.g., NTFS and FAT32) to showcase how different file systems handle data. 2. Capture and Document Forensic Images: • Use forensic tools like FTK Imager to create an E01 image of the VHD. This format supports metadata and compression, ensuring accurate documentation. • Include detailed metadata such as case number, examiner name, and notes during the imaging process for thorough documentation. 3. Data Deletion and Recovery: • Populate the VHD with various file types (images, documents, executables) and then delete them, ensuring they are removed from the Recycle Bin. • Perform a forensic analysis using tools like Autopsy to recover deleted data, focusing on keyword searches, file signature analysis, and metadata examination. 4. Encryption Analysis (Optional): • Enable encryption on one of the partitions (e.g., using BitLocker) to simulate the challenges of data recovery from encrypted storage. • Document the decryption process, if applicable, and attempt data recovery from encrypted sectors. 5. Comprehensive Forensic Report: • Compile the findings into a detailed forensic report that includes screenshots, hash values, data recovery results, and timeline analysis. • Discuss any challenges encountered during the investigation, especially if encryption was involved, and provide an overview of the findings based on file system artifacts and metadata analysis. Deliverables: • A fully configured VHD with multiple partitions. • A forensic E01 image of the VHD, including metadata documentation. • A summary of recovered data, highlighting file conditions and integrity. • A detailed forensic report with all steps documented, screenshots of the process, and analysis results. This description provides a clear outline of what the project entails, making it easy for a freelancer to understand the scope and expectations. Let me know if you need any adjustments! But if you have a better idea I would like to know about it because this is from chatgpt and my doctor for lab project said we can use the same tools and the same idea but we should use some new steps not the same in the lab how can i do i will download the file of lab here