This project showcases digital forensic investigation techniques, including file integrity verification, disk image analysis, mobile forensic investigation, and steganography detection. Using industry-standard tools, it focuses on evidence acquisition, extraction, and forensic data analysis to support cybercrime investigations.

🔎 Skills Learned:

✅ File checksum verification & integrity analysis
✅ Disk imaging, data recovery, and partition analysis
✅ Mobile device forensic techniques & evidence extraction
✅ Remote image acquisition using Linux & OSForensics
✅ Steganography detection & bit-level data manipulation

🛠 Tools Used:

🔹 ProDiscover – Disk imaging & advanced forensic analysis
🔹 Sleuthkit – Evidence extraction & metadata analysis
🔹 Magnet Axiom – Advanced forensic image & mobile data analysis
🔹 OSForensics & Linux – Remote image acquisition
🔹 WinHex – Steganography analysis & bit-level data recovery

📌 Forensic Investigation Tasks & Analysis

🖥 File & Disk Analysis

📌 Checksum Verification: Ensured file integrity using SHA256 hashing.
📌 Disk Imaging & Metadata Extraction: Created and analyzed forensic images with ProDiscover & Sleuthkit.

📡 Mobile Forensics & Evidence Recovery

📌 Mobile Device Data Extraction: Investigated call logs, deleted files, and encrypted data using Magnet Axiom.
📌 Artifact Search & Evidence Filtering: Applied keyword searches for cybercrime cases.

🔍 Steganography & Hidden Data Detection

📌 Bit Manipulation & Image Analysis: Used WinHex to detect hidden messages in image files.
📌 Steganography Extraction: Identified embedded data using forensic analysis tools.

📌 Disk Imaging & Metadata Analysis

📌 ProDiscover – Evidence reports, directory structure, metadata extraction
📌 Sleuthkit – File listing, metadata examination, partition analysis

📡 Mobile Forensic Investigations

📌 Magnet Axiom – Call log analysis, deleted file recovery, encryption bypass

🔍 Steganography & Data Hiding

📌 WinHex – Hidden data detection, bit-shifting analysis