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API Reference: Collecting Volatile Evidence from Compromised Host

RFC 3227 Order of Volatility

Priority Source Persistence
1 CPU registers, cache Nanoseconds
2 Physical memory (RAM) Power cycle
3 Network state Seconds-minutes
4 Running processes Minutes
5 Disk (filesystem) Persistent
6 Remote logging / monitoring Persistent
7 Physical configuration Persistent
8 Archival media Long-term

Memory Acquisition Tools

Tool Platform Command
AVML Linux avml /path/to/output.lime
WinPmem Windows winpmem_mini_x64.exe output.raw
LiME Linux insmod lime.ko "path=/tmp/mem.lime format=lime"
Magnet RAM Capture Windows GUI-based acquisition

Linux Collection Commands

# Network connections
ss -tunap > /evidence/netstat.txt

# Process list with tree
ps auxwwf > /evidence/processes.txt

# Open files
lsof -nP > /evidence/open_files.txt

# Network config
ip addr show > /evidence/ifconfig.txt
ip route show > /evidence/routes.txt
ip neigh show > /evidence/arp.txt

# Logged-in users
w > /evidence/users.txt
last -50 > /evidence/last_logins.txt

# Cron jobs
crontab -l > /evidence/crontab.txt
ls -la /etc/cron.d/ >> /evidence/crontab.txt

Windows Collection Commands

:: Network connections
netstat -anob > C:\evidence\netstat.txt

:: Process list
tasklist /V /FO CSV > C:\evidence\processes.csv
wmic process get ProcessId,Name,CommandLine /format:csv > C:\evidence\wmic_procs.csv

:: Network config
ipconfig /all > C:\evidence\ipconfig.txt
route print > C:\evidence\routes.txt
arp -a > C:\evidence\arp.txt

:: DNS cache
ipconfig /displaydns > C:\evidence\dns_cache.txt

:: Scheduled tasks
schtasks /query /FO CSV /V > C:\evidence\schtasks.csv

:: Logged-in users
query user > C:\evidence\users.txt

Evidence Integrity

# Hash collected files
sha256sum /evidence/*.txt > /evidence/checksums.sha256

# Verify later
sha256sum -c /evidence/checksums.sha256