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performing-endpoint-forensics-investigation
Performs digital forensics investigation on compromised endpoints including memory acquisition, disk imaging, artifact analysis, and timeline reconstruction. Use when investigating security incidents, collecting evidence for legal proceedings, or analyzing endpoint compromise scope. Activates for requests involving endpoint forensics, memory analysis, disk forensics, or incident investigation.
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- endpoint Declared skill tag
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- memory-analysis Declared skill tag
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# Performing Endpoint Forensics Investigation
## When to Use
Use this skill when:
- Investigating a confirmed or suspected endpoint compromise requiring forensic analysis
- Collecting volatile and non-volatile evidence for incident response or legal proceedings
- Analyzing memory dumps for malware, injected code, or credential theft artifacts
- Reconstructing attacker timelines from endpoint artifacts (prefetch, shimcache, amcache)
**Do not use** this skill for live threat hunting (use EDR/SIEM) or network forensics.
## Detection Gaps & Validation
- **Anti-forensics erases the obvious artifacts:** attackers run `wevtutil cl`, clear `$UsnJrnl` (`fsutil usn deletejournal`), timestomp via `SetFileTime`, or delete Prefetch. Don't conclude "no activity" from an empty log — corroborate with sources they rarely clean: `$MFT` `$SI` vs `$FN` timestamp mismatches (timestomping tell), `$LogFile`, SRUM, AmCache/ShimCache (survive file deletion), and memory.