Niklas Heringer
Niklas Heringer
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Digital Forensics

Analysis and methods covering incident response and forensic investigation.
Digital Forensics for Beginners: How to Image a Disk, Carve Deleted Files, and Document Everything Like a Pro
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Digital Forensics for Beginners: How to Image a Disk, Carve Deleted Files, and Document Everything Like a Pro

Learn how to image a disk with dd, recover deleted files with Foremost and Scalpel, and document your entire investigation with forensic-log-tracker. A step-by-step beginner guide.
Forensics Challenge Day Three: Carving & Imaging
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Forensics Challenge Day Three: Carving & Imaging

We dive into forensic imaging, the art of carving, and tools like dd, Foremost, and Scalpel;'essential skills for data recovery and deleted file analysis.
Forensics Challenge Day Two - Sleuth Kit Deep Dive
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Forensics Challenge Day Two - Sleuth Kit Deep Dive

On day two of my forensics challenge, I dive deep into Sleuth Kit’s layered toolset. From volumes to inodes, metadata, deleted files, timelines, and journals. I explore the core forensic workflows and decode a real ext4 image step by step.
Digital Forensics Challenge: Basics, Mounting & Analyzing Disk Images (Day 1)
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Digital Forensics Challenge: Basics, Mounting & Analyzing Disk Images (Day 1)

In this introductory forensics lab, we explore how to mount and examine disk images using loop devices, losetup, SleuthKit tools, and file system inspection techniques. A hands-on walkthrough for raw, split, and forensic image formats like AFF and EWF.
Carving Chaos: Building and Breaking Filesystems for Fun and Forensics
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Carving Chaos: Building and Breaking Filesystems for Fun and Forensics

Crafted a Bash-powered forensics playground: build virtual file systems, inject payloads, carve lost files with Foremost & Scalpel — and hit every roadblock worth debugging.
Why Clean Logs Matter in Forensics - And How to Get Them Right
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Why Clean Logs Matter in Forensics - And How to Get Them Right

In digital forensics, documentation is just as important as discovery. This guide introduces a CLI tool that helps forensic analysts create structured, signed, and legally sound logs - from the first command to the final report.
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What Is Digital Forensics, Really?

A beginner-friendly introduction to digital forensics: from traces and clues to how we reconstruct the past using data.
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Defensive Security Lecture – What SEC Consult Told Us About Phases of a Cyber Crisis

Insights from a guest lecture by SEC Consult on how real-world cyber crises unfold, what defines modern threats, and why proper incident response beats courtroom-ready forensics in most cases.