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A host has been compromised with a rootkit through Internet activity. The analyst wishes to reconstruct the binary file used to infect the host. Which of the following sources of evidence is MOST like

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Question

A host has been compromised with a rootkit through Internet activity. The analyst wishes to reconstruct the binary file used to infect the host. Which of the following sources of evidence is MOST likely to produce the binary?

Options

  • AFilesystem journal entries from the compromised host
  • BAlert logs from an Intrusion detection device
  • CA memory image from a proxy server on the network
  • DPacket captures from a sensor at the network border

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#rootkit forensics#binary reconstruction#packet capture#network evidence
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