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Digital Forensics Analyst — career path

StationX Advanced

Recover, preserve and explain what happened on a machine or a network. Security+ first, then disk, network, malware and document forensics, with the deepest lab series on the platform.

The path

Step 1 — Security foundation

The baseline every forensics role lists.

follows a certification path

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Step 2 — Forensics foundations

Acquire and handle evidence so it survives scrutiny.

1 course · 28 labs

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  • CourseDigital Forensics for Pentesters - Hands-on Learning 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    18 sections · 67 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Course Overview 1
    3. Building Your Forensics Lab Environment Using VirtualBox 6
    4. New Course Content 6
    5. Troubleshooting VirtualBox 2
    6. Introduction to Autopsy 4
    7. Kali forensic Mode 4
    8. CSI Linux Investigator 3
    9. Digital Forensics Case Management 1
    10. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) 3
    11. Using Shodan to Search for Vulnerable devices 3
    12. Computer Forensics 9
    13. Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis 5
    14. Malware Hunting with Sysinternal Tools 3
    15. Stenography 2
    16. Network forensics Using Wireshark 7
    17. Practice What You learned 5
    18. Audio Version of Training 1

Step 4 — Malware and document analysis

Take apart the binary or the booby-trapped document at the centre of the case.

3 courses · 18 labs

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  • CourseReverse Engineering and Malware Analysis Fundamentals 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    1 section · 0 lectures
    1. First Section 0
  • CourseReverse Engineering & Malware Analysis - Intermediate Level 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    14 sections · 39 lectures
    1. Introduction 1
    2. Types of Malware and Malware Analysis Terminologies 2
    3. Lab: Analysis of .NET Trojan Spyware (Info-Stealers) 4
    4. Assembly Language Refresher and Malicious APIs 2
    5. API Hooking, Process Hijacking and Dumping Memory 3
    6. Lab: Unpacking Emotet Trojan 3
    7. Lab: Unpacking Hancitor Trojan 3
    8. Lab: Unpacking Vmprotect Trojan 3
    9. Lab: Unpacking Trickbot Trojan 3
    10. Lab: Unpacking Dridex Trojan 4
    11. Lab: Unpacking Ramnit Trojan 3
    12. Lab: Unpacking Remcos Trojan with xdbg and dnSpy 4
    13. Lab: Unpacking Zloader Trojan 3
    14. Resources For Further Study 1
  • CourseMalware Analysis Of Malicious Documents 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    12 sections · 35 lectures
    1. Section 1 : Introduction 2
    2. Section 2 : Installing the Tools 6
    3. Section 3 : Malware Analysis Process 1
    4. Section 4 : Intro to Static Analysis 2
    5. Section 5 :Analyzing PDF Documents 8
    6. Section 6 : Performing Javascript Analysis 2
    7. Section 7 : Lab: Pdf Analysis 2
    8. Section 8 : Analyzing Office Documents 2
    9. Section 9 : Performing VBA Script Analysis 2
    10. Section 10 : Using Debuggers in Document Analysis 3
    11. Section 11 : Lab: Analyzing An Office Document 3
    12. Section 12 : Resources For Further Study 2

Step 5 — Casework, end to end

Run full investigations at series scale, then hand over to response.

104 labs

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Practise

Practice tests

Where this leads

Advanced · after the job

The AI-Driven Digital Forensics Analyst

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See the AI Master's Program →Application-only. A separate programme for when you're ready.