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Recovering Digital Evidence in a Cloud Computing Paradigm

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Where To F<strong>in</strong>d The <strong>Evidence</strong><br />

• Pagefile.sys<br />

– Used as “virtual memory” – data is paged <strong>in</strong> and<br />

out of the pagefile as needed<br />

– Even on systems with a large amount of RAM,<br />

Microsoft recommends to keep the pagefile<br />

enabled<br />

– Also a great source for volatile artifacts<br />

– Many artifacts that are found <strong>in</strong> RAM only can<br />

also make their way <strong>in</strong>to the pagefile

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