Lab — Report
Reporting lab on $DFIR_LAB — structured report, exhibit hash table, legal ethics block from timeline lab.
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Lab: full report pack from YOUR $DFIR_LAB timeline work. Original Cyberlium.
Ship a report counsel could read — structure, exhibits hashed, ethics block signed, zero unauthorized access claims.
From Module 7 timeline lab on $DFIR_LAB: (1) full report draft with eight sections; (2) exhibit hash table ≥5 exhibits linking PCAP, logs, disk/memory as available; (3) legal ethics block — authority type, three NEVER lines, privacy redaction note; (4) findings with observed/inferred/hypothesis separated; (5) limitations and gap paragraph; (6) integrity statement — $DFIR_LAB practice, no tampering, no unauthorized acquisition; (7) chmod 600 pack with index.md. Scan for planted metadata, forged logs, unauthorized SIEM paths — zero tolerance. Optional mentor executive summary review.
1. Pack contents
Report + exhibit table + ethics block + index — cross-link timeline lab IDs.
Share-safe redacted copy optional per brief.
Command guide
Try these commands — Pack contents
═══ TOOLS & WEBSITES ═══ Browse / read these (authorized learning only — stay in YOUR lab / program scope)
Report finalization — https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-skills/digital-forensics/ NIST CFReDS — https://www.nist.gov/itl/ssd/software-quality-group/computer-forensics-reference-data-sets-cfreds Autopsy — https://www.autopsy.com/ (case report export literacy)
═══ INSTALL ═══
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
Command — copy this
sudo apt install python3
macOS:
Command — copy this
brew install python3
Windows: Download https://python.org/downloads/
═══ LINUX / macOS ═══
Command — copy this
export LAB_DFIR=${LAB_DFIR:-$HOME/cyberlium-lab/t26-dfir}
python3 - <<'PY'
import os
lab = os.environ.get('LAB_DFIR', os.path.expanduser('~/cyberlium-lab/t26-dfir'))
report = os.path.join(lab, 'report', 'outline-complete.txt')
sections = ['CoC form', 'Write-blocker policy', 'Hashes verified', 'Timeline CSV', 'Exhibit hash list', 'Findings draft']
open(report, 'w').write('
'.join(f'[ ] {s}' for s in sections))
print(f'Wrote {report}')
PYCommand — copy this
grep '\[ \]' "$LAB_DFIR/report/outline-complete.txt" chmod 600 "$LAB_DFIR/report/"*.txt 2>/dev/null || true
═══ WINDOWS ═══
YOUR lab Windows VM — verify report artifacts exist
Command — copy this
Get-ChildItem $HOME/cyberlium-lab/t26-dfir/report/ Get-Content $HOME/cyberlium-lab/t26-dfir/report/template.txt | Select-String 'Scope|Exhibit'
Primary tools to practice this lesson: grep, python3. Reference sites: Report finalization (https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-skills/digital-forensics/); NIST CFReDS (https://www.nist.gov/itl/ssd/software-quality-group/computer-forensics-reference-data-sets-cfreds); Autopsy (https://www.autopsy.com/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Quality bar
Every finding cites exhibit ID; hypotheses in own subsection.
Professional tone — ticket-ready titles.
3. Integrity scan
Before seal: verify hashes match exhibit table; no post-hash edits.
Label practice report if brief requires.
4. What you ship: DFIR report lab pack
Full report + exhibits + ethics + integrity — chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
DFIR report lab pack path.
6. Wrong vs right: tampering evidence vs chain of custody
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
- Wrong: Report lab claims unauthorized employer laptop imaging was performed.
- Right: DFIR report lab pack from $DFIR_LAB. Next: quiz.
Mission: report lab
1) Eight-section report draft. 2) Exhibit table ≥5 rows. 3) Ethics block. 4) Integrity scan; chmod 600 index.
Stuck? Ask Cyberlium AI Mentor
Ask Mentor: “Minimum exhibit count if brief sparse?”
APPLY: Report lab includes:
APPLY: True or False: Hide limitations in report lab.
APPLY: Findings must cite: