Linux10: Chain of Custody

Permissions define what is allowed; ownership defines who is accountable. In forensics, ownership is chain of custody

Objective

Learner can inspect and change file ownership (chown, chgrp) for evidence handling and forensic auditability

Mission

A malware sample ~/sample-quarantine.bin was pulled off app-srv-03 by a collector account. Before logging it into the evidence tracker, re-own the file to user student and group soc-team

Commands you may need to solve this lab

ls -lchownchgrp

Questions

Machine Offline

Isolated container is offline

Click "Start Machine" to boot your sandbox instance and choose your preferred interface