Initialization vectors: June 2020

Interested in learning Python? Here's the syllabus from our DFIR Python Study Group course. Follow along by getting the book, doing the homework, and watching the YouTube videos.

Note: Assignments listed below indicate what to complete before class; make sure that you are signed in to Discord in order to access the exercises via the links

Textbook: Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide, 2nd edition

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Class 0 on 05/21/2020

Ch. 1 pp. 1-19 until “What We Already Know”

Class 1 on 05/26/2020

Ch. 1 pp. 20-46 until “Chapter 1’s Code”

Class 2 on 05/28/2020

Ch. 2 pp. 47-55 until “Creating Lists Literally”

Class 3 on 06/02/2020

Ch. 2 pp. 56-94 until “Chapter 2’s Code, 2 of 2” / blank page

Class 4 on 06/04/2020

build.prop

Open and read file using a for loop
Use if and elif to select interesting items in the file
Select the values to the right of = using start, stop, step, or split()
Write the extracted data to a text file

Class 5 on 06/09/2020

Ch. 3 pp. 95-121 until “Test Drive”

Note: p. 98 is outdated and new info can be found here

Class 6 on 06/11/2020

Ch. 3 pp. 122-144 until “Chapter 3’s Code, 2 of 2”
discord.json

Pull the chats (content key) and user identifiers

Class 7 on 06/16/2020

Ch. 4 pp. 145-169 until “Test Drive”

Class 8 on 06/18/2020

Kik_DBs.zip

Practice parsing SQLite databases

Class 9 on 06/23/2020

homework_files.zip: Create a script that does the following

Calls a function that selects timestamp, partner_jid, and body from the messagesTable in the Kik database; prints them to screen; and calls a function to generate a text file report
Calls a function that extracts the timestamp, author, and content from the Discord JSON file; prints them to screen; and calls a function to generate a text file report