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Performs Linux memory acquisition using LiME (Linux Memory Extractor) kernel module and analysis with Volatility 3 framework. Extracts process lists, network connections, bash history, loaded kernel m

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Imported from mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills (skills/analyzing-memory-forensics-with-lime-and-volatility/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills --skill analyzing-memory-forensics-with-lime-and-volatility. Copyright stays with the author (Apache-2.0).

Analyzing Memory Forensics with LiME and Volatility

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require analyzing memory forensics with lime and volatility
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools
  • Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
  • Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
  • Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Instructions

Acquire Linux memory using LiME kernel module, then analyze with Volatility 3 to extract forensic artifacts from the memory image.

# LiME acquisition
insmod lime-$(uname -r).ko "path=/evidence/memory.lime format=lime"

# Volatility 3 analysis
vol3 -f /evidence/memory.lime linux.pslist
vol3 -f /evidence/memory.lime linux.bash
vol3 -f /evidence/memory.lime linux.sockstat
import volatility3
from volatility3.framework import contexts, automagic
from volatility3.plugins.linux import pslist, bash, sockstat

# Programmatic Volatility 3 usage
context = contexts.Context()
automagics = automagic.available(context)

Key analysis steps:

  1. Acquire memory with LiME (format=lime or format=raw)
  2. List processes with linux.pslist, compare with linux.psscan
  3. Extract bash command history with linux.bash
  4. List network connections with linux.sockstat
  5. Check loaded kernel modules with linux.lsmod for rootkits

Examples

# Full forensic workflow
vol3 -f memory.lime linux.pslist | grep -v "\[kthread\]"
vol3 -f memory.lime linux.bash
vol3 -f memory.lime linux.malfind
vol3 -f memory.lime linux.lsmod

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Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml
targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-memory-19fa17/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-memory-19fa17.ocm.jsonjson
{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-memory-19fa17",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "analyzing-memory-forensics-with-lime-and-volatility",
  "description": "Performs Linux memory acquisition using LiME (Linux Memory Extractor) kernel module and analysis with Volatility 3 framework. Extracts process lists, network connections, bash history, loaded kernel modules, and injected code from Linux memory images. Use when performing incident response on compromised Linux systems.",
  "publisher": "mukul975",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "coding"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "memory-forensics",
      "linux-forensics",
      "lime",
      "volatility",
      "incident-response",
      "kernel-modules",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
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  },
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  "examples": [
    "Performs Linux memory acquisition using LiME (Linux Memory Extractor) kernel module and analysis with Volatility 3 framework. Extracts process lists, network connections, bash history, loaded kernel modules, and injected code from Linux memory images. Use when performing incident response on compromised Linux systems."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills",
      "path": "skills/analyzing-memory-forensics-with-lime-and-volatility/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/analyzing-memory-forensics-with-lime-and-volatility/SKILL.md",
      "key": "mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/skills/analyzing-memory-forensics-with-lime-and-volatility/SKILL.md"
    },
    "license": "Apache-2.0"
  },
  "instructions": "# Analyzing Memory Forensics with LiME and Volatility\n\n\n## When to Use\n\n- When investigating security incidents that require analyzing memory forensics with lime and volatility\n- When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain\n- When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type\n- When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools\n- Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution\n- Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed\n- Appropriate aut",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 449
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-memory-19fa17/manifest?version=1.0.0

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