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Disk tools and Imaging

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Name
Description
OS
Type
1
Autopsy
Graphical interface to the command line digital investigation analysis tools in The Sleuth Kit
Windows / Mac / Linux
Free
2
Arsenal Image Mounter
Mounts disk images as complete disks in Windows, giving access to Volume Shadow copies
Windows
Free/Paid
3
EnCaseForensic Imager
Create EnCase evidence files and EnCase logical evidence files
Windows
Paid
4
FAW (Forensics Acquisition of Websites )
Browser designed to forensically capture web pages
Windows
Paid
5
FTK (Forensic Toolkit) Imager
Imaging tool, disk viewer and image mounter
Windows
Free
6
OSFMount
Mounts a wide range of disk images. Also allows creation of RAM disks
Windows
Free

Email analysis

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Name
Description
OS
Type
1
Mail Viewer
Viewer for Outlook Express, Windows Mail/Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird message databases and single EML files
Windows
Free
2
OST Viewer
Open and view (not export) Outlook OST files without connecting to an Exchange server
Windows
Free
3
PST Viewer
Open and view (not export) Outlook PST files without needing Outlook
Windows
Free
4
Hunter
Lets you find email addresses in seconds
Windows
Free
5
Name2email
Lets you find email addresses within Gmail
Windows
Free
6
Email address verification
Email address verification technology from Email Hippo that connects to mailboxes and checks whether an email address exists
Windows
Free
7
Email Domain Health Check
The Domain Health Check will execute hundreds of domain/email/network performance tests to make sure all your systems are online and performing optimally
Windows
Free
8
G Suite Toolbox
Use the G Suite Toolbox to troubleshoot issues you have with G Suite services
Windows
Free
9
Fake Emailer
Free online fake mailer with attachments, encryption, HTML editor and advanced settings
Windows
Free

File and Data Analysis

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Name
Description
OS
Type
1
analyzeMFT
Parses the MFT from an NTFS file system allowing results to be analysed with other tools
Windows
Free
2
Passware Encryption Analyzer
Scans a computer for password-protected & encrypted files, reports encryption complexity and decryption options for each file
Windows
Paid
3
Forensic Image Viewer
View various picture formats, image enhancer, extraction of embedded Exif, GPS data
Windows
Free/Paid
4
Volatility
Collection of tools for the extraction of artefacts from RAM
Windows
Free
5
Pdfcrack
PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux (other POSIX-compatible systems should work too) tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files
Linux
Free

Internet analysis

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Name
Description
OS
Type
1
Browser History Capturer
Captures history from Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers running on Windows computers
Windows
Free
2
Browser History Viewer
Extract, view and analyse internet history from Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers
Windows
Free
3
Web Page Saver
Take a list of URLs and save scrolling captures (“snapshots”) of each page
Windows
Free
4
Nessus® Essentials
It provides high-speed, in-depth vulnerability scanning for up to 16 IP addresses per scanner.
Mac/Windows
Free
5
Burp
Burp Suite Professional builds on the basic toolkit provided in Burp Suite Community Edition, to give you the edge when test speed and reliability are vital to success.
Mac/Windows
Free/Paid
6
Social Engineer Toolkit (SET)
The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) is specifically designed to perform advanced attacks against the human element
Linux
Free
7
Google Dorks
Google Hacking Database (GHDB)
All
Free
8
Shodan
Search engine for Internet-connected devices
All
Free/Paid
9
Router Passwords
Default router passwords database
All
Free
10
OWASP ZAP
Automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications
All
Free
11
Dig
After clicking “Dig” the URL contains the information you have entered and can therefore be shared
All
Free
12
DNS Checker
Perform a quick DNS propagation lookup for any domain
All
Free
13
WHOIS
Whois search for Domain and IP
All
Free
14
Whats my IP address
Your IP address is a unique number linked to your online activity, somewhat like a return address on a letter
All
Free

Forensic Suite

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Name
Description
OS
Type
1
Kali Linux
Comprehensive penetration testing platform
Linux
Free
2
nMap
Utility for network discovery and security auditing
Windows
Free
3
NoMoreRansom
Ransomware is malware that locks your computer and mobile devices or encrypts your electronic files. When this happens, you can’t get to the data unless you pay a ransom
All
Free