Digital Forensics Resources
Curated tools, research papers, platforms, and guides — organised by category.
Forensic Suites & Platforms
Autopsy
Open source digital forensics platform and GUI for The Sleuth Kit. Used worldwide by law enforcement.
The Sleuth Kit
Library and collection of command line tools for investigating disk images.
FTK Imager
Free tool to preview recoverable data and create forensic images without altering evidence.
Arsenal Image Mounter
Open source solution for mounting disk image contents as complete disks in Windows.
Memory & Threat Hunting
Volatility Foundation
The world's most widely used memory forensics framework.
Velociraptor
Collect host-based state information using VQL queries for DFIR and threat hunting.
Hayabusa
Fast Windows event log forensics timeline generator and threat hunting tool.
Network & Traffic Analysis
Triage & Artifact Collection
Communities & Research
Stark 4n6 START.ME
Comprehensive list of forensic resources including tools, articles, courses, and useful links.
The Evidence Locker
A DFIR image compendium — publicly available test data for the DFIR community.
SANS Digital Forensics
Latest research papers and whitepapers on DFIR techniques and incident response.
SANS Institute
The largest provider of cybersecurity training, certifications, and resources in the world.
SWGDE
Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence — standards body for digital forensics.
Forensics Linux Distributions
Tsurugi Linux
DFIR open source project with advanced digital forensic and OSINT tools
SIFT Workstation
SANS Investigative Forensics Toolkit — the gold standard IR workstation
Parrot Security
Lightweight distro with comprehensive DFIR and penetration testing tools
CAINE
Computer Aided INvestigative Environment for forensic investigations
DEFT Linux
Digital Evidence & Forensics Toolkit for computer forensics and IR
Evanole VM
Virtual machine designed for digital forensics education and training
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