Autopsy - an open source digital forensics platform used by law enforcement agencies around the world to determine how a digital device was used in a crime and recover evidence - (enhancement is ongoing).
Almost all crimes committed today involve digital media - such as computers and cell phones. In most cases, these devices contain critical evidence, including call logs, location information, text and email messages, images, and audio and video recordings that could help law enforcement investigators close a case.
As part of the current Cyber Forensics work plan, the following capabilities will be developed or enhanced in Autopsy :
- A new communications analysis framework: it will develop a storage framework for communications-based data and a graphical interface, making it easier for investigators to view messages from various sources, visualize messages, and see relationships between accounts.
- Advanced image analysis functionality - This enhancement will extend Autopsy's existing photo and video analysis capabilities to more efficiently analyze large numbers of images stored on a device's hard drive.
- Advanced Timeline Visualization - New features will be added, including integration with existing open source analytics tools, allowing users to create events and highlight events, and filter by file type to the timeline module to more efficiently analyze activity to determine which events occurred.