Autopsy Forensics

How to use Autopsy to process and examine the Compromised Windows Server 2022 image.

Setup case file and process E01

Download, install, and run Autopsy.

New Case > Enter case information > Next > (complete optional information) > Finish

This results in a new Autopsy case being created in the location you specific. Now we need to add our data source/E01 image file.

Add Data Source > Disk Image or VM File > Next

This is where our previous examination of the SYSTEM hive is important - the timezone defaults to GMT -8 but the image is of a system whose timezone offset is GMT/UTC. Change this to GMT+0/UTC.

De-select irrelevant modules and it should look like this

We'll look at installing additional ingest modules shortly.

Click Next and wait for Autopsy to ingest the E01.

Generate timeline

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