Easily Launch Virtual Machines from Disk Images

Arsenal Image Mounter’s ability to reliably launch disk images into virtual machines has worked great in our ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) cases, especially when using DPAPI bypass to gather valuable website credentials for follow-up investigation and when capturing screenshots from within virtual machines as we prepare for court.

“I recently had a CSAM case in which we needed to find a way to decrypt EFS-encrypted files found on an external hard drive. While examining various pieces of electronic evidence, we discovered that the EFS keys were on one of the suspect’s laptops. Using Arsenal Image Mounter, I launched a forensic image obtained from the laptop into a virtual machine, logged in with a Windows password we cracked with Hashcat, attached a forensic image obtained from the external hard drive to the virtual machine, and proceeded to decrypt all the EFS-encrypted files. This entire process with AIM was far easier than the other tool our agency used previously to launch forensic images into virtual machines. I have also had another CSAM case in which AIM’s latest DPAPI bypass functionality allowed us to access a suspect’s Opera-stored website credentials - without knowing the suspect’s Windows password!”