bulk_extractor
bulk_extractor is the third and final tool that we'll cover in this chapter. foremost and Scalpel, as we've seen so far, are quite impressive at file recovery and carving, but are limited to specific file types. For further extraction of data, we can use bulk_extractor.
While foremost and Scalpel can recover images, audio, video, and compressed files, bulk_extractor extracts several additional types of information that can be very useful in investigations.
Although bulk_extractor is quite capable of recovering and carving image, video, and document type files, other data that can be carved and extracted by bulk_extractor includes the following:
- Credit card numbers
- Email addresses
- URLs
- Online searches
- Website information
- Social media profiles and information
Forensic test image used in bulk_extractor
For this example, we will work with a freely available evidence file named terry-work- usb-2009-12-11.E01.
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