Mac Marshal
| Mac Marshal | |
|---|---|
| Maintainer: | ATC-NY |
| OS: | Mac OS X |
| Genre: | Template:Macintosh forensics |
| License: | Commercial (free to law enforcement) |
| Website: | macmarshal.com |
Mac Marshal is a tool to analyze Mac OS X file system images. It scans a Macintosh disk image, automatically detects and displays Macintosh and Windows operating systems and virtual machine images, then runs a number of analysis tools on the image to extract Mac OS X-specific forensic evidence written by the OS and common applications.
Mac Marshal Forensic Edition runs on an investigator's Mac workstation to analyze a disk image.
Mac Marshal Field Edition runs on a Mac target machine from a USB drive. It extracts volatile system state data, including a snapshot of physical RAM.
Mac Marshal follows forensic best practices and maintains a detailed log file of all activities it performs. It produces reports in RTF, PDF, and HTML formats, and runs on Mac OS X-based analysis machines.
Version 1.0 was released in January 2009, available at no cost to US law enforcement, with a commercial version available to non-law enforcement. Version 2.0 was released in November 2010, adding live analysis in the Field Edition and the ability to take a snapshot of the target machine's physical RAM.
Authors
Mac Marshal was developed by ATC-NY, supported by a contract with the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ). The project was originally named MEGA.
