Plaso
| plaso | |
|---|---|
| Maintainer: | Kristinn Gudjonsson, Joachim Metz |
| OS: | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Genre: | Analysis |
| License: | APL |
| Website: | code.google.com/p/plaso/ |
Plaso (plaso langar að safna öllu) is the Python based back-end engine used by tools such as log2timeline for automatic creation of a super timelines. The goal of log2timeline (and thus plaso) is to provide a single tool that can parse various log files and forensic artifacts from computers and related systems, such as network equipment to produce a single correlated timeline. This timeline can then be easily analysed by forensic investigators/analysts, speeding up investigations by correlating the vast amount of information found on an average computer system. Plaso is intended to be applied for creating super timelines but also supports creating targeted timelines.
The Plaso project site also provides 4n6time, formerly "l2t_Review", which is a cross-platform forensic tool for timeline creation and review by David Nides.
Supported Formats
The information below is based of version 1.1.0
Storage Media Image File Formats
Storage Medis Image File Format support is provided by dfvfs.
Volume System Formats
Volume System Format support is provided by dfvfs.
File System Formats
File System Format support is provided by dfvfs.
File formats
- Apple System Log (ASL)
- Basic Security Module (BSM)
- Bencode files
- Chrome cache files
- CUPS IPP
- Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format using libesedb
- Firefox Cache
- Java IDX
- MacOS-X Application firewall
- MacOS-X Keychain
- MacOS-X Securityd
- MacOS-X Wifi
- (SleuthKit) mactime logs
- McAfee Anti-Virus Logs
- Microsoft Internet Explorer History File Format (also known as MSIE 4 - 9 Cache Files or index.dat) using libmsiecf
- OLE Compound File using libolecf
- Opera Browser history
- OpenXML
- Pcap files
- Popularity Contest log
- Property list (plist) format using binplist
- SELinux audit logs
- SkyDrive log and error log files
- SQLite database format using SQLite
- Symantec AV Corporate Edition and Endpoint Protection log
- Syslog
- UTMP
- UTMPX
- Windows Event Log (EVT) using libevt
- Windows Firewall
- Windows Job files (also known as "at jobs")
- Windows Prefetch files
- Windows Recycle bin (INFO2 and $I/$R)
- Windows NT Registry File (REGF) using libregf
- Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format using liblnk
- Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) using libevtx
- Xchat and Xchat scrollback files
Bencode file formats
- Transmission
- uTorrent
ESE database file formats
- Internet Explorer WebCache format
OLE Compound File formats
- Document summary information
- Summary information (top-level only)
Property list (plist) formats
- Airport
- Apple Account
- Bluetooth
- Install History
- iPod/iPhone
- Mac User
- Safari history
- Software Update
- Spotlight
- Spotlight Volume Information
- Timemachine
SQLite database file formats
- Android call logs
- Android SMS
- Chrome cookies
- Chrome browsing and downloads history
- Firefox browsing and downloads history
- Google Drive
- Launch services quarantine events
- MacKeeper cache
- Mac OS X document versions
- Skype text conversations
- Zeitgeist activity database
Windows Registry formats
- AppCompatCache
- CCleaner
- Less Frequently Used (LFU)
- MountPoints2
- Most Recently Used (MRU) MRUList and MRUListEx (no shell item support)
- MSIE Zones
- Office MRU
- Outlook Search
- Run and RunOnce keys
- Services
- Terminal Server MRU
- Typed URLS
- USBStor
- UserAssist
- WinRar
- Windows version information
History
Plaso is a Python-based rewrite of the Perl-based log2timeline initially created by Kristinn Gudjonsson. Plaso builds upon the SleuthKit, libyal, dfvfs and various other projects.
