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@bcarrier bcarrier released this 23 Feb 03:36
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autopsy-4.6.0

New Features:

  • A new Message content viewer was added to make it easier to view email message contents.
  • A new Communications interface was added to make it easier to find messages and relationships.
  • Hash sets can be centrally stored and shared in the Central Repository.
  • New Encryption Detection module that will flag possibly encrypted files.
  • Can more easily run Autopsy from a USB drive and leave few traces on target system.
  • Tag definitions now have a "notable" property. The Central Repository uses this to mark files as notable.
  • Large slack files are now file typed.
  • The maximum number of Solr connections and ingest threads have increased.
  • Periodic keyword search will dynamically change based on how long queries are taking.
  • Users can change the amount of memory allocated to the application.
  • The amount of memory required for processing keyword hits has been reduced.
  • Layout of HTML reports has been modified make it easier to open.
  • "Databases" was added to File Type by Extension view.
  • Users can now enter more information about cases including examiner, organization, etc.
  • New dialog to open multi-user cases that allows for searching.
  • Auto ingest metrics are collected and displayed in dashboard.
  • Auto ingest module that extracts disk images from archive files.
  • Keyword search has been made more responsive to both search and ingest job cancellation.
  • Number of log files to keep before rollover is now configurable.
  • Preliminary changes to make Linux and OS X builds easier.

Bug Fixes:

  • Memory leaks and other issues revealed by fuzzing the SleuthKit have
    been fixed.
  • Memory issues caused by Tika are fixed (by upgrading to 1.17)
  • Assorted small enhancements and bug fixes are included.