CyberPipe: collect memory and disk forensics

by ddos · April 26, 2025

CSIRT-Collect

A PowerShell script to collect memory and (triage) disk forensics for incident response investigations.

The script leverages a network share, from which it will access and copy the required executables and subsequently upload the acquired evidence to the same share post-collection.

Permission requirements for the said directory will be dependent on the nuances of the environment and what credentials are used for the script execution (interactive vs. automation)

In the demonstration code, a network location of \Synology\Collections can be seen. This should be changed to reflect the specifics of your environment.

The collections folder needs to include:

subdirectory KAPE; copy the directory from the existing install

subdirectory MEMORY; 7za.exe command line version of 7zip and winpmem.exe

CSIRT-Collect

Maps to an existing network drive –
- Subdir 1: “Memory” – Winpmem and 7zip executables
- Subdir 2: ”KAPE” – directory (copied from the local install)
Creates a local directory on asset
Copies the Memory exe files to the local directory

Captures memory with Winpmem
When complete, ZIPs the memory image
Renames the zip file based on hostname

Documents the OS Build Info (no need to determine the profile for Volatility)
Compressed image is copied to network directory and deleted from the host after transfer complete
New temp Directory on the asset for KAPE output

KAPE !SANS_Triage collection is run using VHDX as output format [$hostname.vhdx]
VHDX transfers to network
Removes the local KAPE directory after completion

Writes a “Process complete” text file to network to signal investigators that collection is ready for analysis.

CSIRT-Collect_USB

Essentially the same functionality as CSIRT-Collect.ps1 with the exception that it is intended to be run from a USB device. The extra compression operations on the memory image and KAPE .vhdx have been removed. There is a slight change to the folder structure for the USB version. On the root of the USB: