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RecycleBin

Windows RecycleBin is a special folder on Windows that stores files deleted using the Explorer GUI. When a file is deleted (via Explorer) two types files are generated in the RecycleBin:

  • Files that begin with $I<number>.<original extension>. Contains metadata about deleted file
  • Files that begin with $R<number>.<original extension>. Contents of deleted file

Currently artemis supports parsing the $I based files using the standard Windows APIs to read the file for parsing. It does not try to recover files that have been deleted/emptied from the RecycleBin

Other parsers:

References:

TOML Collection​

[output]
name = "recyclebin_collection"
directory = "./tmp"
format = "jsonl"
compress = false
endpoint_id = "6c51b123-1522-4572-9f2a-0bd5abd81b82"
collection_id = 1
destination= "local"

[[artifacts]]
artifact_name = "recyclebin"
[artifacts.recyclebin]
# alt_file = "C:\\Artifacts\\$IAC12F"

Collection Options​

  • alt_file Full path to alternative RecycleBin file. This configuration is optional. By default artemis will parse all RecycleBin files on the system

Output Structure​

An array of RecycleBin entries

export interface RecycleBin {
  /**Size of deleted file */
  size: number;
  /**Deleted timestamp of file */
  deleted: string;
  /**Name of deleted file */
  filename: string;
  /**Full path to the deleted file */
  full_path: string;
  /**Directory associated with deleted file */
  directory: string;
  /**SID associated with the deleted file */
  sid: string;
  /**Path to the file in the Recycle Bin */
  evidence: string;
}