LeechCore is a physical memory acquisition library designed for digital forensics, incident response and low-level security research.
It provides a common interface for accessing memory through hardware and software-based acquisition methods. Applications can use LeechCore to work with raw memory dumps, crash dumps, virtual machine memory and supported DMA devices without implementing each acquisition mechanism independently.
The library exposes APIs for C/C++, Python and C# applications. It forms a central component of PCILeech and MemProcFS, providing the memory access functionality used by these projects.
LeechCore also supports remote memory acquisition through LeechAgent, allowing investigators to access memory sources over a network. The availability of individual acquisition methods depends on the host operating system, hardware and target environment.
The software is primarily intended for developers and forensic specialists building or integrating memory acquisition and analysis tools.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides C/C++, Python and C# APIs for accessing physical memory.
- Supports raw physical memory dumps, crash dumps and ELF core dumps.
- Offers access to supported virtual machine memory sources.
- Works with compatible FPGA and DMA-based acquisition hardware.
- Supports remote memory acquisition through LeechAgent.
- Provides compressed and authenticated connections for supported remote acquisition workflows.
- Supplies memory access functionality for PCILeech and MemProcFS.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/ufrisk/LeechCore
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Developer: Ulf Frisk
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
LeechCore is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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