Hello Reader,

While some tools focus on new markets for venture capital returns, others are continually refined to serve the needs of practitioners. Arsenal Image Mounter (AIM) is one of those tools that doesn’t just stay in its lane—it broadens it by adding features that enhance its forensic capabilities.

One standout feature in AIM is its ability to mount multiple shadow copies simultaneously so you can analyze them with whichever tools you prefer. Even more impressive is AIM’s exposure of a little-known artifact called “intra-volume shadow copy slack,” which represents the sectors that change between snapshots. What makes this so interesting is that we still don’t fully understand what triggers these changes. As far as I’m aware, no other tool isolates and displays this data as a separate stream. You could theoretically discover it via keyword searches or carving (if the changed data is contiguous and the signature is in the slack), but being able to see its existence and correlate it back to the modified sector or file is a remarkable innovation.

I’ll be testing this feature further and will share my findings, but in the meantime, remember: there’s always more to discover!