ADF Triage-G2 vs NetworkMiner

ADF Triage-G2 is digital forensic triage software for computer and media exploitation during sensitive site exploitation. ADF describes that work as supporting military and intelligence needs such as counterterrorism, force protection, and national security. Designed for non-technical operators, it uses a two-step process to scan devices, extract material, and analyze intelligence. It can be deployed on a small USB key for field reconnaissance. Rosoka entity extraction and multilingual translation are standard; ADF says its text analytics processes documents in 230+ languages to identify entities and locations in unstructured documents. The software handles evidence from computers, iOS and Android devices, USB devices, storage media, documents, emails, text communications, and digital images. Listed export formats are PDF, VICS, HTML, and CSV. Boot-mode tools do not change disks, according to ADF; live scans avoid changing file timestamps but leave traces, which stealth mode makes harder to locate. Pricing is available on request, with one-year or three-year subscription licenses that include support, maintenance, and upgrades during the term. There is no free plan; a free 30-day evaluation is available to qualified organizations.

NetworkMiner analyzes captured network traffic and can sniff live traffic, extracting artifacts such as files, images, emails, and passwords from PCAP files. It also builds a host inventory from IP address information for passive asset discovery and communication overviews. The free edition supports live sniffing and PCAP and ETL parsing on Windows and Linux, but not PcapNG parsing. Professional accepts PcapNG, Pcap-over-IP, and PacketCache data in addition to PCAP, ETL, and live sniffing, and exports results to CSV, JSON-LD, and XML. Its protocol features include file extraction across listed protocols, while VoIP support includes audio extraction from unencrypted calls. Professional also provides OSINT lookups for hashes, IP addresses, domains, and URLs. NetworkMiner does not decrypt HTTPS or other TLS-encrypted sessions. Extracted data stays on the end-user device rather than in the cloud. The source code is GPLv2 free and open source. Netresec warns that opening PCAPs can automatically extract malware and recommends Linux or Windows Sandbox to reduce self-infection risk.