Since introducing Magnet AXIOM, we’ve continued to hear from our customers that it continues the standard for excellence that IEF started: not just to find more evidence, but also to tackle some of digital forensics’ most enduring challenges. We wanted to take some time to call out five ways we strive to deliver phone forensics … Continued
Magnet AXIOM 2.0 has added the ability to conduct additional memory analysis by integrating the Volatility framework. For anyone who has used Volatility in the past, it is a great command line tool to conduct memory analysis by pulling out things like processes, network connections, command history, files, etc. The integration should be familiar to … Continued
Magnet AXIOM, IEF, and ATLAS have proven their mettle time and again for our customers. From our earliest days carving browsing data that no other vendor could acquire, to the present day combining and analyzing acquisitions from multiple data sources, we’re committed to ensuring our customers’ success. We wanted to take some time to highlight … Continued
This is the second part in a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here. In our short series on AXIOM Connections, we’ve given an overview of what Connections is (a fast, easy way to visualize how different artifacts are related to one another across devices) and how it works (automatically, with minimal time and … Continued
Whether you seize computers in the field for criminal investigations, or responding to cyber incidents for a corporation, forensic memory analysis gives you access to evidence you can’t obtain through “dead-box” forensics alone. In many cases, memory analysis may be the only way to obtain evidence critical to solving your investigation. If memory analysis is … Continued
Today we announced our partnership with U.S. based nonprofit organization, Child Rescue Coalition (CRC), a partnership that will see Magnet Forensics and CRC come together to help achieve our shared goal of protecting children against child sexual exploitation and abuse. As a former digital forensics examiner, our Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Jad Saliba worked … Continued
This is the first part in a two-part series. You can read Part 2 here. In our previous blog post, “Telling the Story of Digital Evidence,” we outlined how the Connections feature in Magnet AXIOM automatically shows where key digital evidence came from, where it is currently located, who it was shared with and when … Continued
In digital forensics, demonstrating attribution—using operating system artifacts to prove that the suspect had knowledge of the document or image files found on a device—is one of the key elements of building a case. The ability to tell an evidentiary story is even better. How did a file get here? Where did it go—to whom … Continued
Samsung devices are one of the most popular device types on the most popular mobile operating system, Android. In the case of a recent examination, a Samsung was giving me a lot of trouble. It was a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7, SM-G930V. This phone was released running Android version 6, or Marshmallow, and upgradable to … Continued
We’re proud to introduce a new course for people who are looking to expand the capabilities of their computer forensics investigations: Magnet AXIOM Advanced Computer Forensics (AX250). This is an expert-level four-day training course. It is designed for participants who are somewhat familiar with the principles of digital forensics and are seeking to expand their … Continued
