Magnet Axiom 9.0: Event Snapshots, Express Extraction of Graykey images, AI tools, and more!
The latest major release of Magnet Axiom, version 9.0, is now available!
We’ve added many great features and capabilities in this release of Axiom, including:
- Event Snapshots: Context–driven case insights for investigative leads
- Express Extraction: Streamline Graykey extraction and processing in Axiom
- Synthetic media and video authentication: Investigate synthetic and generated media with Magnet AI and video integration powered by Magnet Verify
- Magnet Exhibit Builder: Bringing the report–building capabilities of Magnet Exhibit Builder to more Axiom users
- Griffeye case creation: Create Magnet Griffeye cases directly from Axiom
- Magnet Copilot offline AI capabilities: Quickly surface relevant evidence with advanced AI capabilities
- New and updated artifacts: Including the addition of iCloud Keychain acquisition
To learn more about each of these features, check out the content and links below and register for our upcoming webinar on April 9: Updated mobile workflow with Magnet Axiom 9.0.
If you haven’t tried Axiom yet, now is a great time to request a free trial.
Event Snapshots
With the overwhelming volume of data in a case, knowing where to start can be a persistent challenge for both forensic examiners and investigators. To help both you and your stakeholders save time and collaborate efficiently, we have added a new patent-pending interface into Axiom, Event Snapshots, that helps focus investigations on the most relevant digital events surrounding an incident.
With Event Snapshots, you can quickly narrow the scope of evidence using investigative leads to derive context-driven insights to quickly uncover key evidence. Event Snapshot presents a series of dashboards to quickly visualize and access the most relevant information, such as communications, media, or location data, based on specific timeframes before and after the incident to focus on key events that may have a direct impact on the investigation.
To learn more and see Event Snapshots in action, visit our blog and video, Focus your investigations with Event Snapshots in Magnet Axiom or explore the demo below:
* included with all term licenses of Axiom
Axiom Express Extraction of Graykey mobile images
As mobile evidence continues to grow in both volume and importance as a source of data in investigations, the more that can be done to streamline the investigative process the better. To help you get mobile data even faster, we added a new extraction and processing option in Axiom Premier for mobile devices accessed with Magnet Graykey called Express Extraction.
This new workflow increases the extraction speed by moving the acquisition and processing to Axiom, which also frees up the Graykey to focus on gaining access to additional phones. Having extractions run on the same forensics workstation as Axiom also streamlines your mobile workflow, combining extracting and processing into one easy step—giving you the ability to leverage Axiom’s advanced mobile processing capabilities while also mitigating manual steps in your workflow.
* included with Axiom Premier licenses
Synthetic media and video authentication
Instances of synthetic—or deepfake—media have seen a dramatic increase in recent years, with an estimated 500,000 video and voice deepfakes shared on social media in 2023. While deepfakes aren’t a new phenomenon, advances in machine learning and AI have increased the speed, accuracy, and availability of developing synthetic media.
To help you identify deepfake and generated media, this release moves the two features below out of limited early access and into our Axiom Premier license:
- Synthetic media classifiers in Magnet AI: The added media detection capability in Magnet.AI lets you use synthetic media classifiers alongside all other classifiers, helping you quickly comb through evidence and automatically detect potential deepfake media—along with potential pictures of drugs, weapons, nudity, child abuse and more.
- Video authentication: With a simple right–click in Axiom Examine you can access our cutting-edge solution for file structure analysis of video files powered by Magnet Verify. This feature helps verify and authenticate where video files originated, if they are camera-original content, or if they have been edited or generated with tools such as face-swap or re-face.
Magnet Exhibit Builder is now included with Axiom Advanced licenses
With the depth, variety, and volume of evidence in modern cases, developing engaging reports to effectively tell the story of the case for stakeholders—including those who aren’t technically proficient—is a persistent challenge. Magnet Exhibit Builder elevates your digital forensics reports, combining forensic data from Axiom case files and all other external data sources using versatile word processing tools to quickly build comprehensive reports for a range of audiences.
The intuitive drag-and-drop functionality of Exhibit Builder lets you place artifact details directly into your report, maintaining the forensic integrity of the data while integrating elements like visual previews for media-based artifacts and evidence device summary details to provide stakeholders with straightforward and efficient reports.
If you’re an Axiom Advanced license holder, you can log in to the Support Portal and download Exhibit Builder now to start building better reports. To learn more about Exhibit Builder, read the blog post: “Elevate your digital forensics reports with Magnet Exhibit Builder.”
Magnet Griffeye case creation from Axiom
The volume of video and images media that need to be reviewed and categorized in investigations can be overwhelming. To help quickly and efficiently review and analyze substantial volumes of large image and video digital media, we have added the ability to create a Magnet Griffeye case directly from Axiom. Designed specifically for image and video review and analysis, Magnet Griffeye is tailored to uncovering critical evidence in vast amounts of digital media quickly.
This integration lets Axiom users leverage the strength of Axiom to process and extract media and other artifacts from all evidence sources, and the power of Griffeye for large scale media investigations, eliminating manual touch points needed to move content with a streamlined option in the export menu in Axiom.
To learn more about Magnet Griffeye and how it can be used alongside Axiom for investigations involving large amounts of media, check out the Introduction to Magnet Griffeye.
* included with Axiom Advanced and Premier term licenses
Magnet Copilot offline AI capabilities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the way we work. That extends to law enforcement and digital forensics, adding another tool to help police process massive volumes of data and solve cases more quickly.
Magnet Copilot helps examiners quickly find evidence relevant to their case with a Q&A function that can help you narrow in on key results. To use the Q&A function, users simply select the data—such as a conversation thread or web search—then enter questions about the data, and Magnet Copilot will highlight relevant artifacts. Responses provided through the interface also include citations for the case data so you can easily validate the results and investigate further.
We initially introduced Magnet AI as an early access integration in Axiom to bring AI capabilities to quickly surface relevant evidence. With the development of Magnet Copilot, we are now including it exclusively with our Axiom Premier licenses. To learn more about Magnet Copilot, visit our blog: Accelerating investigations with AI using Magnet Copilot in Axiom.
* included with Axiom Premier term licenses
New and updated artifacts
As always, with every new release comes support for new artifacts as well as updated support for artifacts which may have changed over time.
A new addition in this release is support for iCloud Keychain, a password manager that keeps secure information updated across Apple devices. Information on iCloud Keychain autofills on trusted devices, including usernames, passwords, passkeys, credit card information, security codes, and wi-fi passwords.
New artifacts
- AVIF image support (All platforms)
- iCloud Keychain acquisition (Cloud)
- Slack local storage (Computer)
- Telegram groups (iOS)
Updated artifacts
- Android Telegram messages (Android)
- Chrome local storage (Computer, macOS)
- Chrome/Edge/Discord/Slack local storage (Computer)
- Chrome/Edge local storage (macOS)
- Facebook Messenger end-to-end encrypted chats (Android, iOS)
- Discord local storage (Computer)
- Edge local storage (Computer, macOS)
- iOS cached locations (iOS)
- Slack acquisition (Cloud)
Get Magnet Axiom 9.0 today!
If you’re already using Axiom, download 9.0 over at the Customer Portal. If you want to try Axiom for yourself, request a free trial today!