By Christopher Vance, Magnet Forensics Trainer. Read more about Christopher in this Trainer profile. There are currently millions of applications on the iOS App Store and Google Play marketplace. With millions of third party applications available to people, there’s a limitless source of applications that could appear in forensic investigations. Due to the sheer number … Continued
As you may be aware, iOS 11 changed the way in which the user authenticates a trust relationship between an iOS device and the computer being used to create a backup or forensic tool being used to create an acquisition. When a forensic examiner goes to create an iOS backup, either with a forensic tool … Continued
With Magnet AXIOM, users can acquire data from multiple cloud sources, such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Dropbox, Twitter, WhatsApp and more. AXIOM supports multiple acquisition and account sign-in methods, including username and password, external browser authentication, and account tokens from mobile extractions. Within each of these sources there may be several services, apps, or … Continued
Magnet Forensics recently announced that we will offer Magnet AXIOM Cloud for cloud forensics. This new product will integrate seamlessly with our other AXIOM products to give investigative teams a comprehensive, single view into the digital evidence in a case. We had the opportunity to sit down with Tayfun Uzun, Product Manager here at Magnet … Continued
Here at Magnet Forensics, we greatly value our industry partnerships, so you can imagine how thrilled we were when Griffeye approached us to post an opinion piece (pretty on the nose one too, if you ask us…) on our blog. Our relationship with Griffeye has grown over the last year and we are currently readying … Continued
Multiple forensic methods may work for any one device, but what’s “recommended” may not always net more data; in fact, incorrectly applied methods could modify or wipe the evidence altogether. Do you know which is which? Each advancement in mobile forensics methods has occurred in response to a need to cope with rising evidence volumes … Continued
As data drifts further away from physical drives and more into the cloud, examiners have an ever-changing location to locate information. Instead of locating incriminating evidence on drives or SD cards, it can often be stored on services like Google, iCloud, and Dropbox— leading to a whole new set of challenges for examiners. That’s why … Continued
With Magnet AXIOM 1.1.3, we’ve not only made it easier for users to acquire and process images from mobile devices, but we’ve also brought improvements to our reporting capabilities — making the experience an even smoother one for stakeholders to use the evidence presented to them in their investigations. Find out more about what’s included … Continued
Magnet Forensics Founder & CTO, Jad Saliba, had a chance to sit down with Head of Griffeye, Johann Hofmann while they were at Techno Security in Myrtle Beach recently — they reflected on the values of their companies, the importance of collaboration, and discussed where they see digital forensics going in the future. Read the conversation below. … Continued
In previous versions of Magnet AXIOM, you were required to unlock and enable USB debugging for Android device acquisitions or use Magnet ACQUIRE to load your own custom recovery images. Now, we’ve built this right into AXIOM, adding over 680 recovery profiles for Samsung devices with plans to add more in the future. Flashing a … Continued
