In our new white paper on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) forensics, we talk a little bit about Gatekeeper password storage, a new-as-of-Lollipop feature designed to introduce a new level of obfuscation to PIN and pattern locks—both in file name and location, and in hash settings. In previous Android versions starting with 2.2, devices’ 4- to 16-digit … Continued
Mobile device encryption has been a headache for investigators ever since Apple introduced it with the iPhone 3GS and iOS 3.0. Since that time, encryption headaches have only accelerated, with Apple tying it to hardware (the A5 and later processing chips) and adding layers of data to its encryption. With Android in the game now … Continued
In part one of our Portable Case series, our Director of Forensics, Jessica Hyde, took a look at the features and benefits of Portable Case. She highlighted the power of real-time collaboration with multiple stakeholders and having all the feedback collected in one place. Read part one here. How to: Magnet AXIOM Portable Case for … Continued
Keywords are an essential part of many forensic examinations. While running keyword lists shouldn’t be the extent of an investigation, the right keyword list can help examiners quickly get to the relevant evidence for their case. Magnet AXIOM allows examiners to run several different keyword searches either before or after processing your case. Let’s take … Continued
Including Parsing iCloud Backups, Sorting in Multi-Artifact View, New Exporting Options, Musical.ly Artifact Support, and More. Customer feedback is essential to maintain the quality of our products. We’ve been able to incorporate customer input on the features they are looking for in our latest release, Magnet AXIOM 1.0.9, which is available for download now.. Here … Continued
Fundraising will help support programs to combat online child sexual abuse and exploitation Magnet Forensics, a global leader in the development of digital forensic software, has raised more than $27,000 (CDN) for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, a registered charity dedicated to the personal safety of all children. Throughout 2016, the Magnet Forensics team … Continued
File System Keyword Search, iTunes 10.1.1 Backup Decryption, Torrent Artifact Support, and more! The newest version of Magnet AXIOM has just been released. AXIOM 1.0.8 adds important new features for digital forensics examiners and investigators. We wanted to highlight some of the newest additions. You will often hear the team here at Magnet Forensics talk … Continued
One of the most obvious benefits of Magnet AXIOM is the access to the entire file system, as well as the hundreds of artifact types that the Magnet parsing and carving engine finds. To accommodate the larger data set and expanded access, we’ve improved the hashing functionality as well. If you are more familiar with … Continued
Magnet AXIOM version 1.0.7 is now available. This new version includes support for Pebble Watch for iOS and Android. Examiners can now access the Pebble Watch artifacts to recover information held by those apps, including notification time stamps, calendar events, weather, location and health data. AXIOM 1.0.7 also adds the ability to extract artifacts from … Continued
Processing Times Reduced Dramatically in AXIOM 1.0.6 By Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO of Magnet Forensics Last week, we released Magnet AXIOM version 1.0.6. This update included a number of features and fixes, but one of the main goals was to address issues we, and our customers, had seen in processing times. And we did it! … Continued
