Finding and Analyzing Important Evidence in Child Exploitation Cases

Hosted by Magnet Forensics and Griffeye When it comes to investigating child exploitation, timing is critical. How can you get to key evidence, like pictures and videos, quickly to start building your case? In this recorded webinar, Magnet Forensics and Griffeye joined forces to demonstrate which tools and techniques can be used in your investigation to find, uncover, … Continued

July Artifact Update: Windows OS and More

We just released our July Artifact Update to Magnet IEF customers, which includes a number of new artifacts and improvements for previously supported apps. As part of this release, we wanted to improve support for Windows OS artifacts and integrate some popular customer requests. As a result, this update includes artifact support for the Recycle … Continued

April Artifact Update: Native Android Apps

Our latest artifact update for IEF includes support for native Android applications. As the mobile market continues to narrow-in on two primary operating systems – Android and iOS – it’s becoming increasingly important for investigators to recover data from these built-in system apps. In February, we added support for a similar set of native iOS … Continued

Making a Difference, One Child at a Time

By: Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO of Magnet Forensics It’s not an issue many like to talk about, or perhaps even know about. But child sex slavery is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world.  A perverse industry that preys on the poor, especially in economically disadvantaged countries, this kind of exploitation … Continued

Forensic Analysis of Windows Shellbags

This is the fifth and final blog post in a series about recovering Business Applications & OS Artifacts for your digital forensics investigations.  What are Shellbags? While shellbags have been available since Windows XP, they have only recently become a popular artifact as examiners are beginning to realize their potential value to an investigation.  Shellbags … Continued

Forensic Analysis of Prefetch files in Windows

This is the fourth blog post in a series of five about recovering Business Applications & OS Artifacts for your digital forensics investigations.   What are prefetch files? Prefetch files are great artifacts for forensic investigators trying to analyze applications that have been run on a system. Windows creates a prefetch file when an application is … Continued

Forensic Analysis of LNK files

This is the third blog post in a series of five about recovering Business Applications & OS Artifacts for your digital forensics investigations.  What are LNK Files? LNK files are a relatively simple but valuable artifact for the forensics investigator. Shortcut files link to an application or file commonly found on a user’s desktop or … Continued

Investigating iOS Phone Images, File Dumps & Backups

As of January 2013, Apple announced it had sold over 500 million iOS devices. While iOS seems to be the leading operating system for tablets worldwide, Android continues to be the leading operating system for mobile phones worldwide. Regardless of the statistics, if you are an active forensic examiner, chances are very high you will … Continued