What Upcoming Mac Artifacts and Features You Can Expect

With Magnet AXIOM 3.0, we’re excited to expand your computer investigations with support for APFS and Mac artifacts—but that’s just the beginning! We’re continuing to work hard to add even more macOS capabilities in upcoming AXIOM releases, in addition to the ability to decrypt FileVault2 images, we’ve added artifact support for parsed user accounts information, … Continued

Announcing Magnet AUTOMATE, a New Solution to Help Labs to Complete Investigations Faster

We’re pleased to announce a new solution for digital forensics labs to get the most out of their forensics tools: Magnet AUTOMATE. AUTOMATE allows labs to complete their investigations faster by powering a repeatable forensic workflow that minimizes downtime and maximizes efficiency. At Magnet Forensics, we’ve been aiming to help digital forensics labs focus their energies on the … Continued

Magnet Forensics and Grayshift, Partnering to Preserve Justice

We at Magnet Forensics are pleased to announce our partnership with Grayshift. At the core of this partnership is a shared commitment to helping law enforcement agencies seek justice and protect the innocent. Citizens may not realize, but the technologies that allow us to socially connect and conduct commerce with the touch of a smartphone … Continued

Maximizing the Partnership Between GrayKey and Magnet AXIOM

Magnet Forensics and Grayshift have partnered to provide law enforcement the tools they need to acquire and process the most data from iOS devices. This partnership is a result of our joint mission to help our law enforcement customers seek justice and protect the innocent.  For many years law enforcement agencies have struggled to acquire important … Continued

How to Get GrayKey from Magnet Forensics

If you haven’t heard the news yet, Grayshift and Magnet Forensics have entered into an exclusive global technology and distribution partnership! That means it’s easier than ever to use GrayKey and Magnet AXIOM for all of your iOS investigations so you can obtain the best results. Who Can Buy GrayKey? GrayKey is available for purchase by … Continued

Announcing the First Winner of the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program

We’re proud to announce the first recipient of the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program: Eric Dalla Mura, Detective Corporal at the Burlington Police Department in Burlington, VT. Eric worked with his Lieutenant to apply for the scholarship and subsequently devote time throughout the year for the free training and travel opportunities provided and we’re excited to see how he … Continued

Three Newer Things that May Surprise You about iOS Forensics

By Jessica Hyde, Director, Forensics I recently delivered a webinar, “Apple’s Tween Years: iOS’ Maturation from 10 through 11 and into 12,” followed by an iOS and cloud forensics focused trip in New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore. From talking with examiners at these events, I realized that the lecture content contained three “surprises” that could … Continued

A Look Back at 2018: Resources for ICAC Investigations

Continuing our look back on the resources we’ve offered in 2018, this week, we’re highlighting the webinars, white papers, videos, and blogs that are focused on Internet crimes against children (ICAC) investigations. 2018 marked some major developments in Magnet AXIOM’s ability to support ICAC investigations. Adding full disk decryption using a generated password list and support for FileVault2 … Continued

Analysis of GrayKey Images with AXIOM: New KnowledgeC Database Artifact Additions

With the past few releases of Magnet AXIOM, we’ve added new artifacts found on iOS file system images seen primarily when investigators have access to tools such as GrayKey.  With the release of AXIOM  2.8, we’ve included additional iOS artifacts, including the KnowledgeC database artifacts found on iOS devices. KnowledgeC Database As investigators, our job revolves around … Continued