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

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

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

Getting Evidence from iOS Screen Time Artifacts

Screen Time, a new feature added to the release of iOS 12, is designed to supervise activities that are going on within the device. Whether set up from a parental standpoint to limit how much time is being spent on video games, or someone is simply trying to limit how much time they spend on … Continued

A Look Back at 2018: Resources for Mobile Investigations

As 2018 draws to a close, we’ll be taking a look back at some of the resources we’ve offered this year to help forensic examiners in their investigations. This blog is a roundup of a year’s worth of mobile forensics resources. We kicked off 2018 by adding 550 Android recovery images and new password bypass … Continued

Enhanced WhatsApp Support and Much More in Magnet AXIOM 2.6

Magnet AXIOM 2.6 is bringing big updates to Magnet AXIOM Cloud with WhatsApp backups, iCloud and Cloud Administrator account support. Together with improvements to Magnet.AI and to overall performance, AXIOM 2.6 demonstrates our commitment to being the gold standard for usability. Try it for yourself now! If you’re a customer, download AXIOM 2.6 right now … Continued

How AXIOM Cloud Can Help Save Time Investigating Instagram

Instagram is so popular that it’s safe to say at some point, an investigation will lead you to uncovering potential evidence from it. In this blog, we’ll take a conventional investigation that I conducted and compare and contrast how it would work with or without Magnet AXIOM Cloud. Instagram’s Requirements for Law Enforcement In the … Continued