Magnet AXIOM, IEF, and ATLAS have proven their mettle time and again for our customers. From our earliest days carving browsing data that no other vendor could acquire, to the present day combining and analyzing acquisitions from multiple data sources, we’re committed to ensuring our customers’ success. We wanted to take some time to highlight … Continued
Last year we published a series of blogs, “Being Forensically Curious,” that was based on a presentation coauthored by Magnet Director of Forensics Jessica Hyde and Forensic Consultant Cesar Quezada. That presentation, “Mobile App Parsing – All About that Data” is available as a recorded webinar here. Both the webinar and the blog series outline … Continued
Samsung devices are one of the most popular device types on the most popular mobile operating system, Android. In the case of a recent examination, a Samsung was giving me a lot of trouble. It was a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7, SM-G930V. This phone was released running Android version 6, or Marshmallow, and upgradable to … Continued
Update: An updated version of this release is now available as Magnet AXIOM 1.2.5. Magnet AXIOM 1.2.4 is now available for customers to download in the Customer Portal. With the latest release of AXIOM, we’re bringing new capabilities to bypass Android passwords, full Cloud token integration, McAfee Decryption, and more. Mobile Acquisition Improvements With AXIOM … Continued
There is a current misconception by many in the mobile forensics field that every acquisition method conducted on a mobile phone is specific to that model. Quite often, I will get requests from examiners asking for a list of mobile devices our tools support. I will often reply with a list of the models we … Continued
Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you all a great 2018 full of successful investigations, RAID arrays that never fail, and passwords that are easy to crack. ? Cracking passwords is an unfortunate necessity of “the job” that has only increased over the past years. With better encryption, security, and more people using stronger passwords (or … Continued
Customers can now get the latest version of Magnet AXIOM over at the Customer Portal! Magnet AXIOM 1.2.3 improves smartphone acquisition, provides innovative new time filtering capabilities, enhancements to AXIOM Examine and AXIOM Cloud, offers new artifacts, and adds language support for Chinese (traditional) and Korean. Smartphone Acquisition Improvements With this release, we’ve worked hard … Continued
Recently, Magnet Forensics and Passware partnered to offer full disk decryption in Magnet AXIOM. AXIOM now includes seamless integration with Passware decryption technology, which supports full disk decryption with a known password for BitLocker, TrueCrypt, PGP Desktop encrypted devices, and others. The full Passware Kit Forensic, with additional features, is also available for purchase. For … Continued
Our previous two blog posts about being forensically curious have covered how to discover important information about new and/or unsupported apps, and how to test your hypotheses about the way the apps store data. Relying on research by Magnet Forensics’ Jessica Hyde and Basis Technology’s Cesar Quezada, as well as commentary by forensic research experts … Continued
In the latest version of Magnet AXIOM, we’re bringing a lot of new improvements to the most comprehensive digital investigation platform. In addition to an upgrade to our Dynamic Application Finder (DAF), we’ve brought in a variety of enhancements for smartphone, computer, and cloud investigations. Get the latest version of Magnet AXIOM in the Customer … Continued
