The role of AI and digital forensics in modern policing 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting technology in every area—including digital forensics. AI tools are already enhancing investigative capabilities and addressing important concerns, including investigator wellbeing, managing the explosion of digital evidence, and ensuring innovation aligns with ethical and legal standards.  While AI can enhance human expertise, it’s important to remember that it can never take … Continued

Magnet Axiom Cyber 8.8: Email threads in Email Explorer, chat threads in Exhibit Builder, and new artifacts from Samsung Cloud Backups

It’s this year’s final release of Axiom Cyber, and we’ve added several improvements to help you complete your investigations as efficiently as possible. Magnet Axiom Cyber 8.8 includes: We’ve also updated and added to our artifact support (full details at the end of this blog). Upgrade to Axiom Cyber 8.8 in the Axiom Cyber interface … Continued

Magnet Axiom 8.8: Chat threads in Exhibit Builder, Email threads in Email Explorer, and new artifacts from Samsung Cloud Backups

Our final Magnet Axiom release of 2024 is out now, adding several improvements to the features and capabilities of Axiom to help you advance your investigations as efficiently as possible. This release of Axiom adds: In addition to new features and functionality, this release also includes new and updated artifact support to help keep your … Continued

Introducing Magnet Verify: The next evolution of Medex  

We are excited to announce that Medex, the trusted solution for authenticating media and countering manipulated content, is now officially part of the Magnet Forensics family!  As we continue to grow and evolve, we are pleased to share that Medex will now be known as Magnet Verify.  A patented solution for media authentication and verification  … Continued

Magnet Virtual Summit 2025 Capture The Flag

Hi! This is Jessica Hyde and I am so excited to announce the exciting plans for the Magnet Virtual Summit Capture The Flag (CTF) powered by Hexordia. I have been having a blast working with our amazing interns Yehuda Bollen, Adam Hachem, Cece Ehgotz, Fatima Omerovic, James Cangelosi, and Nathan Kreit from the Champlain Digital … Continued

Enterprise forensics: Why scalable solutions matter 

Organizations in the private sector face significant complexity when performing enterprise forensics investigations, whether it’s in support of incident response, internal investigation, or litigation/eDiscovery. The volume of data, the sheer complexity of enterprise networks, and the necessity for speed demand an investigative solution that can scale seamlessly. Legacy enterprise forensic tools fall short in these … Continued

Streamlining mobile extractions and processing with Magnet Graykey Fastrak and Axiom

With the number of mobile devices exceeding the global population, evidence from smartphones plays an essential role in criminal investigations. But as mobile devices continue to grow in storage capacity, the time needed to extract and process this critical data becomes increasingly challenging.  With our latest integration, we have added the ability to send mobile … Continued

Magnet Axiom Cyber 8.7: Acquire iCloud backups from ADP-enabled accounts, and more!

The latest release of Magnet Axiom Cyber introduces several important improvements for examiners working on a variety of investigation types, from incident response to internal investigations. Magnet Axiom Cyber 8.7 includes new features, including: We’ve also updated and added to our artifact support (full details at the end of this blog). Upgrade to Axiom Cyber … Continued

AI in law enforcement and the future of digital forensics 

In modern criminal investigations, digital evidence—including emails, text messages, phone records, video footage, social media posts, and cloud-stored information—often holds more value than physical evidence. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming law enforcement and digital forensics, allowing police to process massive volumes of data, solve cases more quickly, and protect officers from exposure to traumatic … Continued