Evidence management software has never played such a significant role in digital investigations as it does today. The explosion of data means examiners have massive amounts of information to comb through from a variety of sources. Now they must also do so in a remote environment that can pose huge challenges to collaboration. A recent … Continued
Digital investigators and examiners creating forensic images for DVR analysis utilize two main file formats to store bit-for-bit copies of hard drives used in their examinations. E01 forensic image file format is the default imaging option for many computer forensics tools and has become a de-facto standard of sorts. While somewhat lesser known, the raw … Continued
Magnet AUTOMATE Enterprise is a New Solution to Help Enterprises Respond to Security Incidents Faster.
We’re happy to announce the availability of Magnet AXIOM Cyber 5.9! You can upgrade to the latest version within AXIOM Cyber or over at the Customer Portal.
With Magnet AXIOM, you can acquire and analyze iCloud backups up to and including iOS 15. Gaining access to Apple user data for forensic examiners has been a challenge and the relationship between Apple and the law enforcement community could be described as ‘contentious’ to say the least — with Apple refusing to unlock iPhones … Continued
Organizations often have multiple examiners assigned to individual investigations. Previously with AXIOM Cyber’s ad hoc agent deployment, one examiner could not connect to an agent already deployed to an endpoint under investigation, if they did not originally create the agent. With the latest update, AXIOM Cyber no longer restricts agent visibility to the unique user … Continued
Introducing our newest member of the Training Team, Katie Bressington! Katie joins us from a background in Law Enforcement and Digital Forensics. Let’s get to know Katie! Want to learn more about what courses are offered? Visit our Training & Certification page for more information. MF: Tell us about your life before becoming a Trainer. … Continued
In the United States, 62% of Insider Threats are data exfiltration. This is, by far, the most common type of Insider Threat, with three times more frequency than the second most common Insider Threat: privileged misuse. Data exfiltration or IP theft, is simply when data walks out the door of your business. These types of … Continued
Detective Chad Gish tells the story of his role in solving the tragic case of Tiffany Ferguson with digital evidence in the blog.
While ransomware and phishing attacks seem to dominate cybersecurity headlines and mindshare, there is another threat, one that is arguably stealthier and more dangerous: business email compromise (BEC) or also sometimes called CEO fraud. A business email compromise attack uses the principles of social engineering where a threat actor will send a well-crafted email that’s tailored to an individual or a … Continued
