The June 2017 Trustwave Global Security report indicated that although the time to detect intrusion had improved—from 80.5 days in 2015 to just 49 days in 2016—the time from detection to containment rose slightly, and the time from intrusion to remediation remained roughly the same: just over 60 days. Indeed, incident response continues to be … 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
Whether it’s through their work on a case, their unrelenting commitment to the pursuit of justice, or their contribution to digital forensics as a whole, the Magnet Forensics Community Award is our way of recognizing people in the digital forensics field who are bringing excellence and integrity to the community. Know an individual or team … 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
We’re gearing up for our first webinar of 2018, “How the Onset of Security Apps is Impacting Investigations” on January 30. Jessica Hyde, our Director of Forensics, will look into vault and security apps including file managers, cleaning apps, private browsers and app locks. In addition to a focus on Cheetah Mobile apps, she will … Continued
For those who don’t know, in addition to my work at Magnet Forensics, I teach Mobile Device Forensics at George Mason University. In addition to teaching the skills necessary to acquire and parse data from mobile devices, I attempt to share information that will be useful to my students who are entering the DFIR workspace. … Continued
As 2018 rolls in, it’s a great opportunity to look back and see how Magnet Forensics grew in 2017 (for our CEO Adam Belsher’s take, read: Looking Back on 2017 with Adam Belsher, CEO of Magnet Forensics.) This was a year of real change and growth and we thought it might be fun to look … Continued
Our in-depth three-step forensic research methodology series, which started with “The Process of Discovery,” led to “The Process of Testing” and “The Process of Finding and Parsing,” concludes today with our final blog, “The Process of Scripting.” Our previous blog posts relied on research by Magnet Forensics’ Jessica Hyde and Basis Technology’s Cesar Quezada, as … 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
As we conclude the biggest year yet for Magnet Forensics, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on everything we’ve been fortunate enough to accomplish. We sat down with our CEO, Adam Belsher to talk about the highlights of 2017, the current state of the digital forensics field, and what to expect from Magnet … Continued
