We all know the forensics industry needs to be credible and reliable to have its necessary impact in the courtroom. Magnet Forensics recently launched an expanded training program and its first certification – the Magnet Certified Forensic Examiner (MCFE). To build an industry-leading training program, Magnet Forensics brought Chuck Cobb on board as Vice President, … Continued
Magnet Forensics CEO Adam Belsher published an editorial titled Fighting Crime in the Digital Age in the National Post, coinciding with our participation at the 111th annual Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police conference (Aug. 14-17). In the column, Adam provides an overview of the challenges people and society are facing as a result of … Continued
This post will outline the various views that Magnet AXIOM lets you use in your investigations and provides tips and tricks on how to get the most out of AXIOM’s Centralized Views. Depending on the type of data you’re looking at, the presentation can really help with your analysis. Some views work really well with … Continued
Since its launch, Uber has become a popular alternative to taxi rides in many cities globally. As Uber is controlled through a mobile app, it only makes sense to add support for it in Magnet AXIOM and Magnet IEF. With the launch of AXIOM 1.0.4 and IEF 6.8.1, we’ve added support to parse data from … Continued
One of the new features in Magnet AXIOM that we are most excited about is Source Linking. This key feature should really help forensic examiners dive deeper into their data and analyze evidence quickly and efficiently. In a nutshell, Source Linking allows an examiner to quickly navigate between the artifacts, file system, and Windows Registry … Continued
With the recent release of Magnet AXIOM, I thought it was a good time to write a few blogs to help examiners get started and see some of the new features we’ve added. After installation, the first thing you’ll want to do is run AXIOM Process. AXIOM Process allows examiners to acquire and analyze evidence … Continued
By Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO of Magnet Forensics Today we launched Magnet AXIOM! (View Press Release) Our team has been working hard to create a complete digital investigation platform that builds on the processing power of Magnet IEF, and I’m excited to announce that it is now available to the digital forensics community. AXIOM … Continued
The smartphone forensics landscape is changing, and examiners need to be smart with their budgets while also equipping themselves with the right tools to get the job done. Meet Magnet ACQUIRE, a free software solution that enables digital forensic examiners to quickly and easily acquire forensic images of any iOS or Android device, hard drives, … Continued
UPDATE: Hi everyone. It’s Jamie McQuaid from the Magnet Forensics team. We just wrapped up the week at the National ICAC conference in Atlanta where we hosted a pre-launch event announcing Magnet AXIOM. It was a busy week for us here at Magnet Forensics, as you can guess, but here’s a bit more about the pre-launch … Continued
Importance to Investigators USB device history is an invaluable source of evidence in digital forensics, playing a crucial role in various investigative scenarios. When an examiner needs to determine if an external device was connected to a system, USB artifacts provide definitive traces of such activities. This evidence can reveal not only the connection but … Continued
