Digital forensics has relied on the file system for as long as hard drives have existed. The structures associated with File Allocation Tables (FAT), the New Technology File System (NTFS), Extended File System (EXT), and other file systems—as well as the partitions within—could be mined for file metadata, carved for deleted files, and accessed to … Continued
Coming to London, Paris, and Düsseldorf this April: the Magnet User Summit — your opportunity to attend in-depth lectures and a hands-on lab for the recovery, analysis, and reporting of digital evidence, and to network with our experts and your peers who work in mobile and computer forensics. Visit our Magnet User Summit site for … 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
We’re proud to introduce a new course for people who are looking to expand the capabilities of their computer forensics investigations: Magnet AXIOM Advanced Computer Forensics (AX250). This is an expert-level four-day training course. It is designed for participants who are somewhat familiar with the principles of digital forensics and are seeking to expand their … 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
Magnet AXIOM supports many different services and platforms in its cloud product from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, and many more. We also include a generic POP/IMAP connector to allow examiners to pull additional email services not explicitly included in the regular cloud providers. As long as the webmail provider supports either POP or IMAP, … Continued
In January, we released the AXIOM Wordlist Generator free tool and described in our white paper the changes to the Microsoft® Windows® 10 login workflow that affected password cracking practices. The login workflow was far from the only change in this anniversary update, however. In this blog, Training Director Jamey Tubbs describes other Windows operating … Continued
What do Android analysis, forensic machine learning, and going to court have in common? They were all topics of Magnet Forensics’ white papers last year. Whether to share our experts’ research and knowledge on mobile operating systems (like Android Marshmallow and Nougat), provide an in-depth look at the technology and concepts (like Magnet.AI and custom … Continued
The Magnet User Summit Series is back, and it’s coming to more cities this year! We’re bringing news, hands-on learning, and our observations on industry issues to Las Vegas, US; London, England; Paris, France; and Dusseldorf, Germany. Visit our Magnet User Summit site for more details and to register. Since last year’s Summit Series, we’ve … 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
