Mobile Device Artifacts: Exploring Geolocation, Communication, Application and Media Evidence
Mobile device artifacts are digital breadcrumbs: forensically valuable data created by a mobile device that help investigators better understand a case.
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How to Uncover Media Artifacts for Mobile Device Investigations
Media artifacts on a device – both captured with the device’s on-board cameras and transmitted to the device through various methods – can be another area of interest during an investigation.
How to Uncover Application Artifacts for Mobile Device Investigations
Application artifacts are an important data source in mobile device investigations.
The State of Enterprise DFIR: Share What You’re Seeing in Our Survey!
The State of Enterprise DFIR survey is now open.
How to Uncover Web Browser Activity Artifacts for Mobile Device Investigations
Web browser activity artifacts are digital clues suspects create when they use web browsers on mobile devices. Browser history, cookies, cache, and file downloads are all web activity artifacts that investigators may find useful during a mobile device investigation.
How to Uncover Communication Artifacts for Mobile Device Investigations
Communication artifacts are digital breadcrumbs suspects leave behind in the form of emails, social media, native chat applications like the Messages app on iOS, or a third-party application like Signal. Learn how to find and use them.
How to Uncover Geolocation Artifacts for Mobile Device Investigations
In today’s digital age, the use of mobile devices has become pervasive across different domains. With the increase in usage, the role of geolocation in mobile device investigations has become more crucial than ever.
How to Detect BLASTPASS Inside a WebP File
Once again, compression algorithms are showing us that they are ruling the internet.
iOS 17 Forensics: Another Year, Another Byte of the Apple
With another year gone by, it’s time for another version of iOS to hit the market to coincide with the release of the iPhone 15 series and Apple’s first inclusion of the USB-C port to its iPhone line. While the USB-C port is old-hat for macOS devices and even several years old for iPadOS devices, bringing it to Apple’s mainstream mobile device will certainly bring some changes for forensic professionals. Let’s take a look at both the changes and features of iOS 17 as well as some forensic impacts going forward!
Magnet AXIOM Cyber 7.5 is now Available
We are thrilled to announce the release of Magnet AXIOM Cyber 7.5! In this release, we have introduced several new and updated features to help streamline your workflows and ensure you have all of the necessary data for your investigations, including: