Keywords are an essential part of many forensic examinations. While running keyword lists shouldn’t be the extent of an investigation, the right keyword list can help examiners quickly get to the relevant evidence for their case. Magnet AXIOM allows examiners to run several different keyword searches either before or after processing your case. Let’s take … Continued
One of the most obvious benefits of Magnet AXIOM is the access to the entire file system, as well as the hundreds of artifact types that the Magnet parsing and carving engine finds. To accommodate the larger data set and expanded access, we’ve improved the hashing functionality as well. If you are more familiar with … Continued
Magnet AXIOM version 1.0.7 is now available. This new version includes support for Pebble Watch for iOS and Android. Examiners can now access the Pebble Watch artifacts to recover information held by those apps, including notification time stamps, calendar events, weather, location and health data. AXIOM 1.0.7 also adds the ability to extract artifacts from … Continued
By Adam Belsher, CEO of Magnet Forensics A recent report by the United Kingdom’s police oversight body, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), highlights a key issue that law enforcement agencies across the globe are facing: there is an overwhelming amount of digital evidence piling up. This shouldn’t come as a surprise given the proliferation … Continued
We’re excited to introduce you to Jessica Hyde, our new Director, Forensics. Jessica will be contributing to the Magnet Forensics blog with insights on the digital forensics industry and in-depth looks at our products and product features. Her inaugural blog explores the ability to add an artifact from the File System or Registry Explorers and … Continued
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
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
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
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
