We’re continuing to make Magnet AXIOM faster and easier to use with each release. With Magnet AXIOM 2.7, we’ve incorporated acquisition, analysis, and reporting improvements, as well as improvements to GrayKey analysis, Magnet.AI and AXIOM Cloud. We’re also bringing in new and updated artifacts, including Windows 10 mail, QQ, and Naver browser. Try it for … Continued
We’re continuing to build on the advances of Magnet AXIOM 2.0 with Magnet AXIOM 2.2. With new ways to recover evidence from smartphones and the cloud, improvements to memory analysis, and even faster performance in AXIOM and Magnet.AI, Magnet AXIOM 2.2 is the best place to start to get more evidence faster. Already using AXIOM? … Continued
Fresh off the launch of Magnet AXIOM 2.0, we’ve updated Magnet AXIOM. In addition the new Case Dashboard, Volatility integration, and Magnet.AI updates we introduced AXIOM 2.0, Magnet AXIOM 2.1 brings some new updates that will give you more places to find evidence. Already using AXIOM? Download AXIOM 2.1 in-app or in the Customer Portal. … Continued
As Magnet Forensics has grown, we’ve had the distinction of our tools being named Forensic 4:cast Computer Forensic Tool of the Year for each of the last five years. To us, this is an indicator that our strategy of paying careful attention to your forensic examination needs both now and into the future is hitting … Continued
Magnet AXIOM 2.0 has added the ability to conduct additional memory analysis by integrating the Volatility framework. For anyone who has used Volatility in the past, it is a great command line tool to conduct memory analysis by pulling out things like processes, network connections, command history, files, etc. The integration should be familiar to … Continued
Whether you seize computers in the field for criminal investigations, or responding to cyber incidents for a corporation, forensic memory analysis gives you access to evidence you can’t obtain through “dead-box” forensics alone. In many cases, memory analysis may be the only way to obtain evidence critical to solving your investigation. If memory analysis is … Continued
All data is not equal in a forensic examination—and the more data that’s available, the more difficult it is to organize and prioritize. As data volumes grow and users struggle to find the meaning across large swaths of evidence, the need for better digital evidence organization has continued to resonate. Magnet AXIOM’s new Case Dashboard, … Continued
Our previous two blogs covered the reasons why we think file system forensics’ marginal returns are rapidly diminishing, and the changes in consumer electronics that continue to drive the need for a focus on artifacts and the apps they come from in digital forensics. In our final post, we’re discussing how the artifacts-oriented approach allows … Continued
Our previous blog covered the reasons why we think file system forensics’ marginal returns are rapidly diminishing, and why we think the process needs to be balanced with a more efficient, artifacts-oriented approach that relies on the file system to verify and validate. In this blog, we offer the historical context for how we think … Continued
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
