by Chris Vance, MCFE, Magnet Forensics Manager, Training Curriculum Development After our previous blog post and webinar talking about some changes that came to iOS 11, some of the examiners here at Magnet Forensics decided to dive in deeper to figure out ways to help delay the one-hour timer that comes along with USB Restricted … Continued
by Chris Vance, MCFE, Magnet Forensics Manager, Training Curriculum Development With iOS 11, Apple decided to focus heavily on the end user’s security and privacy by releasing incremental updates that added several additional features. The initial release of iOS included: New security features, such as requiring the passcode to create a trust-pair relationship (changes from … Continued
Over the past two years, Apple has steadily enhanced its iOS offerings designed for both security and user convenience. Each sub-version of both iOS 10 and 11 added or changed small features that have drastically changed the forensic workflow, making your job in some cases harder—and in other cases easier. We’re offering a new best … 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
With AXIOM, we try to take an approach that not only gets the job done for expert forensic examiners, but also introduces skills and concepts to new or intermediate level examiners at a level that they can easily absorb. Whether this is integrating the command-line memory analysis tool Volatility into our graphical user interface, or … 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
Since introducing Magnet AXIOM, we’ve continued to hear from our customers that it continues the standard for excellence that IEF started: not just to find more evidence, but also to tackle some of digital forensics’ most enduring challenges. We wanted to take some time to call out five ways we strive to deliver phone forensics … Continued
Magnet AXIOM, IEF, and ATLAS have proven their mettle time and again for our customers. From our earliest days carving browsing data that no other vendor could acquire, to the present day combining and analyzing acquisitions from multiple data sources, we’re committed to ensuring our customers’ success. We wanted to take some time to highlight … Continued
Last year we published a series of blogs, “Being Forensically Curious,” that was based on a presentation coauthored by Magnet Director of Forensics Jessica Hyde and Forensic Consultant Cesar Quezada. That presentation, “Mobile App Parsing – All About that Data” is available as a recorded webinar here. Both the webinar and the blog series outline … 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
