Magnet AXIOM 3.11 is now available to download within AXIOM or over at the Customer Portal. AXIOM 3.11 brings you new Device Identifiers — with device information like IP addresses and camera serial numbers — as well as support for .dar files from Cellebrite Advanced services and a number of new and updated artifacts, like … Continued
One of the most popular secure messaging apps currently on the market, Signal, stands apart from its competitors with a unique take on development. It’s open source, the subject of numerous independent audits, and ad-free. Signal is widely regarded as a role model showing how secure messaging ought to look. Today, Signal is wholly owned … Continued
Beginning in Magnet AXIOM 3.11, the dar file format (or Disk ARchive) is now supported for image processing. In Cellebrite-generated .dar files, Accessed, Modified, and Changed are stored inside the .dar file. However, the Created timestamp is stored in external .plists, typically found alongside your extraction in the “MetaData” folder. For a further explanation of … Continued
The Identifiers artifact has been a staple for Magnet AXIOM users for quite some time. The premise of this artifact is relatively simple, yet quite helpful in most investigations: Identifiers will search through all of the recovered artifacts for anything that might uniquely identify a person or user. This could be a real name, username, … Continued
Every corporate investigation provides its own challenges, whether investigators are examining cases dealing with workplace harassment, fraud, insider threat, or malware and ransomware attacks. Regardless of the case being worked, it’s vital that evidence can quickly be acquired, analyzed, and reported on. Join Tarah Melton and Trey Amick, Forensic Consultants at Magnet Forensics, as they … Continued
The DFIR community is a tightly knit one and, in the face of this worldwide pandemic, we want to make sure everyone stays in this together. While physical distancing means that it was necessary to cancel our in-person Magnet User Summits around the world, we were determined to find a way to bring together our … Continued
Since 2009, Lee Whitfield (@lee_whitfield) has held the annual Forensic 4:cast Awards in which the community nominates and votes for outstanding work done in digital forensics from around the industry. It seems every year both individuals and businesses raise the bar for outstanding work. Submit nominations for the 2020 Forensic 4:cast awards here. Nominations end … Continued
Many of the new mobile applications that daily hit the App Store and Google Play contain features that can contain crucial evidence. Often, though, commercial forensic tools cannot keep pace with these apps or their consumer usage. This lab will describe how to acquire evidence from a wide range of smartphones including Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, … Continued
We are passionate about bringing quality training to our customers, to help them keep their communities and workplaces safe. With our customers’ and Instructors’ health our top priority, we have transitioned Classroom Instructor-Led sessions to Virtual Instructor-Led and Online Self-Paced formats. Read more about the options we have available to help you achieve your training … Continued
Mac investigations can be challenging for a number of reasons. Learn about the Apple File System (APFS) and the changes made as part of the update from HFS+, while discussing the best techniques for successfully completing macOS investigations in Magnet AXIOM. In this lab we will not only discuss changes made with the latest macOS … Continued
