Pictures, videos, and chats can all be key pieces of evidence in building cases for possession, distribution, and/or production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), solicitation of a minor, and related crimes. However, these data quantities can range well into terabytes or even petabytes as investigators evaluate the evidence across multiple cases. In this lab, … Continued
Recently Joshua Hickman (@josh_hickman1) author of the Binary Hick released the latest in his series of WELL DOCUMENTED images for the public, and Android 10 image. A week later, he shared an amazing post on Android’s Digital Wellbeing timeline. Every day forensic researchers, like Josh, are finding, documenting and sharing the new artifacts they find — which … Continued
On behalf of everyone at Magnet Forensics, we want that this opportunity to thank all the first responders and health care professionals who are working around the clock to ensure the health and safety of our communities around the world during this global COVID-19 pandemic. Your tireless efforts are unbelievably crucial at this time, and … Continued
Each year Lee Whitfield (@lee_whitfield) creates and runs the Forensic 4:cast Awards. This is a great community event created by the community for the community to recognize individuals and organizations that are doing incredible work for digital forensics. Nominations are currently open through May 15, 2020 for this year’s awards. One of the best parts … Continued
Since we announced our support of MacOS with AXIOM 3.0 in March 2019, we’ve continued to strengthen our support for Mac investigations with every release since then. With the release of AXIOM 3.11 around the corner—which will have support for even more Mac artifacts—we thought it would be a good opportunity to catch up with … Continued
Whether you’re a new or a long-time user of Magnet Axiom, we want to make sure you know about some of the advanced functionality that Axiom has to offer to make your investigations easier. Have you tried Connections yet? If not, you might be missing out on an incredibly streamlined way to analyze your evidence. … Continued
The ongoing trend for many application services is transitioning to storing user data in the cloud, rather than on the user’s physical device. This cloud data can be vital to your examinations! Now, in Magnet AXIOM 3.10, we’ve added the ability to acquire and process data from a user’s Uber account. Uber is one of … Continued
Magnet AXIOM 3.10 is now available to download within AXIOM or over at Customer Portal. AXIOM 3.10 allows you to acquire from Uber, get new timestamps in Google search URLs, as well get more than 20 updated artifacts. If you haven’t tried AXIOM yet, request a free trial here. Acquisition from Uber Uber is a … Continued
Google Search URLs have always been a gold mine of information to forensic examiners. Not only can you get a lot of detail on the search itself but there’s a plethora of timestamps potentially available with these searches as well. Historically, AXIOM has always recovered the Date/Time from the source system (usually the Last Visit … Continued
If you’re looking for to expand your knowledge base on advanced forensics and improve your computer investigations, our Magnet AXIOM Advanced Computer Forensics (AX250) course is just for you — and it’s easier than ever to take part. An expert-level four-day training course designed for participants who are somewhat familiar with the principles of digital … Continued
