Child exploitation investigations often involve luring (also known as grooming): the process by which a child predator gains their victim’s trust. Because this happens a lot over chat apps (and chat features within, for example, gaming apps), you might find yourself reviewing thousands or even millions of messages to find your evidence. When you need … Continued
New update includes machine learning that helps identify luring content, full disk decryption, PST exports and more Today we released the newest version of Magnet AXIOM! AXIOM 1.1 is truly the culmination of a year’s worth of effort by our team to grow our complete digital investigation platform into a mature go-to forensic tool. I … Continued
Magnet Forensics has joined forces with Passware to provide full disk decryption (FDD) to our customers. Coming soon – Forensics examiners will be able to analyze content from drives running encryption software like BitLocker, TrueCrypt, and PGP in Magnet AXIOM. AXIOM is growing like a weed this year and the addition of full disk decryption … Continued
When introducing our white paper on Android Marshmallow forensics, we talked about the importance of being curious—to find ways to identify what you don’t know, to fill in the gaps through training and self-teaching, to understand market trends and how developers respond, and to get out of your comfort zone by using tools that may … Continued
Search for Forensic Evidence on Android Emulators Android tablets and smartphones continue to increase in popularity and appear in a wide range of forensic investigations. As forensic examiners, you know how valuable the data from these devices can be. But what happens if your suspect is using an emulator? Would you know how to handle this … Continued
In our new white paper on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) forensics, we talk a little bit about Gatekeeper password storage, a new-as-of-Lollipop feature designed to introduce a new level of obfuscation to PIN and pattern locks—both in file name and location, and in hash settings. In previous Android versions starting with 2.2, devices’ 4- to 16-digit … Continued
Updates to the Magnet Forensics Training and Certification programs are here for examiners and investigators at all levels of competency in digital forensics – from experts who require professional accreditation, to people new to digital forensics who want to understand the forensics process and how to get started. Check out this video from Magnet Forensics’ … Continued
The term “artifact” is widely used within the computer forensics industry, though there is no official definition of this term. According to ForensicsWiki.org, digital investigators will tell you the meaning of the word is taken from archaeology, which defines an “artifact” as, “Something made or given shape by man; such as a tool or a work … Continued
Mobile device encryption has been a headache for investigators ever since Apple introduced it with the iPhone 3GS and iOS 3.0. Since that time, encryption headaches have only accelerated, with Apple tying it to hardware (the A5 and later processing chips) and adding layers of data to its encryption. With Android in the game now … Continued
Android 6.0’s encryption, passwords, and adoptable storage—and the skills and tools you need to collect evidence from devices that use them. With Android 6.0 or as it’s better known, Android Marshmallow on the brink of surpassing Lollipop as the platform’s single most popular OS, Android Marshmallow forensic analysis must be a priority. However, Marshmallow poses … Continued
