We previously hosted a webinar on investigating smartphones using Magnet ACQUIRE and Magnet IEF. Our Director of Product Management, Geoff MacGillivray, and Forensics Consultant, Jamie McQuaid, discussed some recent challenges impacting mobile forensics. If you would like to watch the webinar, you can do so here. Attendees got a preview into our new smartphone acquisition tool, … Continued
The amount of data being generated by mobile devices has exploded, resulting in exponentially more work for forensic examiners. To make matters more difficult, increased security features being introduced to iOS and Android devices (including encryption and locked bootloaders) are preventing examiners from recovering the crucial evidence they need. In this recorded webinar, we demonstrate … Continued
From Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO of Magnet Forensics Today I’m excited to announce the beta availability of a new software product called Magnet ACQUIRE™. Magnet ACQUIRE is a smartphone acquisition tool that will allow you to quickly and easily acquire an image of any iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. We’re looking for forensic professionals to … Continued
Overview: Magnet IEF reports some of the most important data for files and artifacts. However, examiners often need to dig even deeper into an artifact or file to better understand its purpose or value. Hex and Text Viewers, now built into Magnet IEF Report Viewer, allow examiners to view the raw data and: Confirm/validate the … Continued
Overview: Magnet IEF Report Viewer has two different modes to better meet the needs of our various users: Examiner mode: Fully featured Magnet IEF report view with all of the analysis and reporting tools that Magnet IEF users are familiar with Works when the IEF license is connected and registered to your computer Investigator mode: … Continued
Every forensic examiner is familiar with hex and text viewers; they are the cornerstone of the most basic forensic examination. If all your tools and scripts fail or don’t support a given artifact, you can always fall back to a hex viewer to dig into an artifact to uncover any evidence within. New with IEF … Continued
As we continue to add analysis features to Magnet IEF, one of the most common pieces of feedback we receive is that we needed a simplified report viewer for sharing IEF results with non-technical stakeholders. These stakeholders may include other investigators, lawyers, analysts, managers, HR, or anyone else who may be involved with an investigation, … Continued
As we continue to add analysis features to Magnet IEF, one of the most common pieces of feedback we receive is that we needed a simplified report viewer for sharing IEF results with non-technical stakeholders. These stakeholders may include other investigators, lawyers, analysts, managers, HR, or anyone else who may be involved with an investigation, … Continued
Our latest artifact update for IEF includes support for native Android applications. As the mobile market continues to narrow-in on two primary operating systems – Android and iOS – it’s becoming increasingly important for investigators to recover data from these built-in system apps. In February, we added support for a similar set of native iOS … Continued
Recently, we released a new free tool that allows investigators to acquire the memory of a live PC. Customers using our IEF Triage module will already be familiar with this tool, as it’s used to acquire evidence from live systems. In realizing that others could benefit from our RAM capture tool, we decided to release … Continued
