Key insights Magnet User Summit and Magnet Virtual Summit are coming back in 2027 to bring the latest in digital investigations to the community and our call for papers is now open. Magnet Virtual Summit will take place February 8–11, followed by Magnet User Summit in Austin, Texas from March 8–10. These events bring together … Continued
SOC and incident response teams are trained to run toward the fire—but living in constant escalation has a cost.
Have you considered cloud storage but don’t know where to start? Worried about being locked into a storage solution with no way of ever getting out? Then this session is for you. Join us to learn about how the Seattle PD effectively manages large amounts of digital data and efficiently moves data from on premise storage systems to the cloud. From policy to technology and operational considerations, this session will highlight how Seattle PD and Magnet Forensics work together to migrate petabytes of digital evidence to the cloud, allowing you to understand the advantages and complexities of cloud storage and data migration, and to build confidence in hosted digital evidence management today and into the future.
Social media intelligence (SOCMINT) involves collecting and analyzing information from social platforms to support investigations. As more daily activity happens online, it has become a key source of insights and context for investigators.
Explore how deepfake authentication in digital forensics helps prove digital evidence is real, not just detect fakes.
Have you ever needed to use Download Mode or Fastboot Mode but weren’t quite sure what they are or when to use them? Or encountered a device in Lost, Disabled, or Lockdown mode and wondered what was happening under the hood?
In this session, we’ll explore the various operating modes available across iOS and Android, along with related protection features such as iOS Stolen Device Protection and Android Advanced Protection Mode. We’ll discuss how these modes and safeguards impact digital investigations — when they can enable access, when they create hurdles, and how they introduce investigative challenges that examiners need to navigate.
It isn’t “the drive is unreadable.”
It isn’t “they never got the discovery.”
It isn’t even “is that phone ringing inside the faraday box?”
By Brandon Epstein AI is already helping digital investigators surface overlooked data in record time. But its effectiveness still depends on the human behind the keyboard, and rightly so. Inside Magnet Review’s Intelligent Insights, powered by Magnet AI, every investigation begins with a simple step: the investigator or attorney asking the system a question. That … Continued
Fresh off a recently completed Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment, Magnet Review is now evaluated against the Australian Government’s Information Security Manual (ISM) at the “PROTECTED” classification level.
By Chad Gish Key insights The Windows pagefile.sys is a fundamental source of evidence in digital forensics investigations and incident response. When live RAM capture is unavailable, either due to a system shutdown, oversight, or other factors, this system-managed file can serve as the last resort for recovering critical memory-related evidence. Some examples of artifacts … Continued
