As AI misuse becomes a growing concern, it’s increasingly important for law enforcement to understand how to identify and interpret digital evidence from AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android. This session will explore forensic artifacts generated by ChatGPT, including JSON, protobuff, and log files, and demonstrate how forensic tools can support investigations involving AI-generated content.
Law enforcement agencies are facing an ever-increasing volume of NCMEC cyber tips, creating significant pressure on investigators to triage, prioritise, and act quickly while maintaining investigative rigour.
In December 2024, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) executed Operation Eagle Flush, a raid that arrested 792 suspects — including 148 Chinese nationals — tied to a cryptocurrency and romance scam syndicate targeting victims across North America and Europe. The operation yielded 4,222 mobile devices and 1,596 computers, with evidence requiring translation from Mandarin and other Asian languages for legal adjudication.
Cybercrimes with increasingly sophisticated digital techniques like investment fraud, pig-butchering scams, and fake trading platforms are creating new challenges for investigators West Africa.
In this opening fireside chat, moderators Toni Bowker, Co-Founder and CEO of Resilience Technology Group, Patrick Horgan, Director of Platform Solutions at Magnet Forensics, and Laurie Pieters-James, CEO of CYBARETI (Pty) Ltd., will set the context for the day — offering a fascinating conversation that will provide practical insights into the realities of conducting digital investigations across Africa.
This session introduces the fundamentals of video forensics and media authentication, exploring how investigators assess the integrity and reliability of digital media. We will outline key challenges in modern video evidence, before introducing Magnet Witness and Magnet Verify and how they support efficient analysis, authentication, and court‑ready outcomes.
This session addresses the critical role of pretrial preparation for investigators and digital evidence examiners who will testify at trial. Participants will learn how to coordinate with prosecutors to clarify the scope, anticipate challenges, and ensure testimony aligns with reports, exhibits, and legal theory. The goal is to promote clear, confident, and consistent testimony that withstands cross-examination and supports admissibility.
What if you could manage endpoints in the cloud without ever sending sensitive evidence there?
DFIR teams are usually stuck choosing between cloud speed and on-prem control. Magnet Nexus hybrid agents remove that trade-off — you manage endpoints and agents in Nexus (SaaS), while Axiom Cyber keeps full control over evidence collection and storage when required.
Join us to see how a single, lightweight agent supports both approaches: cloud-powered workflows for scale and reach, or collections initiated from Axiom Cyber that route data directly to your Cyber host over a configurable TCP port. Either way, you avoid unnecessary transmission of sensitive data over standard HTTPS (TCP/443) routes to the cloud.
You’ll learn:
-How one hybrid agent supports both cloud-managed and on-prem-controlled workflows
-How the data path works when collections route directly to your Axiom Cyber host instead of the cloud
-How to deploy at scale and simplify agent management across environments
-How to meet data sovereignty, compliance, and security requirements without compromise
This session introduces the fundamentals of video forensics and media authentication, exploring how investigators assess the integrity and reliability of digital media. We will outline key challenges in modern video evidence, before introducing Magnet Witness and Magnet Verify and how they support efficient analysis, authentication, and court‑ready outcomes.
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Learn how to build targeted cloud search warrants based on the data providers actually store, improving particularity and supporting digital investigations.
