Every corporate investigation provides its own challenges, whether investigators are examining cases dealing with workplace harassment, fraud, insider threat, or malware and ransomware attacks. Regardless of the case being worked, it’s vital that evidence can quickly be acquired, analyzed, and reported on. Join Tarah Melton and Trey Amick, Forensic Consultants at Magnet Forensics, as they … Continued
The DFIR community is a tightly knit one and, in the face of this worldwide pandemic, we want to make sure everyone stays in this together. While physical distancing means that it was necessary to cancel our in-person Magnet User Summits around the world, we were determined to find a way to bring together our … Continued
Since 2009, Lee Whitfield (@lee_whitfield) has held the annual Forensic 4:cast Awards in which the community nominates and votes for outstanding work done in digital forensics from around the industry. It seems every year both individuals and businesses raise the bar for outstanding work. Submit nominations for the 2020 Forensic 4:cast awards here. Nominations end … Continued
Many of the new mobile applications that daily hit the App Store and Google Play contain features that can contain crucial evidence. Often, though, commercial forensic tools cannot keep pace with these apps or their consumer usage. This lab will describe how to acquire evidence from a wide range of smartphones including Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, … Continued
We are passionate about bringing quality training to our customers, to help them keep their communities and workplaces safe. With our customers’ and Instructors’ health our top priority, we have transitioned Classroom Instructor-Led sessions to Virtual Instructor-Led and Online Self-Paced formats. Read more about the options we have available to help you achieve your training … Continued
Mac investigations can be challenging for a number of reasons. Learn about the Apple File System (APFS) and the changes made as part of the update from HFS+, while discussing the best techniques for successfully completing macOS investigations in Magnet AXIOM. In this lab we will not only discuss changes made with the latest macOS … Continued
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
