To remove a child from a dangerous situation or to issue warrants/arrest potential offenders within crucial timeframes, investigators of crimes against children need fast but accurate ways to triage devices to identify whether they have been used to lure, or groom, children for illicit sexual activity. Yet analytic solutions such as named entity recognition and … Continued
In this blog post, Magnet Forensics VP of Training, Chuck Cobb shares the importance of Digital Forensics Certification while talking about the expanding certification landscape and how finding the right certification for your role can have a bigger effect than having a number of disparate certifications. Technology is shrinking the globe. Entire industries, companies, and … Continued
Or Some Great Reasons to Vote for Us in the Forensic 4:cast Awards We’re extremely proud of the work we do at Magnet Forensics, and there is nothing we like more than hearing from our customers that we are doing a great job (like your nominations for three categories in the Forensic 4:cast Awards!). We … Continued
New Magnet AXIOM Version Available Magnet AXIOM 1.1.1 is now available with the ability to create Custom Artifacts using Python — adding a new programming language to Custom Artifacts, in addition to previous support for XML. Offering support for Python, as well as XML, gives examiners at every level more options when building their own … Continued
New Artifact Exchange community allows examiners to upload and/or download artifacts made using Magnet AXIOM’s Custom Artifacts feature We have launched our Artifact Exchange! Forensics professionals can now share their Custom Artifacts with each other for use in their investigations. We have worked with our team and the community to launch the Artifact Exchange with … Continued
Recently we introduced Magnet.AI, Magnet Forensics’ machine learning algorithm that helps triage devices to identify whether there is content or data on the devices that could show intent to lure, or groom, children for illicit sexual activity. There’s more to Magnet.AI than just a set of keywords, time and date ranges, or locations. Those elements … Continued
With the release of Magnet AXIOM 1.1, we’re pushing performance to be better than ever. About six months ago, we took a look at the Magnet AXIOM processing speed improvements, and now, in honor of AXIOM 1.1 and a year’s growth of our investigation platform, we thought we would update the numbers a bit. Even … Continued
Thanks to new advances we’ve brought into Magnet AXIOM 1.1, and our new integration with Passware, AXIOM now allow you to decrypt drives with a known password that have been encrypted with BitLocker & BitLocker To Go, TrueCrypt, and PGP Desktop WDE versions 9.x-10.x. A Smoother Experience While Never Leaving AXIOM We have worked hard … Continued
Today at our first 2017 Magnet User Summit in London, we announced our upcoming Magnet Artifact Exchange. We are building a community for our customers to share their work with each other. Watch our video! Magnet AXIOM has always included support for custom artifacts – allowing customers to build XML artifacts and integrate them into … Continued
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
