On this episode of Digital Forensics in Real Life Aaron Sparling, a veteran of the Portland Police Bureau, discusses his work on the 2018 murder case of Daniel Brophy. Daniel was killed by his wife, Nancy Crampton-Brophy, at the Oregon Culinary Institute where he worked as an instructor. Nancy – who published an online essay … Continued
We are thrilled to announce the release of Magnet AXIOM 7.2! This latest release introduces new features to help make it easier to access, view, and verify critical information from mobile sources for your investigations, including:
Recently, I have seen user questions about hardware choices as it relates to performance with Magnet AXIOM or Magnet AXIOM Cyber. When it comes down to it, we all want our cases processed faster!
Privacy is becoming increasingly prevalent in everyone’s day-to-day vocabulary. Over the past five years we have seen a surge in illegal activities taking place in the dark web market vendor space, with many of these transactions having devastating impacts on our communities due to the rise in fentanyl deaths caused from overdoses.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) & partners recently released a “#StopRansomware Guide” Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) which aims at providing guidance to organizations to reduce the impact of ransomware incidents and a checklist of best practices for responding to these threats.
Today’s guest for the Digital Forensics in Real Life Podcast is Jim Cole, a retired Supervisory Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). He shared the case of Daniel Harris—a disgraced former top gun Navy F-18 pilot who sextorted at least 70 child victims around the globe—live on stage at the Magnet User Summit in Nashville.
One of the biggest changes being felt throughout the fields of digital forensics and incident response is the advances being brought about by cloud computing. The big three in the area (Amazon Web Services [AWS], Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud) take advantage of the real-time adaptability of the Cloud by always changing and adding new … Continued
Time is always of the essence in IR investigations and reducing the time to collect and analyze data is crucial. Triage has become an increasingly important part of DFIR toolkits, enabling forensic investigators to manage the large volumes of alerts and data that could be reviewed to determine the validity and extent of incidents. Join … Continued
A critical component of digital forensic examinations is the need to collaborate and discuss the findings from the case data with other stakeholders. This can include attorneys, other investigators, Human Resources, clients, and more.
In this episode of Mobile Unpacked, Chris Vance will discuss user activity tracking artifacts and how they can be utilized in your forensic investigations. Modern smartphone operating systems use multiple systems of monitoring user behavior and device metrics to craft a more user-friendly experience. This allows the OS to almost “predict” what application or person … Continued
