One major difference between law enforcement and corporate investigations is that corporate investigations may span across several countries or regions whereas LE typically deals with cases within their own city/state/region/etc. One of the challenges of corporate investigations is that you won’t normally have examiners in each of these locations so there is a requirement to … Continued
Hosted by Tayfun Uzun at Magnet Forensics New encryption and privacy features on smartphones is making data recovery tricky for digital forensic professionals. Tayfun Uzun, Product Manager, at Magnet Forensics will share insights into different recovery methods for smartphones. Learn about Exploits, Bootloader Flashing and Recovery Flashing. Tayfun will demonstrate Magnet AXIOM’s ability to physically image over … Continued
Multiple forensic methods may work for any one device, but what’s “recommended” may not always net more data; in fact, incorrectly applied methods could modify or wipe the evidence altogether. Do you know which is which? Each advancement in mobile forensics methods has occurred in response to a need to cope with rising evidence volumes … Continued
Your guide to the many different ways to extract full memory images and in what situations to use them. Download the white paper today! The more Google, Android OEMs, and wireless carriers do to preserve device owners’ privacy and thwart unauthorized access, the more challenges forensic examiners face in collecting evidence to help solve cases and … Continued
As data drifts further away from physical drives and more into the cloud, examiners have an ever-changing location to locate information. Instead of locating incriminating evidence on drives or SD cards, it can often be stored on services like Google, iCloud, and Dropbox— leading to a whole new set of challenges for examiners. That’s why … Continued
With Magnet AXIOM 1.1.3, we’ve not only made it easier for users to acquire and process images from mobile devices, but we’ve also brought improvements to our reporting capabilities — making the experience an even smoother one for stakeholders to use the evidence presented to them in their investigations. Find out more about what’s included … Continued
In a highly competitive market for digital forensics services, sometimes what makes the most difference is high quality software that helps you get the job done the right way—whether “the right way” means a flexible solution that travels with you, a tool that can obtain all the data that’s most germane to your case, or … Continued
Once again, we owe thanks to the forensics community. For the fifth year running, they selected Magnet Forensics tools as Computer Forensic Software of the Year! This year, we are also beyond thrilled to accept the Digital Forensic Organization of the Year for the first time! Announced Friday at the SANS DFIR Summit in Austin, … Continued
In previous versions of Magnet AXIOM, you were required to unlock and enable USB debugging for Android device acquisitions or use Magnet ACQUIRE to load your own custom recovery images. Now, we’ve built this right into AXIOM, adding over 680 recovery profiles for Samsung devices with plans to add more in the future. Flashing a … Continued
Hosted by Jamie McQuaid at Magnet Forensics Apps keep and track a lot of data about the people using them. It’s what makes them so important to examiners. One area in particular that is making its way into unexpected places is geolocation data. People have no clear idea of how many apps might be collecting location … Continued
