By Adam Belsher, CEO of Magnet Forensics A recent report by the United Kingdom’s police oversight body, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), highlights a key issue that law enforcement agencies across the globe are facing: there is an overwhelming amount of digital evidence piling up. This shouldn’t come as a surprise given the proliferation … Continued
Intended for users of Magnet AXIOM. In this new world of hyper-connected mobile chat and social apps, it seems like a new app explodes in popularity every month and existing apps are constantly changing and adding new features. These apps introduce rich new sources of evidence, but also create new demands of digital forensics examiners. … Continued
Processing Times Reduced Dramatically in AXIOM 1.0.6 By Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO of Magnet Forensics Last week, we released Magnet AXIOM version 1.0.6. This update included a number of features and fixes, but one of the main goals was to address issues we, and our customers, had seen in processing times. And we did it! … Continued
Hosted by Christopher Vance, Forensic Trainer at Magnet Forensics Android’s Marshmallow OS has its own set of unique challenges. During this recorded webinar, Christopher Vance looked at ways to acquire images and work through an examination of devices running this OS. He also discussed the different ways to obtain an image of an Android device – … Continued
We all know the forensics industry needs to be credible and reliable to have its necessary impact in the courtroom. Magnet Forensics recently launched an expanded training program and its first certification – the Magnet Certified Forensic Examiner (MCFE). To build an industry-leading training program, Magnet Forensics brought Chuck Cobb on board as Vice President, … Continued
This post will outline the various views that Magnet AXIOM lets you use in your investigations and provides tips and tricks on how to get the most out of AXIOM’s Centralized Views. Depending on the type of data you’re looking at, the presentation can really help with your analysis. Some views work really well with … Continued
One of the new features in Magnet AXIOM that we are most excited about is Source Linking. This key feature should really help forensic examiners dive deeper into their data and analyze evidence quickly and efficiently. In a nutshell, Source Linking allows an examiner to quickly navigate between the artifacts, file system, and Windows Registry … Continued
A growing number of cases involve digital evidence obtained from smartphones, computers, tablets, hard drives, and more. Examiners need a solution that brings together all that data and automates some of the tedious tasks in acquisition and processing – freeing up time for deeper analysis. Magnet Axiom is a complete digital investigation platform that allows … Continued
With the recent release of Magnet AXIOM, I thought it was a good time to write a few blogs to help examiners get started and see some of the new features we’ve added. After installation, the first thing you’ll want to do is run AXIOM Process. AXIOM Process allows examiners to acquire and analyze evidence … Continued
By Jad Saliba, Founder and CTO of Magnet Forensics Today we launched Magnet AXIOM! (View Press Release) Our team has been working hard to create a complete digital investigation platform that builds on the processing power of Magnet IEF, and I’m excited to announce that it is now available to the digital forensics community. AXIOM … Continued
