In this exciting monthly webinar series, noted mobile forensics expert Chris Vance tackles some of the biggest challenges in mobile forensics, including modern mobile techniques, noteworthy mobile artifacts, and how it all impacts digital investigations.

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Ep. 21 // Investigating the Intents – Better understanding “AppIntents” and their purpose

With Android and iOS constantly providing deeper metrics on user functions and activities, one that has gained a lot of popularity for forensic investigators are the “AppIntents” or Application Intentions. In this episode of Mobile Unpacked, we will dive deeper into these intentions to discuss where they originate, what data they can hold, associated tie ins to other applications/locations, and how to use them.

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Ep. 20 // Focusing in on Apps In Focus: Exploring the artifacts that tell us what the user was looking at on their device

With both iOS and Android capturing amazing details on what applications are considered “In Focus” over time.

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August 2, 2024

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Ep. 19 // Restoring the past part 2: Exploring artifacts related to restoring data on Android devices

In Episode 18 we discussed artifacts relating to passing data through different backup and restore methods to iOS devices.

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July 9, 2024

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Ep. 18 // Restoring the Past: Exploring artifacts related to restoring data using different methods on iOS devices

How did the data get on the device? Was it populated by the user or did it get resurrected from a dead device, to live again through the next generation of iPhone? This episode will explore the different methods of restoring information between iOS devices and the valuable artifacts they leave behind so you can help to answer those questions!

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June 11, 2024

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Ep. 17 // Vocalizing on Validation and Verification

With the absolute mountain of data on mobile devices, examiners are often responsible for figuring out how certain apps and features work then trying to convey that information to those in court or clients. This month's episode focuses on establishing all the key components so examiners can build their own validation and verification toolbox to help streamline this process. 

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April 19, 2024

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Ep. 16 // Exploring the Possibilities of iOS Shortcuts in Mobile Investigations

iOS introduced the Shortcuts function to help automate device tasks and make our lives easier. With the iPhone 15 Pro Series, they even gave us a hardware option to utilize them. However, with this ability came some interesting anti-forensic theories for those working with the mobile devices.

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April 5, 2024

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Ep. 15 // Considering the Keys – Exploring the Keychain and Keystore for What Value They Hold

As the security of our mobile devices grow, so does our trust in their secured storage. More and more individuals are turning to iOS and Android’s key storage systems as a passcode manager, token holder, and even MFA generation tool in some cases. This next episode of Mobile Unpacked will explore the Keychain in iOS and the Keystore in Android and discuss their security settings, what data they hold, and how to use these powerful values to unlock even deeper protections in our forensic investigations.

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March 1, 2024

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Ep. 14 // Logging La Vida Loca

Most modern electronic devices keep logs running that store information about who, what, when, where, and why processes are performed. Modern smartphones are certainly no different. In fact, certain artifacts can only be recovered by an in-depth review of these logging files. This episode of Mobile Unpacked will explore the different types of log files &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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March 4, 2024 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 13 // Unlocking iOS 17’s Secrets – Exploring the Full File System

With recent breakthroughs in Magnet GRAYKEY, we now have access to full file system images for iOS 17. This next episode of Mobile Unpacked will explore what these additional areas have given us in comparison to standard quick imaging or logical+ style imaging. Topics will include new/moved voicemail storage and transcriptions, the use of multiple SEGB formats, and more!

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December 19, 2023

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Ep. 12 // Messing Around with Media: Understand Media Types in Modern Smartphones

iOS and Android devices are usually a plethora of media data, but what types of media data await an examiner? What is the difference between a HEIC and a JPEG, a PNG and a KTX, ProRes and ProRaw, or even a Live Photo versus a Motion Photo? Which types of media are going to be natively viewable, and which ones will require a special viewer? Join Chris Vance in this next episode of Mobile Unpacked, where he will explore the different types of media files that are present on both Android and iOS devices including their proprietary formats and what each type of media file can tell us contextually about the data that awaits us.

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November 14, 2023

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Ep. 11 // Peering into Permissions – Taking a Look at iOS/Android Permissions for Insights to 3rd Party Apps

Whenever an app ends up on a modern smartphone, it has to first ask for permission from the user for its functions. These permissions can be standard or considered 'sensitive.' Join us for this next episode of Mobile Unpacked with Chris Vance to learn how to use this information to track insights about the 3rd party apps installed on a device, what they have done or not done, and whether or not their behavior is malicious.

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October 27, 2023

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Ep. 10 // iOS 17: Let’s USB-C What’s New!

With another year comes another chance to take a byte of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS. Join us for this next Mobile Unpacked episode to explore what impacts there have been to data acquisitions, device connections, and file types. This episode will explore the current and upcoming features of iOS 17 that will impact forensic investigations in all sectors. We will look at several of these new features within the raw file system to gain first-hand experience of the newest mobile operating system artifacts.

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October 4, 2023

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Ep. 9 // Exploring Samsung’s Secure Folder Feature to Recover Digital Evidence

With Samsung’s stance on device-based encryption, there are multiple additional factors in play for those devices versus other Android handsets. One such factor is the Samsung Secure Folder which is part of their Knox security platform. Join Matt Fullerton and Chris Vance for this Mobile Unpacked episode where they will explore what Secure Folder is, how you can access it, and what information lies within. 

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August 24, 2023

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Ep. 8 // Figuring Out File Explorers – Part 2

In Part 1 of this two-part Mobile Unpacked series, we explored the storage structures of the most popular file browser/storage applications in iOS and Android. In this part, we’ll dive deeper using these applications as our starting point to figure out how files got to where they ended up. This presentation will discuss file movement, &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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July 5, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 7 // Figuring Out File Explorers – Part 1

With iOS and Android both having file storage accessible for the end user, they need some sort of app to allow for the user to access these areas. While the entire file system is not available to the user, understanding where the data the user can access lives is crucial. This Mobile Unpacked episode is &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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July 5, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 6 // Watching the Watchers: Using Device Metrics for User Attribution 

In this episode of Mobile Unpacked, Chris Vance will discuss user activity tracking artifacts and how they can be utilized in your forensic investigations.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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May 17, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 5 // Getting Mixed Messages: Making Sense of Android Messaging Data

Unlike its smartphone counterpart, Android’s messaging applications are as fragmented as its operating system distribution. This next Mobile Unpacked episode will discuss the key points relating to recovering SMS, MMS, and RCS messages from both the core storage locations of Android as well as the additional storage areas where information may reside. Learn how Android &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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May 3, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 4 // The Need for Speed—Quickly Triaging Mobile Devices

Every case involves a mobile device. That means that we have to start prioritizing the devices as well as how much we want from them. Sometimes, we don&#8217;t want to (or can&#8217;t) collect everything due to scope or simply time to evidence. How can examiners quickly diagnose mobile devices with triage techniques? This episode will &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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March 27, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 3 // Missing Data? Build Back Better with Biomes!

Did some of your favorite data go missing in iOS 16? Events missing from your timeline? With iOS 16&#8217;s deeper adoption of the biome directory and the &#8216;SEGB&#8217; file format found within, much of this information has found a new home. This Mobile Unpacked with Chris Vance episode will more deeply explore the SEGB file &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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January 9, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 2 // The Meaning of Messages

In this Mobile Unpacked with Chris Vance webinar, Chris will focus on the Messages app on iOS and its storage components. With Apple&#8217;s notable presence in the mobile market in North America, the core Messages app is one forensic examiners are exposed to frequently. With so many additional features beyond just sending and receiving messages, &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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January 9, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Ep. 1 // Rethinking Mobile Forensics

In this first webinar in our Mobile Unpacked With Chris Vance series, Chris will address some of the main challenges that examiners are faced with in mobile forensics, as well as lay out a new way of addressing these challenges. He will also cover what can (and cannot) be extracted from each typical protocol used &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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January 9, 2023 • About a 1 minute view

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Mobile Minute Episode 1: Intro to Mobile View

This video covers an introduction and basics to the Mobile View feature of Axiom. Learn more about mobile forensics here.

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June 4, 2024 • About a 1 minute view

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Mobile Minute Episode 2: How to help your stakeholders use Mobile View in Portable Cases

This video walks users how to generate mobile view within portable cases and how that data will be represented to end-line stakeholders for review. It also includes information on how to not include the mobile view if not desired as well as highlighting key features in the Portable Case version that are not in the &hellip; <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/mobile-unpacked-with-chris-vance/">Continued</a>

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July 19, 2024 • About a 1 minute view

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Magnet Graykey for mobile forensics

Recover data from iOS and Android devices with Magnet Graykey, and use the artifact-first approach of Magnet Axiom to get the most relevant evidence for the most popular applications.

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