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
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
Importance to Investigators USB device history is an invaluable source of evidence in digital forensics, playing a crucial role in various investigative scenarios. When an examiner needs to determine if an external device was connected to a system, USB artifacts provide definitive traces of such activities. This evidence can reveal not only the connection but … Continued
The types of cases you deal with today likely involve a number of different types of devices. Cut through the noise and save yourself time in your next investigation that involves imaging hard drives or USB keys with Magnet ACQUIRE Community Edition 2.0. This powerful acquisition product will help you get the necessary files in … Continued
You’ve downloaded Magnet ACQUIRE – Community Edition and are about to begin using it for the first time. To help you get started with Magnet ACQUIRE – Community Edition, we’ve put together this helpful guide. In this guide, you’ll learn how to: Set up your device for imaging Acquire Quick and Full images Open the … Continued
We just released our July Artifact Update to Magnet IEF customers, which includes a number of new artifacts and improvements for previously supported apps. As part of this release, we wanted to improve support for Windows OS artifacts and integrate some popular customer requests. As a result, this update includes artifact support for the Recycle … Continued
Overview: Magnet IEF reports some of the most important data for files and artifacts. However, examiners often need to dig even deeper into an artifact or file to better understand its purpose or value. Hex and Text Viewers, now built into Magnet IEF Report Viewer, allow examiners to view the raw data and: Confirm/validate the … Continued
Overview: Magnet IEF Report Viewer has two different modes to better meet the needs of our various users: Examiner mode: Fully featured Magnet IEF report view with all of the analysis and reporting tools that Magnet IEF users are familiar with Works when the IEF license is connected and registered to your computer Investigator mode: … Continued
Every forensic examiner is familiar with hex and text viewers; they are the cornerstone of the most basic forensic examination. If all your tools and scripts fail or don’t support a given artifact, you can always fall back to a hex viewer to dig into an artifact to uncover any evidence within. New with IEF … Continued
As we continue to add analysis features to Magnet IEF, one of the most common pieces of feedback we receive is that we needed a simplified report viewer for sharing IEF results with non-technical stakeholders. These stakeholders may include other investigators, lawyers, analysts, managers, HR, or anyone else who may be involved with an investigation, … Continued
