Artificial intelligence is increasingly being invoked in child exploitation cases as a defense strategy, with claims that images are AI-generated, deepfakes, and that no real child is being depicted—all to create confusion and undermine proof.
This research explores a selection of anti-forensic mobile apps on Android and iOS using Magnet Axiom: Snapchat’s My Eyes Only, Samsung Secure Folder, SpoofCard, and Wasted (an Android panic-wipe app). Each application was installed on controlled test devices on both Android and iOS, populated with realistic data (photos, videos, calls, and messages), imaged, deleted, and imaged again. Analysis focused on the recoverability of stored artifacts, the effectiveness of built-in security or wipe mechanisms, and the potential countermeasures available to investigators.
This year’s State of Enterprise DFIR Report is here! Based on a survey of over 360 private sector digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) professionals, the 2026 State of Enterprise DFIR report from Magnet Forensics offers insight into the latest challenges facing enterprise investigation teams and forensic service providers—and serves as a valuable planning tool for the year ahead.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Magnet Virtual Summit 2026—our biggest and best Virtual Summit yet! This year’s event brought together thousands of investigators, examiners, prosecutors, and industry experts from around the world for four days of community learning, practical insights, and an in depth look at the innovations shaping the future of … Continued
This is a review of RPD case 23-3367, a hit-and-run causing death, where a vehicle struck a bicyclist causing his death.
The growing incorporation of health data on mobile devices is a two-fold issue. One, the data must be kept secure and two, the data can be INCREDIBLY valuable to an investigation
Digital crime is evolving—and so are the tools to fight it. Discover how the Magnet One platform is transforming investigations through a fully connected ecosystem of Connected Apps, scalable storage, and the game-changing power of Case Streams. We’ll dive deep into Mobile Case Stream, showing how real-time evidence acquisition and seamless collaboration can accelerate case resolution like never before.
Mobile security features are constantly evolving, and with that, the window of opportunity for digital examiners to collect the most mobile data possible is constantly shrinking.
With more than 70 million monthly active users, Signal Messenger is no longer a niche messaging app. Signal data may provide vital evidence in criminal, civil, regulatory, and investigatory matters. Yet Signal also presents challenges to digital forensic examiners both for collecting and analyzing the data.
A single Google search. A disputed timestamp. And a murder trial that ended in a mistrial. In the high-profile Karen Read case, competing digital forensics experts offered contradictory testimony about when a key witness searched “hos long to die in cold” on an iPhone. But let’s take a step back and first review the affidavit that started it all.
