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Mobile Forensics’ Life-Saving Capabilities

Mobile Forensics’ Life-Saving Capabilities

Mobile Forensics’ Life-Saving Capabilities How Magnet AXIOM Ties Digital Artifacts to the Suspects Who Created Them THE CHALLENGE Smartphones are the main source of evidence in 75 percent of the TTPS forensics lab’s cases, so they encounter several main challenges. First, unknown or hard-to-find artifacts are the result of the rapid pace of change in the mobile app development industry. New apps, updated versions of existing apps, new features, and other changes can all mean that forensic tools’ support for apps can be inconsistent. Second, password protection on encrypted devices can mean that examiners may need to be able to capture evidence from more than one data source, or use more than one tool to try to acquire locked devices. [AXIOM] has helped solved several cases and sa

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