ICYMI: During yesterday's Mobile Unpacked I announced a new challenge! The Mobile Unpacked Artifact Hunt will begin next month. Be sure to keep a watch on the main Mobile Unpacked landing page as well for hint drops! www.magnetforensics.com/blog/the-mob...

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Do NOT miss today's episode if you're doing iOS collections! The actions you take and when you take them can ABSOLUTELY impact the amount of data recovered! PRESERVE your data by using the right tools, the right way.

Digital Forensic professionals are just raccoons. We are digital dumpster divers searching for goodies. Trash Panda squad, go!

I’m headed back to Australia and New Zealand again! Looking forward to showing some awesome new stuff from our product teams and my latest iOS/Android research!

Funny enough this is going to become really important for next month’s episode on mobile AI services like Siri, Galaxy AI, and Gemini. Want to see it early? I’ll be debuting the talk at MUS in Nashville! Come join us!

Don’t forget! Today at 1 eastern you can watch the latest Mobile Unpacked as an MVS early release!

To start the year, and Season 3 (what?!) of Mobile Unpacked, we’re going back to basics on ADB. Come learn what makes the protocol what it is, how it works, and how you can recover information that would otherwise be lost without these valuable commands!

Suuuuuuuuuuuure. But thanks for the free malware!

#DFIR #DFIRHumor

Thanks to insomnia, I have now watched Hans Gruber fall from Nakitomi Tower. Christmas has officially begun!

Hey Siri are you using ChatGPT? Siri: no. But yes. Maybe. But yes.

Seeing 3D-printed evidence getting called out in such large cases is exactly why I did my 3D Printer artifacts research last year. www.wired.com/story/luigi-...

What’s the best Christmas movie and why is it Muppet’s Christmas Carol? In this 27-part dissertation I will explain…

I think many of us are reaching the point of notification fatigue. Too many apps are constantly pinging us because we haven’t used or to show “deals.” While I know many apps have notification tweaks, I wish the major OSes would segment notification permissions. Give me a setting for only key ones!

Some days you just know are going to be a struggle. Like when you try to put on a t-shirt as pants.

On November 27, join me for the latest Episode of Mobile Unpacked where I go over Tap-To-Pay artifacts on iOS and Android. Don’t leave valuable location data behind! www.magnetforensics.com/resources/ep...

Just finished recording this month’s episode of Mobile Unpacked. It was a fun one that led me down several paths I hadn’t explored before! That being said, I’m done with looking at protobufs for a while.

Apple’s transfer of files/records via “the boop” (unified logs IYKYK) extends to Apple Cash. Interesting way to start paying individuals, but how about long term storage? Passes23.sqlite still has your back.

Professor: “no test or assignment this week.” Me immediately:

For years I’ve tried to stress the importance of checking for multiple user accounts in Android. With Secure Folder and Private Space being other user accounts, ensure you are checking for these! With adb access run: adb shell pm list users Not all tools run commands on user profiles outside 0.

Hey I know that guy! It’s me! I said what I said. Get the phone. Get the data. Delaying now will cost you more than time later.

Whew. This week sure has been a year, huh?