Practical Mobile Forensics - Fourth Edition

Logical acquisition and analysis with Magnet AXIOM

As you may recall, the most common acquisition for modern iOS devices is a logical type. Here is how you would acquire an iOS device with Magnet AXIOM:

1. Start by creating a new case:

Creating a new case

2. Since we are dealing with an iOS device, we will choose the MOBILE option:

Selecting the evidence source

3. There are a number of options to choose from, but in our case, the iOS option is the right one:

Selecting the evidence source

4. There are three options for acquiring evidence – we can ...