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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

By : Igor Mikhaylov
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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

By: Igor Mikhaylov

Overview of this book

Considering the emerging use of mobile phones, there is a growing need for mobile forensics. Mobile forensics focuses specifically on performing forensic examinations of mobile devices, which involves extracting, recovering and analyzing data for the purposes of information security, criminal and civil investigations, and internal investigations. Mobile Forensics Cookbook starts by explaining SIM cards acquisition and analysis using modern forensics tools. You will discover the different software solutions that enable digital forensic examiners to quickly and easily acquire forensic images. You will also learn about forensics analysis and acquisition on Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices. Next, you will understand the importance of cloud computing in the world of mobile forensics and understand different techniques available to extract data from the cloud. Going through the fundamentals of SQLite and Plists Forensics, you will learn how to extract forensic artifacts from these sources with appropriate tools. By the end of this book, you will be well versed with the advanced mobile forensics techniques that will help you perform the complete forensic acquisition and analysis of user data stored in different devices.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Introduction


Mobile devices running Windows Phone OS and Blackberry OS become objects of forensic analysis less and less frequently. The peak of popularity of such devices has already passed. Nevertheless, experts should know methods of data extraction from these devices. These methods will be described in this chapter.

Devices running Windows Phone OS are Microsoft's attempt to enter the mobile devices market with its own OS. Devices running Windows Phone OS appeared on the market in 2010. The majority of these devices were produced by Nokia (which is owned by Microsoft). However, there are models that were produced by such companies as HTC, LG, Lenovo, and Samsung. In order to avoid confusion, it should be remembered that the old versions (7 and 8) of this OS were called Windows Phone. The newest operating system of this family is called Windows 10 Mobile.

BlackBerry was one of the leaders in the production of secure phones. Mainly, the company's own OS, BlackBerry OS, is used on BlackBerry...