This chapter looks at Internet browsers, e-mail and messaging systems, and mobile phones and other handheld devices—often considered to be rich sources of digital evidence. The processes of locating and recovering digital evidence relating to records of personal communications, including e-mails and browsing records stored in computer devices and telephonic communications stored on mobile phones, are described. You will appreciate the value of locating, extracting, and examining records of communications between persons of interest stored on computer and mobile phones that are often a rich source of evidence.
The chapter will provide you with a basic understanding of the following concepts:
The recovery of Internet browsing and search records and other messaging systems including Skype and virtual private networks
E-mail analysis and the processing of large e-mail databases
Mobile phone forensics and the growing challenge...