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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

By : Igor Mikhaylov
Book Image

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

BlackBerry backup parsing with Elcomsoft Blackberry Backup Explorer Pro


Elcomsoft Blackberry Backup Explorer Pro is a tool that is used for data extraction from Blackberry mobile devices running Blackberry OS. This tool does not support data extraction from encrypted backups that were created by devices running Blackberry OS 10. This program has a low price and anyone can purchase it.

Getting ready

Download the tool from the link sent to you and double-click on the installer icon. Follow the instructions to install the program. During the installation, you will be prompted to enter the license code. Enter the license code sent to you and click the Next button:

License code entry field

How to do it…

Double-click on the icon of the Elcomsoft Blackberry Backup Explorer Pro program. In the toolbar menu, click File and then in the opened menu click Open IPB or BBB, or you can also click Open IPB or BBB, which is located in the lower left corner of the program:

Fragment of the main window of Elcomsoft...