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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
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Customer Feedback
Preface

Parsing SQLite databases with DB Browser for SQLite


DB Browser for SQLite is a free tool that can be used for SQLite database analysis. It has great functionalities for such data analysis.

Getting ready

Open the DB Browser for the SQLite program website in your browser. Select the version of the program that is suitable for your operating system and download it. Double-click the icon of the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install it.

How to do it…

Double-click the icon of the DB Browser for the SQLite program; it will start the program. You can create your SQLite database or analyze the one that already exists. In this chapter, we will describe how to analyze the contents of the mmssms.db file.

Click Open Database. Select the file, which you will examine. Click OK:

Toolbar of the DB Browser for SQLite

The examined file will be uploaded in the program. The main window of the program has four tabs:

  1. Database Structure: Displays the structure of the database.
  2. Browse Data: Displays the...