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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

iOS backup parsing with iPhone Backup Extractor


iPhone Backup Extractor is a shareware tool. You can extract data from iTunes backups, including encrypted ones, via this tool.

Getting ready

Download the tool from the developer's website. Double-click on the icon of the downloaded file. Follow the instructions to install the program:

  1. Double-click on the icon of installed iPhone Backup Extractor program. When the program has started, you need to create your account. Click ACTIVATE; the button is located in the right upper corner of the program's window:

The appearance of a fragment of the iPhone Backup Extractor window

  1. In the opened additional window, click Create a free account. In the next window, fill in these fields: Your email address, Password, and Repeat password. Click the CREATE ACCOUNT button:

Appearance of the new account creation window

  1. You will receive an email to the email address specified during registration, in order to confirm the email address. Click the Verify address button to...