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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 BlackLight


BlackLight is a tool from BlackBag Technologies, Inc. BlackLight can be used for the analysis of hard drives of computers or laptops running Windows or macOS. Using BlackLight, you can acquire and analyze Android and Apple mobile devices.

Getting ready

Request the demo version of the program. In response to the request, you will receive a link to download the trial version of the program and the activation code. Download the installation file. Double-click on it. Follow the instruction to install the program. Double-click the icon for BlackLight. In the opened Dongle Required window, click the Enter Demo Key… button. Fill in the Name and ;License fields and click the OK button. Restart the program.

How to do it…

  1. In the BlackLight Case Manager window, click the New… button and enter the name of the new case. Click the Save button. Fill in the fields of the Examiner Information and Case Information sections. In the program toolbar, select File. In the drop-down...