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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

By : Igor Mikhaylov
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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 Elcomsoft Phone Viewer


Elcomsoft Phone Viewer is a tool from Elcomsof Co.Ltd. Using this tool, you can extract data from iCloud and iTunes, and BlackBerry backups. This program has a low price. In this recipe, we will describe how to analyze an iTunes backup via Elcomsoft Phone Viewer.

Data types available for import to Elcomsoft Phone Viewer

Getting ready

Download the tool from the link sent to you and double-click on the installation file icon. Follow the instructions to install the program. During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter the registration code. Enter the registration code sent to you and click the Next button. Finish the installation of the program.

How to do it…

  1. Double-click the icon of the Elcomsoft Phone Viewer. In the main window of the program, click on the icon with the iTunes backup inscription.
  2. In the opened Select iOS backup for view window, specify the path to the folder where the iTunes backup is stored. Select the Manifest.plist...