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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

Introduction


Mobile devices running the Android operating system occupy more than 80% of the mobile devices market. The variety of the operating system versions and the hardware platforms on which they are used provide a wide range of data extraction methods. There is no such range of data extraction methods for any group of the following mobile devices: iOS devices, Windows Phone devices, and BlackBerry devices.  

The most common methods of data extraction from Android devices are as follows:

  • Logical extraction: This method allows to extract only certain types of logical data, such as Phonebook, Calls, Messages (SMS/MMS), and so on. As a rule, logical extraction requires the installation of an agent program that helps the mobile forensic software to extract data from a device. The installation of the program on the device is required by the hardware features of the memory structure and security policy of mobile devices.
  • Backup: This method allows to extract only logical data from a device...