Most of the application data in Android is stored in SQLite databases. Data related to text messages, emails, and most app data is stored in SQLite databases. Such databases can store deleted data within the database itself. Records marked for deletion by the user no longer appear in the active SQLite database files. Therefore, it is possible to recover the deleted data, such as text messages, contacts, and more, by analyzing these SQLite files. There are two areas within an SQLite page that can contain deleted data: unallocated blocks and free blocks. Most of the commercial forensic tools that recover deleted data scan the unallocated blocks and free blocks of the SQLite pages. Parsing the deleted data can be done using, for example, Belkasoft Evidence Center. The trial version of this commercial forensic tool can be downloaded...
Learning Android Forensics - Second Edition
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Learning Android Forensics - Second Edition
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Overview of this book
Many forensic examiners rely on commercial, push-button tools to retrieve and analyze data, even though there is no tool that does either of these jobs perfectly.
Learning Android Forensics will introduce you to the most up-to-date Android platform and its architecture, and provide a high-level overview of what Android forensics entails. You will understand how data is stored on Android devices and how to set up a digital forensic examination environment. As you make your way through the chapters, you will work through various physical and logical techniques to extract data from devices in order to obtain forensic evidence. You will also learn how to recover deleted data and forensically analyze application data with the help of various open source and commercial tools. In the concluding chapters, you will explore malware analysis so that you’ll be able to investigate cybersecurity incidents involving Android malware.
By the end of this book, you will have a complete understanding of the Android forensic process, you will have explored open source and commercial forensic tools, and will have basic skills of Android malware identification and analysis.
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Learning Android Forensics - Second Edition
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Introducing Android Forensics
Setting up the Android Forensic Environment
Understanding Data Storage on Android Devices
Extracting Data Logically from Android Devices
Extracting Data Physically from Android Devices
Recovering Deleted Data from an Android Device
Forensic Analysis of Android Applications
Android Forensic Tools Overview
Identifying Android Malware
Android Malware Analysis
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