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Learning Android Forensics

You're reading from   Learning Android Forensics Analyze Android devices with the latest forensic tools and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789131017
Length 328 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Oleg Skulkin Oleg Skulkin
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Donnie Tindall Donnie Tindall
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Rohit Tamma Rohit Tamma
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Android Forensics 2. Setting up the Android Forensic Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding Data Storage on Android Devices 4. Extracting Data Logically from Android Devices 5. Extracting Data Physically from Android Devices 6. Recovering Deleted Data from an Android Device 7. Forensic Analysis of Android Applications 8. Android Forensic Tools Overview 9. Identifying Android Malware 10. Android Malware Analysis 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed several techniques that are used for physically imaging internal memory or SD cards, and some of the common problems associated with them:

Technique

Problems associated

dd

  • Usually preinstalled on device
  • May not work on MTD blocks
  • Does not obtain the out-of-band area

nanddump

  • Not commonly found on the device, must be pushed to device
  • Works well with MTD blocks
  • May obtain the out-of-band area, based on options in the binary used

Additionally, each imaging technique can be used to either save the image on the device (typically on the SD card), or used with netcat to write the file to the examiner's computer:

Technique

Features

Writing to SD card

  • Easy, doesn't require additional binaries to be pushed to the device
  • Familiar to most examiners
  • Cannot be used if SD card is symbolically linked...
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