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Practical Mobile Forensics

You're reading from   Practical Mobile Forensics Dive into mobile forensics on iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry devices with this action-packed, practical guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783288311
Length 328 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Mobile Forensics 2. Understanding the Internals of iOS Devices FREE CHAPTER 3. Data Acquisition from iOS Devices 4. Data Acquisition from iOS Backups 5. iOS Data Analysis and Recovery 6. iOS Forensic Tools 7. Understanding Android 8. Android Forensic Setup and Pre Data Extraction Techniques 9. Android Data Extraction Techniques 10. Android Data Recovery Techniques 11. Android App Analysis and Overview of Forensic Tools 12. Windows Phone Forensics 13. BlackBerry Forensics Index

Timestamps

Before examining the data, it is important to understand the different timestamps used on the iPhone. Timestamps found on the iPhone are presented either in the Unix timestamp or Mac absolute time format. The examiner must ensure that the tools properly convert the timestamps for the files. Access to the raw SQLite files will allow the examiner to verify the timestamps manually.

Unix timestamps

A Unix timestamp is the number of seconds that offsets the Unix epoch time, which starts on January 1, 1970. A Unix timestamp can be converted easily using the date command on a Mac workstation or using an online Unix epoch convertor on a Windows workstation. The date command is shown as follows:

$date -r 1388538061
Wed Jan 1 06:31:01 IST 2014

Mac absolute time

iOS devices adopted the use of Mac absolute time with iOS 5 for most of the data. Mac absolute time is the number of seconds that offsets the Mac epoch time, which starts on January 1, 2001. The difference between the Unix epoch time...

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