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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

A forensic environment setup


Setting up a proper lab environment is an essential part of a forensic process. Android forensic setup usually involves the following:

  • Start with a fresh or forensically sterile computer environment. This means that other data is not present on the system or is contained in a manner that it cannot contaminate the present investigation.

  • Install basic software necessary to connect to the device. Android forensic tools and methodologies will work on Windows, Linux, and OS X platforms.

  • Obtain access to the device. An examiner must be able to enable settings or bypass them in order to allow the data to be extracted from the Android device.

  • Issue commands to the device through the methods defined in this chapter and in Chapter 9, Android Data Extraction Techniques.

The following sections provide guidance on setting up a basic Android forensic workstation.

Android Software Development Kit

The Android Software Development Kit (SDK) helps the development world to build, test...

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