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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

You're reading from   Mobile Forensics Cookbook Data acquisition, extraction, recovery techniques, and investigations using modern forensic tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
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ISBN-13 9781785282058
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Igor Mikhaylov Igor Mikhaylov
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. SIM Card Acquisition and Analysis FREE CHAPTER 2. Android Device Acquisition 3. Apple Device Acquisition 4. Windows Phone and BlackBerry Acquisition 5. Clouds are Alternative Data Sources 6. SQLite Forensics 7. Understanding Plist Forensics 8. Analyzing Physical Dumps and Backups of Android Devices 9. iOS Forensics 10. Windows Phone and BlackBerry Forensics 11. JTAG and Chip-off Techniques

Introduction


SQLite databases are widely used for different applications' data storage on both mobile devices and PCs. That is why analysis of such databases is highly important. According to our experience, in-depth analysis of SQLite databases allows us to extract up to 50% of additional data. This is explained in the following points:

  • There are millions of applications that store their data in SQLite databases. None of the mobile forensic software developers are able to provide the support for the analysis of such a large number of applications.
  • In the case of the name of the database or the path, where it is stored changes during the process of application version changing. Mobile forensic tools will not be able to recognize and analyze the database correctly.
  • Not all forensic tools have an option for the automatic analysis of SQLite databases. For example, some tools extract data from Skype Freelists and some do not. The manual in-depth analysis of databases allows the extraction of their...
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