Forensic Focus – Articles
Mobile Devices
Android Forensics
The article covers several Android forensic techniques that can be helpful in a variety of situations. The techniques or discussions below can be either logical or physical. However, we will try to stick mostly to logical techniques. By the word ‘logical,’ the technique would mostly involve accessing the file system, etc. This article also assumes … Continue reading
Geo-tagging & Photo Tracking On iOS
As you may already know, Apple has always been criticized for using their extremely popular devices to track users and use this information to expand their own databases. This tutorial assumes that you have already jailbroken your device and you know how to navigate your way through iOS menus, if you don’t then check out our other articles … Continue reading
Mobile Device Geotags & Armed Forces
In recent years it has been noticeable that the amount of people carrying a smart phone has increased exponentially. This is down to their low price and availability; even children as young as 12 have a smart phone. However, most people who own a smart phone are not aware of the data hidden in even … Continue reading
Categorization of embedded system forensic collection methodologies
There are many classifications as far as forensic data collection is concerned, but much of it is still a de facto and Wild West when it comes to naming convention. This is especially true in the embedded system area. When I refer to embedded systems, I think of specialized devices, sometimes in a larger system … Continue reading
Android Forensics
Smartphones are changing the IT and Communication landscape vastly. A Smartphone can do almost every good thing a computer can do. Today most of the corporate employee access and manage their official emails through the e-mail client installed on their Smartphone. Right from booking movie tickets to making fund transfers, all e-commerce and online banking … Continue reading
Evernote from a Forensic Investigation Perspective
by Stuart Clarke, Millnet Recently we have been looking at Evernote from a forensic investigation perspective, as we feel it is a great product which will grow in popularity therefore wanted to share some initial findings. While at the 2012 CEIC conference I had a discussion with Chris Dale from the e-Disclosure Information Project about … Continue reading
Mobile Phone Forensic Challenges
Introduction A great number of the mobile phones used worldwide every second require special knowledge and skills from forensic experts. More often it is not enough to be an experienced expert in computer forensics to understand all the peculiarities and difficulties of the mobile forensics. This article describes technical problems encountered by specialists in mobile … Continue reading
Android Tracking – from a forensic point of view
- Introduction – In my last article on iPhoneTracking, I tried to explain Apple’s crowd-sourced location based service. Obviously Android has to do something similar to provide a good user experience using location based services… Also back in April 2011 some people, who wrote stuff about iPhoneTracking, also mentioned Android with a sentence or two without … Continue reading
iPhone Tracking – from a forensic point of view
- Introduction – iPhoneTracking is sexy!!! Every mobile forensic suite, at least the ones dealing with iPhones, are providing it proudly. iPhoneTracking also has been a hot topic in the media all around the globe. People stated, that there is a way to display every step of an iPhone user ever since the device got … Continue reading
Android Forensics Study of Password and Pattern Lock Protection
Let’s see what Pattern Lock is, how to access, determine or even get rid of it? We’ll also speak about Password Lock Protection and find out what it has in common with Pattern Lock. And finally we’ll try to understand how these locks are related to forensic investigation process. What is Pattern Lock? Generally pattern lock … Continue reading
The Challenges Facing Computer Forensics Investigators in Obtaining Information from Mobile Devices for Use in Criminal Investigations
David W. Bennett August 20, 2011 The Challenges Facing Computer Forensics Investigators in Obtaining Information from Mobile Devices for Use in Criminal Investigations There are a number of electronic personal devices that are labeled mobile devices” on the market today. Mobile devices include cellphones; smart phones like the Apple iPhone and Blackberry; personal digital assistants … Continue reading
Evaluating Mobile Telephone Connection Behaviour – Part 2
The Basics of Evaluating Connection Records by Sam Raincock, IT and telecommunications expert witness Connection RecordsWithin the UK, details of past telephone connections are stored by the network providers. The minimum storage is advised by the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations [1][2]. However, each network provider is able to disclose different types of information about … Continue reading
Geotags: Friend or Foe?
by David Benford Director, Blackstage Forensics I recently wrote a research paper, “Geotag Data: The Modification of Evidence on the Apple iPhone”, based around the possibility of modifying geotag evidence on the Apple iPhone. A test was performed as part of this project, to find out how easy it is to discover a person’s home … Continue reading
Challenges of Smart Phone Forensics
by Rob Adams ACE, CDIA+ SALIX Mobile devices have become an essential component of our daily lives. These devices keep us connected and act as so much more than the cell phones and portable music players of the 1990′s. It is common today for a smartphone to act as a mobile office, social tool, and … Continue reading
Experimental Testing Of A Forensic Analysis Method On The Tomtom GPS Navigation Device
First published June 2009 by Dr. Clara Maria Colombini INTRODUCTION The earliest Satellite Navigation Systems were designed for the U.S. military, to locate the position of Polaris submarines. Over the years, satellite detection technology has become extremely widespread, and today most automotive vehicles are fitted with such systems. TomTom, the in-car satellite navigation device, is … Continue reading
