Mobile Forensics Cookbook

Discover the tools and techniques of mobile forensic investigations and make sure your mobile autopsy doesn’t miss a thing, all through powerful practical recipes

Key Features
Acquire in-depth knowledge of mobile device acquisition using modern forensic tools
Understand the importance of clouds for mobile forensics and learn how to extract data from them
Discover advanced data extraction techniques that will help you to solve forensic tasks and challenges

Book Description
Considering the emerging use of mobile phones, there is a growing need for mobile forensics. Mobile forensics focuses specifically on performing forensic examinations of mobile devices, which involves extracting, recovering and analyzing data for the purposes of information security, criminal and civil investigations, and internal investigations.

Mobile Forensics Cookbook starts by explaining SIM cards acquisition and analysis using modern forensics tools. You will discover the different software solutions that enable digital forensic examiners to quickly and easily acquire forensic images. You will also learn about forensics analysis and acquisition on Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices. Next, you will understand the importance of cloud computing in the world of mobile forensics and understand different techniques available to extract data from the cloud. Going through the fundamentals of SQLite and Plists Forensics, you will learn how to extract forensic artifacts from these sources with appropriate tools.

By the end of this book, you will be well versed with the advanced mobile forensics techniques that will help you perform the complete forensic acquisition and analysis of user data stored in different devices.

What you will learn
Retrieve mobile data using modern forensic tools
Work with Oxygen Forensics for Android devices acquisition
Perform a deep dive analysis of iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry Phone file systems
Understand the importance of cloud in mobile forensics and extract data from the cloud using different tools
Learn the application of SQLite and Plists Forensics and parse data with digital forensics tools
Perform forensic investigation on iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry mobile devices
Extract data both from working and damaged mobile devices using JTAG and Chip-off Techniques

Who This Book Is For
This book is aimed at practicing digital forensics analysts and information security professionals familiar with performing basic forensic investigations on mobile device operating systems namely Android, iOS, Windows, and Blackberry. It's also for those who need to broaden their skillset by adding more data extraction and recovery techniques.

Table of Contents
SIM cards Acquisition and Analysis
Android Devices Acquisition
Apple Devices Acquisition
Windows Phones and BlackBerry Acquisition
Clouds are Alternative Data Sources
Understanding SQLite Forensics
Understanding Plists Forensics
Deep diving into Android Forensics
iOS Forensics
Windows Phones and BlackBerry Forensics
Exploring JTAG and Chip-off Techniques