Android Forensics

Chapter 5

Android device, data, and app security

Information in this chapter

• Data theft targets and attack vectors

• Security considerations

• Individual security strategies

• Corporate security strategies

• App development security strategies

Introduction

There is a delicate balance in being both a forensic analyst and a privacy advocate. If a device were 100% secured, then forensic investigation of the device would fail to return any information. On the other hand, if a device’s security measures were completely absent, forensic expertise would hardly be necessary to extract meaningful data from the device.

The primary consumers of mobile forensics are law enforcement and government agencies. They use and secure many types of sensitive ...