December 2018
Beginner to intermediate
328 pages
8h 29m
English
Pulling Android memory is not applicable in a great many cases, due to the fact that it requires root access. Most public root processes involve rebooting the phone, which erases volatile RAM, meaning that by the time an examiner gains root access to image the RAM, it's too late because the RAM has been erased. Because of this, and possibly other reasons, there is not great support for Android RAM imaging and analysis in the commercial forensic world. However, there are cases where imaging RAM is applicable, and may prove invaluable to a case. If a device is already rooted when it is seized, imaging the RAM should be a mandatory step in the seizure process. As powering the phone off will erase the RAM, the ...
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