Practical Cyber Forensics: An Incident-Based Approach to Forensic Investigations

© Niranjan Reddy 2019

Niranjan ReddyPractical Cyber Forensicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4460-9_7

7. Mobile Forensics

Niranjan Reddy¹ 

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Pune, Maharashtra, India

 

Mobile Forensics is a branch of Digital Forensics. It is about the acquisition and analysis of mobile devices to recover digital evidence for forensics investigations.

In this chapter, we will learn more about the following:

• Stages of Mobile Forensics

• Android Operating Systems

• Android Debug bridge

• Methods for screen lock bypass

• Logical Extraction

• Physical Extraction

• JTAG Chip-Off Micro-read

• Challenges

• iOS Operating System

Acquisition Protocol

There are some special considerations for mobile acquisition:

• Always handle mobile devices with gloves as fingerprint can be collected from it.

• Make a note ...