Practical Mobile Forensics - Fourth Edition

Open source/free tools

For those on a budget, it is possible to examine application data from smartphones using open source solutions and cheap tools. These solutions are more difficult to use, and they are often not the answer for those new to forensics who need the assistance of a tool in data extraction and analysis. Examining application data is tedious, and if you do not know where to look, you will likely need to spend some money to get a head start. Tools such as Andriller can be purchased for around $500. While this is not free, it's also not $10,000, which is what some of the other commercial tools cost. In the following section, we will cover a few of our favorite tools that are useful in parsing application data from smartphones. ...