Practical Mobile Forensics - Second Edition: A hands-on guide to mastering mobile forensics for the iOS, Android, and the Windows Phone platforms - Softcover

Mahalik, Heather; Tamma, Rohit; Bommisetty, Satish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786464209 ISBN 13: 9781786464200

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

A hands-on guide to mastering mobile forensics for the iOS, Android, and the Windows Phone platforms

Key Features

• Get to grips with the basics of mobile forensics and the various forensic approaches
• Retrieve and analyze the data stored on mobile devices and on the cloud
• A practical guide to leverage the power of mobile forensics on the popular mobile platforms with lots of tips, tricks and caveats

Book Description

Mobile phone forensics is the science of retrieving data from a mobile phone under forensically sound conditions. This book is an update to Practical Mobile Forensics and it delves into the concepts of mobile forensics and its importance in today's world.

We will deep dive into mobile forensics techniques in iOS 8 - 9.2, Android 4.4 - 6, and Windows Phone devices. We will demonstrate the latest open source and commercial mobile forensics tools, enabling you to analyze and retrieve data effectively. You will learn how to introspect and retrieve data from cloud, and document and prepare reports for your investigations.

By the end of this book, you will have mastered the current operating systems and techniques so you can recover data from mobile devices by leveraging open source solutions.

What you will learn

• Discover the new features in practical mobile forensics
• Understand the architecture and security mechanisms present in iOS and Android platforms
• Identify sensitive files on the iOS and Android platforms
• Set up the forensic environment
• Extract data on the iOS and Android platforms
• Recover data on the iOS and Android platforms
• Understand the forensics of Windows devices
• Explore various third-party application techniques and data recovery techniques

Who this book is for

This book is for forensics professionals who are eager to widen their forensics skillset to mobile forensics and acquire data from mobile devices.

About this title

About the Authors

Satish Bommisetty is a security analyst working for a Fortune 500 company. His primary areas of interest include iOS forensics, iOS application security, and web application security. He has presented at international conferences, such as ClubHACK and C0C0n. He is also one of the core members of the Hyderabad OWASP chapter. He has identified and disclosed vulnerabilities within the websites of Google, Facebook, Yandex, PayPal, Yahoo!, AT&T, and more, and is listed in their hall of fame.

Rohit Tamma is a security analyst working for a Fortune 500 company. His interests lie in mobile forensics, Android application security, and web application security. He is experienced in performing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing of a range of applications, including web and mobile applications. He lives in Hyderabad, India, where he spends time with his parents and friends.

Heather Mahalik is the Mobile Exploitation Team Lead at Basis Technology and the Course Lead for the SANS Smartphone Forensics course. With over 11 years' experience in digital forensics, she currently focuses her energy on mobile device investigations, forensic course development and instruction, and research on smartphone forensics. Prior to joining Basis Technology, Heather worked at Stroz Friedberg and as a contractor for the U.S. Department of State Computer Investigations and Forensics Lab. She earned her Bachelor's degree from West Virginia University. She has authored white papers and forensic course material, and has taught hundreds of courses worldwide for law enforcement, Government, IT, eDiscovery, and other forensic professionals focusing on mobile devices and digital forensics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786464209
• ISBN 13: 9781786464200
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 412