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Learning Android Forensics

Learning Android Forensics

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Learning Android Forensics

Learning Android Forensics

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Overview of this book

If you are a forensic analyst or an information security professional wanting to develop your knowledge of Android forensics, then this is the book for you. Some basic knowledge of the Android mobile platform is expected.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Introducing Android Forensics
1. Introducing Android Forensics
Mobile forensics
The mobile forensics approach
Challenges in mobile forensics
The Android architecture
Android security
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2. Setting Up an Android Forensic Environment
2. Setting Up an Android Forensic Environment
The Android forensic setup
The Android SDK
Connecting and accessing an Android device from the workstation
Android Debug Bridge
Rooting Android
ADB on a rooted device
Summary
3
3. Understanding Data Storage on Android Devices
3. Understanding Data Storage on Android Devices
Android partition layout
Android file hierarchy
Application data storage on the device
Android filesystem overview
Summary
4
4. Extracting Data Logically from Android Devices
4. Extracting Data Logically from Android Devices
Logical extraction overview
Manual ADB data extraction
ADB backup extractions
ADB Dumpsys
Bypassing Android lock screens
Cracking an Android pattern lock
Android SIM card extractions
Issues and opportunities with Android Lollipop
Summary
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5. Extracting Data Physically from Android Devices
5. Extracting Data Physically from Android Devices
Physical extraction overview
Extracting data physically with dd
Extracting data physically with nanddump
Analyzing a full physical image
Imaging and analyzing Android RAM
Acquiring Android SD cards
Advanced forensic methods
Summary
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6. Recovering Deleted Data from an Android Device
6. Recovering Deleted Data from an Android Device
An overview of data recovery
Recovering data deleted from an SD card
Recovering data deleted from internal memory
Analyzing backups
Summary
7
7. Forensic Analysis of Android Applications
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7. Forensic Analysis of Android Applications
Application analysis
Determining what apps are installed
Wi-Fi analysis
Contacts/call analysis
SMS/MMS analysis
User dictionary analysis
Gmail analysis
Google Chrome analysis
Google Maps analysis
Google Hangouts analysis
Google Keep analysis
Google Plus analysis
Facebook analysis
Facebook Messenger analysis
Skype analysis
Snapchat analysis
Viber analysis
Tango analysis
WhatsApp analysis
Kik analysis
WeChat analysis
Application reverse engineering
Summary
8
8. Android Forensic Tools Overview
8. Android Forensic Tools Overview
ViaExtract
Autopsy
ViaLab Community Edition
Summary
Conclusion
9
Index
Index

Google Hangouts analysis

Hangouts is a chat/SMS application provided by Google. Hangouts is the default SMS client on Android devices.

Package name: com.google.android.gm

Version: Default version with Android 5.0.1 (not listed within the app)

Files of interest:

  • /cache/volleyCache/

  • /databases/babel#.db (our device had babel0.db and babel1.db)

  • /shared_prefs/accounts.xml

The cache directory contains .0 files, as discussed in the Google Maps example earlier. The files contain a URL to fetch the profile pictures of contacts, as well as a .jpg embedded within the file. Visiting the URL or carving the .jpg from the file will recover the contact's picture.

The babel#.db file contains all messaging data. On our test device, babel0.db was blank, and babel1.db had all of the data for the active account. There are many tables within this database worth looking at:

Table

Description

conversations

This contains conversation data. There is a unique conversation_id value for each chat. The latest_message_timestamp...

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