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Practical Mobile Forensics

Practical Mobile Forensics

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Practical Mobile Forensics

Practical Mobile Forensics

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Overview of this book

The book is an easy-to-follow guide with clear instructions on various mobile forensic techniques. The chapters and the topics within are structured for a smooth learning curve, which will swiftly empower you to master mobile forensics. If you are a budding forensic analyst, consultant, engineer, or a forensic professional wanting to expand your skillset, this is the book for you. The book will also be beneficial to those with an interest in mobile forensics or wanting to find data lost on mobile devices. It will be helpful to be familiar with forensics in general but no prior experience is required to follow this book.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Index

Data acquisition

While the sales of BlackBerry devices is on the decline, they are still encountered during forensic investigations. Commercial forensic tools provide limited support for BlackBerry devices in comparison to other smartphones. Even worse, open source methods are not available for data acquisition of BlackBerry devices. Hence it is important for the examiners to understand all possible methods of data extraction available for these devices. The following sections discuss the various steps involved in acquiring data from a BlackBerry device.

Standard acquisition methods

Standard forensic acquisition methods can be applied to BlackBerry devices. However, encrypted and locked devices may not be possible to acquire, and it will be even more difficult (if not impossible) to analyze whether the password or encryption keys are present. The level of acquisition support available depends on the forensic kit, the device model, and the security level currently being used on the BlackBerry...

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