Practical Mobile Forensics - Softcover

Satish Bommisetty; Rohit Tamma; Heather Mahalik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783288310 ISBN 13: 9781783288311

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

With the advent of smartphones, the usage and functionality of mobile devices has grown enormously along with the sensitive information that sits on these devices. Law enforcement agencies around the world have realized the importance of evidence present on a mobile device and how it can influence the outcome of an investigation. While the demand for mobile forensic experts is growing exponentially, there is a shortage in the supply of forensic experts with good skills and technically sound expertise.

Practical Mobile Forensics explains mobile forensic techniques on the various platforms: iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry. You will learn the fundamentals of mobile forensics, and different techniques to extract data from a device, recover deleted data, bypass the screen lock mechanisms, and various other tools that aid in a forensic examination.

This book begins with a look at the fundamentals of a mobile forensic examination and then proceeds to focus on specific details pertaining to each platform. It will take you through clear and precise steps that will teach you to access the key data on a mobile device.

You will learn to identify sensitive files present on both iOS and Android devices, various techniques to get access to them, the possibilities for data recovery, and so on. You will also take a look at a broad overview of forensic examination on Windows and BlackBerry devices.

Practical Mobile Forensics will teach you everything you need to know to forensically examine a mobile device. The techniques described are not only useful for budding forensic investigators, but will also come in handy for those who may want to recover accidentally deleted data.

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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 they are listed in their hall of fame.

Rohit Tamma is a security program manager currently working for Microsoft. With over 9 years of experience in the field of security, his background spans management and technical consulting roles in the areas of application and cloud security, mobile security, penetration testing, and security training. Rohit has also co-authored a couple of books, Practical Mobile Forensics and Learning Android Forensics, which explain a number of ways of performing forensics on mobile platforms. You can contact him on Twitter at @RohitTamma.

Heather Mahalik is the Director of Forensic Engineering with ManTech CARD, where she leads the forensic effort focusing on mobile and digital exploitation. She is a senior instructor and author for the SANS Institute, and she is also the course leader for the FOR585 Advanced Smartphone Forensics course. With over 15 years of experience in digital forensics, she continues to thrive on smartphone investigations, digital forensics, forensic course development and instruction, and research on application analysis and smartphone forensics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783288310
• ISBN 13: 9781783288311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294