Everyone Has a Phone

Today nearly every digital forensic investigation deals with evidence from cell phones and tablets, and we refer to this branch of digital investigations as "mobile forensics". Fortunately there are a number of vendors providing software and hardware tools specifically targeting the needs of mobile forensics.

Mobile Investigation Workflow

Traditional computer forensics often starts with the imaging of the computer's storage devices: HDDs, SSDs, etc. The workflow for mobile investigations is often much more interactive, involving the selection and extraction of specific data. Software for mobile investigations also typically includes tools specifically geared towards the analysis and visualization of mobile data and artifacts, things like message threads and GPS/location data.

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Capturing evidence from cell phones and tablets is one of the biggest hurdles in mobile forensics. Unlike a computer, it's often impractical to create a forensic image of the mobile device's internal storage. Instead, it's generally necessary to use a specialized tool to acquire data from the mobile device.

Passware Kit Mobile

Detego MD-LIVE

Select & Extract

Mobile devices have "apps" (mobile applications) and each one can generate data and artifacts that may be relevant in an investigation. Tools like those from Detego and Oxygen Forensics give the investigator the ability to browse and understand data generated by a range of mobile applications.

Detego MD-LIVE

Analyze & Visualize

Mobile investigation software makes it easy to understand the nature of the data found on the mobile device, grouping data by source application and type (image, etc).

Detego MD-LIVE Analysis

Detego MD-LIVE Visualization

Decryption

It is becoming the norm for Mobile acquisitions to present the investigator with encrypted images and files. Fortunately, Digital Intelligence partners like Passware are at the forefront of dealing with encryption and finding practical ways for investigators to decrypt evidence acquired from mobile devices.

Passware is unique in that it develops its own mobile-focused software - Passware Kit Mobile - while also licensing its decryption technology to many of the top-tier forencis software vendors.

Passware Kit Mobile

Oxygen Forensics is one of the top tier forensic vendors that licenses Passware's decryption technology. Oxygen combines Passware's underlying decryption technology with its own proprietary mobile acquistion technology.

Oxygen Forensic Extractor

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