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mobile forensics

Mobile Phone Forensic Challenges

Introduction A great number of the mobile phones used worldwide every second require special knowledge and skills from forensic experts.  More often it is not enough to be an experienced expert in computer forensics to understand all the peculiarities and

iPhone Tracking – from a forensic point of view

– Introduction – iPhoneTracking is sexy!!! Every mobile forensic suite, at least the ones dealing with iPhones, are providing it proudly. iPhoneTracking also has been a hot topic in the media all around the globe. People stated, that there is

Evaluating Mobile Telephone Connection Behaviour – Part 2

The Basics of Evaluating Connection Records by Sam Raincock, IT and telecommunications expert witness Connection RecordsWithin the UK, details of past telephone connections are stored by the network providers. The minimum storage is advised by the Data Retention (EC Directive)

Geotags: Friend or Foe?

by David Benford Director, Blackstage Forensics I recently wrote a research paper, “Geotag Data: The Modification of Evidence on the Apple iPhone”, based around the possibility of modifying geotag evidence on the Apple iPhone. A test was performed as part

Challenges of Smart Phone Forensics

by Rob Adams ACE, CDIA+ SALIX Mobile devices have become an essential component of our daily lives. These devices keep us connected and act as so much more than the cell phones and portable music players of the 1990’s. It

Checking Masts – Cell Site Analysis (CSA)

First published March 2009 by Greg Smith Mobile Telephone Evidence & Forensics trewmte.blogspot.com Since linking with Jamie Morris at Forensic Focus to create a Mobile Forensics Discussion Forumto bring mobile telephone evidence to a wider audience, I have had several

Recording Telephone Calls

First published March 2009 by Greg Smith Mobile Telephone Evidence & Forensics trewmte.blogspot.com A question that often gets asked is “Can I record a telephone call?” and the answer to that is that you can (according to publicly available material),

Mobile Phone and GPS Forensics – Some Thoughts

First published February 2009 by Greg Smith Mobile Telephone Evidence & Forensics trewmte.blogspot.com Mobile telephones are the predominate wireless telecommunications device throughout the world and most certainly in the UK they predominate other technologies, where ownership has reached well over

Malicious Phone Call Legislation in the UK

First published February 2009 by Greg Smith Mobile Telephone Evidence & Forensics trewmte.blogspot.com It is being noted that there is an exponential growth in harassing and intimidating calls from financial companies, card companies and from outsource debt collection firms chasing

SonyEricsson Hidden Evidence

First published February 2009 by Greg Smith Mobile Telephone Evidence & Forensics trewmte.blogspot.com I have discovered that it is possible when manually examining some SonyEricssons (such as “K” range etc) that after a user has deleted the Last Number Dialled

TomTom GPS Device Forensics

First published January 2009 Written by Ben LeMere ([email protected]) & Andy Sayers ([email protected]) For more information visit GPSForensics.org Introduction: The sales of portable navigation devices are at an all time high. Last year, more than forty million portable GPS devices