There has been a lot of buzz around Tor, Bitcoin, and the so-called “dark web” (or “deep web”) since the FBI shut down the underground website “Silk Road” on Oct 1st.
As many of you already know, Tor is a … Read more
mobile forensics
Geo-tag Forensics
Introduction
A geo-tagged image is an image which holds geographical identification metadata. This data consists of latitude and longitude co-ordinates (sometimes altitude also). Though there are some extremely powerful tools available for extracting geo-tag information from geo-tagged images but the … Read more
Mobile Device Geotags & Armed Forces
In recent years it has been noticeable that the amount of people carrying a smart phone has increased exponentially. This is down to their low price and availability; even children as young as 12 have a smart phone. However, most … Read more
Android Forensics
Smartphones are changing the IT and Communication landscape vastly. A Smartphone can do almost every good thing a computer can do. Today most of the corporate employee access and manage their official emails through the e-mail client installed on their
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
The Challenges Facing Computer Forensics Investigators in Obtaining Information from Mobile Devices for Use in Criminal Investigations
David W. Bennett
August 20, 2011
The Challenges Facing Computer Forensics Investigators in Obtaining Information from Mobile Devices for Use in Criminal Investigations
There are a number of electronic personal devices that are labeled mobile devices” on the market today. … Read more
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
… Read more 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
… Read more 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
… Read more Experimental Testing Of A Forensic Analysis Method On The Tomtom GPS Navigation Device
First published June 2009
by Dr. Clara Maria Colombini
INTRODUCTION
… Read more The earliest Satellite Navigation Systems were designed for the U.S. military, to locate the position of Polaris submarines. Over the years, satellite detection technology has become extremely widespread, and today
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
… Read more 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),
… Read more 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
… Read more 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
… Read more 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
… Read more