Tag: Mobile

Digital Forensics: Artifact Profile – Whisper

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APPLICATION NAME: Whisper CATEGORY: Social Networking RELATED ARTIFACTS: Whisper Posts, Whisper Messages OPERATING SYSTEMS: iOS, Android SOURCE LOCATION: Android – %root%\data\APPsh.whisper\databases\w.db Android – %root%\data\APPsh.whisper\databases\c.db iOS – %root%\var\mobile\Applications\%GUID%\Documents\Messaging.sqlite iOS – %root%\var\mobile\Applications\%GUID%\Documents\Whisper.sqlite   Importance to Investigators Whisper is a popular social networking app that allows users to post messages anonymously and send messages to other users. It is available on both iOS and Android devices. Whisper allows … Continued

Digital Forensics: Artifact Profile – Yik Yak

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APPLICATION NAME: Yik Yak CATEGORY: Chat RELATED ARTIFACTS: Yik Yak Notifications, Yik Yak Yaks OPERATING SYSTEMS: iOS SOURCE LOCATION: iOS – %root%\Library\Caches\engineering.locus.chatter\Cache.db iOS – %root%\Library\Caches\engineering.locus.chatter\fsCachedData\%GUID%   Importance to Investigators Yik Yak is a popular social media application most commonly used by young adults. The app, available on iOS and Android smartphones, allows users to post anonymous messages to … Continued

Mobile Chat & Social App Forensics

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Smartphone apps that allow users to express themselves by messaging, posting, tweeting, liking, commenting, and sharing images and videos, have radically altered communication patterns. This new world of hyper-connected mobile chat and social apps is evolving at warp speed, and it seems like a new app explodes in popularity every month, with others constantly changing … Continued

Announcing Magnet ACQUIRE: A New Forensic Tool for Imaging Smartphones

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From Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO of Magnet Forensics Today I’m excited to announce the beta availability of a new software product called Magnet ACQUIRE™. Magnet ACQUIRE is a smartphone acquisition tool that will allow you to quickly and easily acquire an image of any iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. We’re looking for forensic professionals to … Continued

April Artifact Update: Native Android Apps

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Our latest artifact update for IEF includes support for native Android applications. As the mobile market continues to narrow-in on two primary operating systems – Android and iOS – it’s becoming increasingly important for investigators to recover data from these built-in system apps. In February, we added support for a similar set of native iOS … Continued

Investigating iOS Phone Images, File Dumps & Backups

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As of January 2013, Apple announced it had sold over 500 million iOS devices. While iOS seems to be the leading operating system for tablets worldwide, Android continues to be the leading operating system for mobile phones worldwide. Regardless of the statistics, if you are an active forensic examiner, chances are very high you will … Continued