Topic: Mobile

Where Did This Come From? Revealing The Sending Phone Number Of An Unidentified AirDrop File

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While a convenient and efficient method of transferring files, Apple’s AirDrop feature has recently been used to share unwelcomed images of nudity aka ‘cyber flashing’ as well as generalized threats to the public. Since AirDrop does not rely on a network provider, phone number, or email address for transmission to nearby devices, the identification of an unknown sender is problematic. The receiving device may only see the user-defined friendly name of the transmitter and there is no record of the transmission by any provider. This presentation will discuss a novel method to identify the phone number of an AirDrop sending device using logs found on the receiving device.

S1:E9 // Exploring Samsung’s secure folder feature to recover digital evidence

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With Samsung’s stance on device-based encryption, there are multiple additional factors in play for those devices versus other Android handsets. One such factor is the Samsung Secure Folder which is part of their Knox security platform. Join Matt Fullerton and Chris Vance for this Mobile Unpacked episode where they will explore what Secure Folder is, how you can access it, and what information lies within. 

Using OUTRIDER’s New Features to Create Your Own Triage Workflows

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With Magnet OUTRIDER’s 4.0 release, join Chris Cone and Chris Vance to explore how to use the new features to generate your own tailored triage workflows for multiple use cases and platform types. Whether you’re triaging iOS, Android, Windows, or macOS, OUTRIDER brings new features to decrease your time to evidence. 

S1:E8 // Figuring out file explorers – part 2

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In Part 1 of this two-part Mobile Unpacked series, we explored the storage structures of the most popular file browser/storage applications in iOS and Android. In this part, we’ll dive deeper using these applications as our starting point to figure out how files got to where they ended up. This presentation will discuss file movement, … Continued

S1:E7 // Figuring out file explorers – part 1

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With iOS and Android both having file storage accessible for the end user, they need some sort of app to allow for the user to access these areas. While the entire file system is not available to the user, understanding where the data the user can access lives is crucial. This Mobile Unpacked episode is … Continued

How To Get the Most Out of Your Magnet GRAYKEY Extractions

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GrayKey extractions are an amazing tool for digital investigators and examiners, since getting a full file system image is crucial. For years, most forensic examinations of iOS devices were limited to data only available in an iTunes backup and only if you had the user’s passcode—with Android acquisitions not being much easier.