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Learning Android Forensics

A hands-on guide to Android forensics, from setting up the forensic workstation to analyzing key forensic artifacts

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|May 2015
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Key Features

    Book Description

    If you are a forensic analyst or an information security professional wanting to develop your knowledge of Android forensics, then this is the book for you. Some basic knowledge of the Android mobile platform is expected.

    What you will learn

    • Understand the Android system architecture and its significance for Android forensics
    • Build a forensically sound workstation
    • Utilize ADB to acquire data
    • Bypass Android security such as PINs and passwords
    • Perform both logical and full physical extractions to retrieve data
    • Reverseengineer applications
    • Analyze data from many popular applications including Gmail, WhatsApp, and Snapchat
    • Discover free and open source tools to aid in data acquisition and analysis

    Who this book is for

    If you are a forensic analyst or an information security professional wanting to develop your knowledge of Android forensics, then this is the book for you. Some basic knowledge of the Android mobile platform is expected.

    Table of Contents

    1. Introducing Android forensics
    2. Setting Up Android Forensic Environment
    3. Setting up your Android forensic environment
    4. Extracting data logically from Androiddevices
    5. Extracting data physically from Androiddevices
    6. Recovering deleted data from Android devices
    7. Forensic Analysis of Android apps
    8. Android Forensic Tools Overview
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78217-444-8
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2015
    Language: English
    Pages: 322