Internship← Digital Forensics learning pathDigital Forensics · Module 7 of 10
Mobile forensics
Examine smartphones lawfully and carefully.
📖 Key ideas
- Phones store calls, SMS, chats, photos, locations and app data.
- Isolate devices from networks to prevent remote changes.
- Extraction types: logical, file system, physical.
- Tools: Cellebrite, Oxygen, open-source options like ALEAPP/iLEAPP.
- Encryption and passcodes make extraction challenging; follow legal processes.
💡 Real-life example: A phone is a personal diary, camera and map in one: handle it with legal care.
Logical extractionCopying accessible data
Physical extractionBit-level copy of memory
ALEAPPAndroid artefact parser
IsolationCutting network access