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Practical Mobile Forensics

Learn to retrieve and protect data from smartphones under forensically sound conditions.

(MOBILE.AJ1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-717-0
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About This Course

In this Mobile Forensic course, dive into forensic data extraction, cloud retrieval, and reverse engineering for iOS, Android, and Windows devices. Learn to bypass security mechanisms, recover deleted data, and analyze key artifacts using Cellebrite UFED, Magnet AXIOM, and Belkasoft Evidence Center. 

From logical and physical data acquisition to malware analysis and third-party app forensics, this course equips you with the right skills and tools to master mobile forensics. 

Skills You’ll Get

  • Data Recovery & Extraction: Retrieve deleted or hidden data from iOS, Android, and Windows devices using forensic techniques.
  • Cloud & Mobile Forensics: Analyze data stored on devices and in iCloud, backups, and connected services.
  • Malware & Reverse Engineering: Identify and dissect malicious apps through static and dynamic analysis.
  • Bypassing Security Mechanisms: Overcome passcodes, encryption, and locked devices to access critical evidence.
  • Third-Party App Forensics: Extract and analyze data from WhatsApp, Facebook, and other popular apps.
  • Forensic Tool: Work with Cellebrite UFED, Magnet AXIOM, Autopsy, and Elcomsoft tools for investigations.
  • Reporting & Legal Compliance: Document findings in a forensically sound manner adhering to legal standards. 
Download Course Outline

1

Preface

  • Who this course is for
  • What this course covers
  • To get the most out of this course
2

Introduction to Mobile Forensics

  • The need for mobile forensics
  • Understanding mobile forensics
  • Challenges in mobile forensics
  • The mobile phone evidence extraction process
  • Practical mobile forensic approaches
  • Potential evidence stored on mobile phones
  • Examination and analysis
  • Rules of evidence
  • Good forensic practices
  • Summary
3

Understanding the Internals of iOS Devices

  • iPhone models and hardware
  • iPad models and hardware
  • The HFS Plus and APFS filesystems
  • The iPhone OS
  • Summary
4

Data Acquisition from iOS Devices

  • Operating modes of iOS devices
  • Password protection and potential bypasses
  • Logical acquisition
  • Filesystem acquisition
  • Summary
5

Data Acquisition from iOS Backups

  • Working with iTunes backups
  • Creating and analyzing backups with iTunes
  • Extracting unencrypted backups
  • Handling encrypted backup files
  • Working with iCloud backups
  • Summary
6

iOS Data Analysis and Recovery

  • Interpreting iOS timestamps
  • Working with SQLite databases
  • Key artifacts – important iOS database files
  • Property lists
  • Other important files
  • Recovering deleted SQLite records
  • Summary
7

iOS Forensic Tools

  • Working with Cellebrite UFED Physical Analyzer
  • Working with Magnet AXIOM
  • Working with Belkasoft Evidence Center
  • Working with Elcomsoft Phone Viewer
  • Summary
8

Understanding Android

  • The evolution of Android
  • The Android architecture
  • Android security
  • The Android file hierarchy
  • The Android filesystem
  • Summary
9

Android Forensic Setup and Pre-Data Extraction Techniques

  • Setting up a forensic environment for Android
  • Connecting an Android device to a workstation
  • Screen lock bypassing techniques
  • Gaining root access
  • Summary
10

Android Data Extraction Techniques

  • Understanding data extraction techniques
  • Manual data extraction
  • Logical data extraction
  • Physical data extraction
  • Summary
11

Android Data Analysis and Recovery

  • Analyzing and extracting data from Android image files using the Autopsy tool
  • Understanding techniques to recover deleted files from the SD card and the internal memory
  • Summary
12

Android App Analysis, Malware, and Reverse Engineering

  • Analyzing widely used Android apps to retrieve valuable data
  • Techniques to reverse engineer an Android application
  • Android malware
  • Summary
13

Windows Phone Forensics

  • Windows Phone OS
  • Windows 10 Mobile security model
  • Windows Phone filesystem
  • Data acquisition
  • Commercial forensic tool acquisition methods
  • Extracting data without the use of commercial tools
  • Key artifacts for examination
  • Summary
14

Parsing Third-Party Application Files

  • Introduction to third-party applications
  • iOS, Android, and Windows Phone application data storage
  • Forensic methods used to extract third-party application data
  • Summary

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Mobile forensics is often considered more challenging due to dynamic data (e.g., cloud sync, encryption), diverse OS versions (iOS/Android), and volatile evidence. Computer forensics deals with more static storage but larger data volumes. 

uCertify experts recommend starting with Autopsy (free), Cellebrite UFED (industry standard), and Oxygen Forensics for logical extraction. 

Yes, but certifications (e.g., GCFA, CHFI) and hands-on experience (e.g., virtual live labs, internships, CTF competitions) are critical. 

High-demand mobile forensics jobs are available in law enforcement, private firms, and incident response teams. Salary range 70k-120k+ (US), with cloud/mobile expertise boosting earnings. 

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