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Learning Android Forensics

You're reading from  Learning Android Forensics

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2015
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781782174578
Pages 322 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Learning Android Forensics
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. Introducing Android Forensics 2. Setting Up an Android Forensic Environment 3. Understanding Data Storage on Android Devices 4. Extracting Data Logically from Android Devices 5. Extracting Data Physically from Android Devices 6. Recovering Deleted Data from an Android Device 7. Forensic Analysis of Android Applications 8. Android Forensic Tools Overview Index

Summary


This chapter discussed several techniques used for physically imaging internal memory or SD cards and some of the common problems associated with them:

Technique

Problems associated

dd

  • Usually pre-installed on device

  • May not work on MTD blocks

  • Does not obtain Out-of-Band area

nanddump

  • Not commonly found on the device, must be pushed to device

  • Works well with MTD blocks

  • May obtain Out-of-Band area, based on options in the binary used

Additionally, each imaging technique can be used to either save the image on the device (typically on the SD card), or used with netcat to write the file to the examiner's computer:

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Technique

Features

Writing to SD card

  • Easy, doesn't require additional binaries to be pushed to the device

  • Familiar to most examiners

  • Cannot be used if SD card is symbolically linked to the partition being imaged

  • Cannot be used if the entire memory is being imaged

Using netcat

  • Usually requires yet another binary to be pushed to the device

  • Somewhat complicated, must follow...