Search icon
Arrow left icon
All Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Newsletters
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
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
Languages
Concepts

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Learning Android Forensics
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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

Gmail analysis


Gmail is an e-mail service provided by Google. A Gmail account is often asked for, though is not required, when the device is being set up for the first time.

Package name: com.google.android.gm

Version: Default version with Android 5.0.1 (not listed within app)

Files of interest:

  • /cache

  • /databases/

    • mailstore.<username>@gmail.com.db

    • databases/suggestions.db

  • /shared_prefs/

    • MailAppProvider.xml

    • Gmail.xml

    • UnifiedEmail.xml

The /cache directory within the application folder contains recent files that were attached to e-mails, both sent and received. These attachments are saved here even if they are not explicitly downloaded by the user.

The mailstore.<username>@gmail.com.db file contains a variety of useful information. Interesting tables within the database include the following:

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $15.99/month. Cancel anytime}

Table

Description

attachments

This contains information about attachments, including their size and file path on the device (the /cache directory mentioned earlier). Each row also...