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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

Viber analysis


Viber is a messaging and voice-/video-calling app with over 100,000,000 downloads.

Package name: com.viber.voip

Version: 5.2.1

Files of interest:

  • /files/preferences/

    • activated_sim_serial

    • display_name

    • reg_viber_phone_num

  • /sdcard/viber/media/

    • /User Photos/

    • /Viber Images/

    • /Viber Videos/

  • /databases/

    • viber_data

    • viber_messages

The files in /files/preferences contain the SIM card's Integrated Circuit Card ID (ICCID), the name the user displays in the app, and the phone number used to register with the app.

The files in the /sdcard/viber/media path are the profile photos of people in the user's contact list who use Viber (regardless of whether they have been added as friends in the app) and all images and video sent through the app.

The viber_data file is a database, even though it does not have the .db file extension. It contains information about the user's contacts:

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